Week 3

Question 1

Brogue

Answer 1

: a dialect or regional pronunciation

Question 2

Broodmare

Answer 2

a mare kept for breeding

Question 3

To hobnob

Answer 3

to associate familiarly

Question 4

Cisgender

Answer 4

of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth

Ex: I grew up in a family with a cisgender and heterosexually identified mother and father of the same race (White) who had 2 children when they were well into their late 20s and early 30s and after they legally married with the full support of both their families.

Question 5

Self-abasement

Answer 5

a humiliation of oneself : the act of behaving in a way that makes one seem lower or less deserving of respect

Ex: … regaled the audience with personal stories and songs that didn’t stint on comedic self-deprecation while avoiding self-abasement.

Question 6

Contemptible

Answer 6

worthy of contempt

Ex: à contemptible snob
contemptible bigots

Question 7

Lackadaisical

Answer 7

adjective
lack·​a·​dai·​si·​cal | \ ˌla-kə-ˈdā-zi-kəl \

Collegiate Definition
: lacking life, spirit, or zest : LANGUID

Ex:teachers who are impatient with lackadaisical students

Question 8

To bestride

Answer 8

to tower over : DOMINATE

Ex:the bloated bureaucracy that bestrides us all

Question 9

Cocksure

Answer 9

marked by overconfidence or presumptuousness : COCKY

Ex: you’re always so cocksure about everything

Question 10

Ebullient

Answer 10

characterized by ebullience : having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm

Ex: ebullient performers