Week 7: Mar 13-19

Question 1

Libel (n)

Answer 1

anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents

Question 2

Ascetic (adj)

Answer 2

a person who dedicates his life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals; a person who leads an austerely simple life

Question 3

Castigate (v)

Answer 3

to criticize or reprimand severely

Question 4

Artifice (n)

Answer 4

a clever trick or stratagem

Question 5

Spurious (adj)

Answer 5

Not genuine, authentic, or true

Question 6

Arrogate (v)

Answer 6

to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously

Question 7

Fecund (adj)

Answer 7

producing or capable of producing offspring; very productive or creative intellectually

Question 8

Posterity (n)

Answer 8

succeeding or future generations collectively; all descendants of one person

Question 9

Desist (v)

Answer 9

to cease, as from some action or proceeding

Question 10

Putative (adj)

Answer 10

commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed

Question 11

Candor (adj)

Answer 11

the state or quality of being frank or open

Question 12

Virulent (adj)

Answer 12

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

Question 13

Indelible (adj)

Answer 13

making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like

Question 14

Soliloquy (n)

Answer 14

an act of talking to oneself

Question 15

Deluge (n)

Answer 15

great flood of water; a drenching rain