Week #23

Question 1

Define

Heterogeneous

(hetˊər ə jēˊni əs)

Answer 1

Dissimilar

Our algebra class is a heterogeneous one in which
bright students are j

Question 2

Define

Gamut

(gamˊət)

Answer 2

Range

The actress ran the gamut of emotions in a poignant
performance which t

Question 3

Define

Perspicacious

(pėrˊspə kāˊsgəs)

Answer 3

Acutely perceptive, shrewd

Senator Thorpe was perspicacious enough to realize
that the scurrilous

Question 4

Define

Analogous

(ə nalˊə gəs)

Answer 4

Comparable, similar

Although the lawyer acknowledged that the two cases
were hardly analog

Question 5

Define

Maladjusted

(malˊə jusˊtid)

Answer 5

Poorly adjusted, disturbed

The Bureau of Child Guidance has been the salvation
for some maladjust

Question 6

Define

The Distaff Side

Answer 6

Women (distaff was a staff used in spinning)

The men had brady on the porch, while the distaff side
gathered to gos

Question 7

Define

Phenomenon

(fə nomˊə nonˊ)

Answer 7

Unusual occurrence

There was no paucity of witnesses to describe the
phenomenon of the fl

Question 8

Define

Mortality

(môr talˊə ti)

Answer 8

Death

If a miner were to ponder over the hight morality rate
in his oc

Question 9

Define

Decade

(dekˊād)

Answer 9

Ten years

After a decade of connubial acrimony, the couple
decided to consult wit

Question 10

Define

Susceptible

(sə sepˊtə bəl)

Answer 10

Easily affected, unusually liable

Ethan Frome soon learned that his querulous wife was
susceptible to a v

Question 11

Define

Neurotic

(nü rotˊik)

Answer 11

Suffering from a nervous disorder

Irritability is one of the salient features of a neurotic
personality.

Question 12

Define

On The Qui Vive

Answer 12

On the alert

My mother is always on the qui vive for bargains.

Question 13

Define

Pedagogue

(pedˊə gog)

Answer 13

Teacher

Mr. Ford is proud to be called a teacher, but he demurs
at the title o

Question 14

Define

Enunciate

(i nunˊsi āt)

Answer 14

To utter, proclaim

Reporters were expeting the candidate to enunciate his
policy on the e

Question 15

Define

Inordinate

(in ôrˊdə nit)

Answer 15

Excessive

In an attempt to show how assiduous he was, the
executive spent an inor

Question 16

Define

Irascible

(i rasˊə bəl)

Answer 16

Irritable

His profligate son made the parsimonious old crank
even more irascible

Question 17

Define

Introspective

(inˊtrə spekˊ tiv)

Answer 17

Looking into one’s own feelings

Since Alice is so gregarious it surprised me to lean that
she is also

Question 18

Define

To Get One’s Back Up

Answer 18

To become angry

Every time his mother mentioned getting a haircut, the
young guitarist

Question 19

Define

Perpetuate

(pər pechˊü āt)

Answer 19

To cause to continue

Don Recardo hoped that his son would perpetuate the
family business, bu

Question 20

Define

Mandate

(manˊdāt)

Answer 20

An authoritative order or command

As a prelude to his victory speech, the mayor
announced that he conside

Question 21

Define

Compensatory

(kə penˊsə tôˊri)

Answer 21

Serving to pay back

Compensatory education may help minority groups to
cope with their pli

Question 22

Define

Neutralize

(nüˊtrəl īz)

Answer 22

To counteract

Dr. Meyers prescribed medication to neutralize the acid
condition which

Question 23

Define

Catastrophic

(katˊə strofˊik)

Answer 23

Disastrous

If the Draconian regulations are to continue unabated,
they will have

Question 24

Define

To Bring Home the Bacon

Answer 24

To earn a living, to succeed

The man’s inability to bring home the bacon was the
actual reason for t