Week 4

Question 1

To adjudicate

Answer 1

transitive ​verb
: to make an official decision about who is right in (a dispute) : to settle judicially

Ex: The school board will adjudicate claims made against teachers.

Question 2

To inure

Answer 2

transitive ​verb
: to accustom to accept something undesirable

Ex: children inured to violence

Question 3

Feckless

Answer 3

: WORTHLESS, IRRESPONSIBLE

Ex: à feckless maneuver that could only serve to strengthen the enemy

Question 4

Quandary

Answer 4

a state of perplexity or doubt

Ex: The unexpected results of the test have created a quandary for researchers.
I’m in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one, even though I don’t have the money to do either.

Question 5

Purview

Answer 5

2 : the range or limit of authority, competence, responsibility, concern, or intention

Ex: The case is within the court’s purview.
That question is outside my purview.
The moral dilemmas of the early settlers are beyond the purview of this book.

Question 6

Lent

Answer 6

: the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting (carême)

Question 7

To sequester

Answer 7

1a : to set apart : SEGREGATE

sequester a jury

Question 8

Squalid

Answer 8

marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty

Question 9

Ham

Answer 9

someone who enjoys performing and who tends to behave in an exaggerated or playful way when people are watching

Ex: A bit of a ham, she’s been collecting these one-liners for decades.
— Elizabeth Rubin

Question 10

To dally

Answer 10

: to waste time

Ex: Please don’t dally. We need you here right away.

The two of us dallied over our coffee that morning.