Word List 7

Question 1

depravity

Answer 1

moral corruption

Question 2

gravity

Answer 2

seriousness(secondary meaning)

Question 3

banal

Answer 3

unoriginal; ordinary

Question 4

extol

Answer 4

to praise

Question 5

euphony

Answer 5

pleasant sound(the opposite of cacophony)

Question 6

deride

Answer 6

to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

Question 7

insipid

Answer 7

dull; banal

Question 8

austere

Answer 8

unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money

Question 9

expedite

Answer 9

to make faster or easier

Question 10

heresy

Answer 10

an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs

Question 11

novel

Answer 11

new; original

Question 12

philanthropy

Answer 12

love of mankind; donating to charity

Question 13

tentative

Answer 13

experimental

Question 14

deference

Answer 14

submission to another’s will; respect. courtesy

Question 15

vacillate

Answer 15

to be indecisive; to waver back and forth

Question 16

fervor

Answer 16

passion

Question 17

dispassionate

Answer 17

without passion; objective; neutral

Question 18

pragmatic

Answer 18

practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory

Question 19

rigorous

Answer 19

strict; harsh; severe

Question 20

solemn

Answer 20

serious; grave

Question 21

alleviate

Answer 21

to lessen; to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable

Question 22

negligence

Answer 22

carelessness

Question 23

conspicuous

Answer 23

standing out; obvious

Question 24

advocate

Answer 24

to speak in favor of; to support

Question 25

ascetic

Answer 25

hermitlike; practicing self-denial