WW12 Lesson 1 (Fifi)

Question 1

acolyte

Answer 1

(n)

A person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists, a follower.

• The movie director’s _acolytes_ hung on his every word.

助手・従者

Question 2

bibulous

Answer 2

(adj)

1. Given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks.
   * Health education classes provide information about the damage that can result from an excessively _bibulous_ lifestyle.

2.Highly absorbent.

• The dentist ordered an ample supply of _bibulous_ paper in which to place her instruments.

お酒好き・吸収しやすい

Question 3

coalesce

Answer 3

(v)

To grow together; to unite to form a whole.

• Dissatisfied Republicans and Democrats _coalesced_ behind the third-party candidate.

合体する

Question 4

covert

Answer 4

(adj)

Not openly acknowledged; secret.

• The intelligence operation was supposed to be _covert_, but sophisticated technology revealed it.

秘密の

Question 5

declaim

Answer 5

(v)

To recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way.

• “To be or not to be-,” _declaimed_ the actor, “that is the question.”

熱弁する

Question 6

delineate

Answer 6

(v)

1. To describe vividly and in detail.
   * In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s description of the Netherfield ball _delineates_ the social practices of late eighteenth-century upper-class England.
2. To draw an outline of; to represent by drawing.
   * In her studio, the architect _delineated_ her plan for the new wing of the building.

描写する

Question 7

demagogue

Answer 7

(n)

A leader who seeks power by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudices and by making false claims and promises.

• During the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was a _demagogue_ who played on people’s fear of communism.

扇動家

Question 8

encomium

Answer 8

(n)

An expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute.

• At a dinner in his honor, the philanthropist received _encomiums_ for his generous financial gift to the cancer center.

(Plural: encomiums or encomia)

賛辞

Question 9

obdurate

Answer 9

(adj)

1. Resistant to persuasion; inflexible.
   * Despite our pleadings, Maisie remained _obdurate_ in her determination to hike the hazardous trail.
2. Persistent in wrongdoing.
   * The judge reasoned that the _obdurate_ high schooler would benefit more from focused education than from prolonged incarceration.

頑固な

Question 10

prescience

Answer 10

(n)

Foresight; knowledge beforehand of events.

• The Ancient Greeks consulted oracles because they believed them to have the power of _prescience_.

予知・予見

Question 11

protagonist

Answer 11

(n)

The chief character in a drama or story.

The _protagonist_ in Shakespearean tragedy is usually a person destroyed by a character flaw such as jealousy or excessive ambition.

主人公

Question 12

sedulous

Answer 12

(adj)

Completed with careful perseverance; diligent.

• Through their _sedulous_ efforts, workers in Project HOPE delivered medicine and supplies to doctors and patients in the disaster zone.

勤勉な

Question 13

trenchant

Answer 13

(adj)

Expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive.

• The reviewer’s _trenchant_ criticism did not please the book’s author.

痛烈な

Question 14

utopia

Answer 14

(n)

A place or state of perfect social and political conditions.

• The _utopia_ promised by communism failed to materialize in Eastern Europe.

理想世界

Question 15

valedictory

Answer 15

(n)

A farewell address, especially one given at a graduation ceremony.

• The _valedictory_ is usually given by a student who has achieved great distinction.

(adj)

Of or relating to such a farewell address.

• General Lee’s _valedictory_ remarks to the Army of Virginia were tinged with sadness.

別れ