Week 3: Jan 23-29

Question 1

Derelict (adj)

Answer 1

left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned; vagrant

Question 2

Platitude (n)

Answer 2

a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound

Question 3

Fillip (n)

Answer 3

something that tends to rouse, excite or revive; a stimulus

Question 4

Repatriate (v)

Answer 4

to bring or send a back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee etc.) to his or her country

Question 5

Putsch (n)

Answer 5

a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed

Question 6

Bolshie (n)

Answer 6

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries; a person who has radical ideas or opinions

Question 7

Acquiesce (v)

Answer 7

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest

Question 8

Timorous (adj)

Answer 8

full of fear; fearful

Question 9

Despot (n)

Answer 9

a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat

Question 10

Cabal (n)

Answer 10

a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority

Question 11

Technocracy (n)

Answer 11

a theory and movement, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers

Question 12

Flout (v)

Answer 12

to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock

Question 13

Accretion (n)

Answer 13

an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition

Question 14

Cordon Sanitaire (n)

Answer 14

a protective barrier (as of buffer states) against a potentially aggressive nation or a dangerous influence (as an ideology)

Question 15

Pompadour (n)

Answer 15

an arrangement of a man’s hair in which it is brushed up high from the forehead