week 5 tues

Question 1

anthropology

Answer 1

the study of origin, culture of humans

Question 2

flighty

Answer 2

unstable

easily excited

Question 3

condone

Answer 3

to pardon

overlook voluntarily

Question 4

collude

Answer 4

to plot secretly for a deceitful purpose

Question 5

insular

Answer 5

narrow in outlook

Question 6

acrid

Answer 6

harsh
sarcastic
bitter to taste

Question 7

posthumous

Answer 7

after death

Question 8

conundrum

Answer 8

a riddle or puzzle

Question 9

embezzle

Answer 9

to take money for one’s own use

Question 10

lethargic

Answer 10

dull

sluggish

Question 11

hedonist

Answer 11

someone who seeks only pleasure

Question 12

garrulous

Answer 12

talking to much

Question 13

table

Answer 13

to postpone consideration of

Question 14

quotidian

Answer 14

daily

customary

Question 15

protract

Answer 15

to extend the duration of

Question 16

legerdemain

Answer 16

trickery

deception

Question 17

unpretentious

Answer 17

modest

not showy

Question 18

gustatory

Answer 18

relating to the sense of taste

Question 19

epigram

Answer 19

a short, cleverly-worded statement

Question 20

muse

Answer 20

to meditate

consider thoughtfully

Question 21

dispirited

Answer 21

sad

Question 22

heyday

Answer 22

a time of success and popularity

Question 23

partina

Answer 23

a thin green layer on copper as a result of corrosion

Question 24

cherish

Answer 24

to hold in great affection

Question 25

fiat

Answer 25

an authoritative order

Question 26

inscrutable

Answer 26

hard to understand

Question 27

palliate

Answer 27

to lessen the pain/severity

Question 28

haggard

Answer 28

appearing tired and thin

Question 29

gesticulate

Answer 29

to gesture

Question 30

myopic

Answer 30

near-sighted

Question 31

berate

Answer 31

to scold severely