WW Unit 7

Question 1

Autocrat

Answer 1

Tyrannical person

Question 2

Dictator

Answer 2

Tyrant who seizes power and does not pass it to a successor in the family line

Question 3

Despot

Answer 3

Tyrant belonging to a regular line of succession (like Louis the XIV in France)

Question 4

Tyranny

Answer 4

Oppressive or unjust government

Question 5

Succor

Answer 5

Aid, help

Question 6

Indignation

Answer 6

Justifiable anger

Question 7

Vexation

Answer 7

Strong annoyance

Question 8

Wrath

Answer 8

Fury, intense anger with the desire to punish or revenge

Question 9

Animosity

Answer 9

Strong hostility (usually personal)

Question 10

Inert

Answer 10

Inactive or lifeless

Question 11

Passive

Answer 11

Unwilling to act or lead

Question 12

Indolent

Answer 12

Lazy

Question 13

Listless

Answer 13

Indifferent, uninterested (languid)

Question 14

Dormant

Answer 14

Temporary inactivity (like sleep)

Question 15

Erratic

Answer 15

Irregular, wondering, having no fixed course

Question 16

Err

Answer 16

To wander from the path of virtue or truth

Question 17

Erroneous

Answer 17

Wrong, devious, mistaken

Question 18

Repose

Answer 18

Rest, quiet

Question 19

Repository

Answer 19

Place of storage for ideas, objects, or materials

Question 20

Retinue

Answer 20

Group of attendants

Question 21

Convoy

Answer 21

Protecting escort at sea or a group of ships being escorted

Question 22

Sanction

Answer 22

Approval, authorization

Question 23

Warrant

Answer 23

Order by government agency

Question 24

Dispensation

Answer 24

Approval by the church for some variation from its laws

Question 25

Strategy

Answer 25

Skill in maneuvering or planning

Question 26

Tactics

Answer 26

Specific devices or operations

Question 27

Fugitive

Answer 27

One who flees, runaway

Question 28

Refugee

Answer 28

Flees from homeland to escape danger

Question 29

Elusiveness

Answer 29

Quality that makes a fugitive hard to catch

Question 30

Evaisiveness

Answer 30

Skill in dodging something

Question 31

Agile

Answer 31

Quick and skillful

Question 32

Exorbitant

Answer 32

Excessive, unreasonable

Question 33

Extravagant

Answer 33

Lavish

Question 34

Immoderate

Answer 34

Not sufficiently restrained

Question 35

Insolence

Answer 35

Insulting behavior, impudence

Question 36

Infernal

Answer 36

Hellish, fiendish

Question 37

Diabolic(al)

Answer 37

Scheme is devilish

Question 38

Exectations

Answer 38

Curses

Question 39

Obeisance (obey)

Answer 39

A bow or curtsy, respect

Question 40

Genuflection

Answer 40

Knee-bowing in worship

Question 41

Exultant

Answer 41

Joyful, jubliant

Question 42

Jubilee

Answer 42

A celebration

Question 43

Jocund

Answer 43

Manner that is cheerful but not quite exultant

Question 44

Acute

Answer 44

Sharp, severe, perceptive

Question 45

Discernment

Answer 45

Clear seeing

Question 46

Astuteness

Answer 46

Mental sharpness

Question 47

Implicit

Answer 47

Unquestioning, implied

Question 48

Explicit

Answer 48

Clearly stated

Question 49

Inferior

Answer 49

Lower in place or quality

Question 50

Inane

Answer 50

Senseless, empty