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Question 1

adumbration

Answer 1

v. vague foreshadow, suggestion [The sanctuary is not some __tion of the truth. He has entered Heaven itself]

Question 2

pagoda

Answer 2

n. Hindu/Buddhist temple, typically tiered

Question 3

megalomaniac

Answer 3

n. a person who is obsessed with their own power.

Question 4

erotomania

Answer 4

n. excessive sexual desire; delusion person believes someone (typically of higher social status) is in love with them.

Question 5

tundrua

Answer 5

n. a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

Question 6

prima facie

Answer 6

adj./adv. based on first impression, correct until proved otherwise [Philosophers who disagree with those conclusions are prepared to treat them with the very greatest seriousness however __ implausible]

Question 7

écrasez l’infâme

Answer 7

french: crush the infamous thing [there can only be one remedy: _] ā-krä-zā-laⁿ-fäm

Question 8

necrophilia

Answer 8

n. sexual intercourse with or attraction toward corpses.

Question 9

Eurasia

Answer 9

n. combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia. A portmanteau of it’s constituent continents.

Question 10

Portmanteau

Answer 10

n. large trunk or suitcase, usually leather opening into two equal parts. Word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others (brunch, Eurasia, Branjelina) (porsh-man-too)

Question 11

Archipelago

Answer 11

n. group of islands; sea containing many islands. Most of the __ is made up of the Lesser Antilles.

Question 12

Epistemology

Answer 12

n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. // __ , or theory of knowledge, did not begin in modern times. Moral philosophy was the center of his teaching, and epistemology was only instrumental.

Question 13

Deglutition

Answer 13

n. act of swallowing// Slight difficulty in __, especially water and meat.

Question 14

Euphonious

Answer 14

adj. pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony :
a sweet, __ voice.

Question 15

Haberdasher

Answer 15

n. a retail dealer in men’s furnishings, as shirts, ties, gloves, socks, and hats// He looked, that dreadful afternoon, as if he had just come from his barber, tailor and __.

Question 16

Garrison

Answer 16

n/v. troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it.// the garrison made a sally against us; troops are garrisoned in the various territories

Question 17

Fallow

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adj. Uncultivated, unsown// If we allow our mind to become fallow and do not pour truth into it by study, not only does ignorance possess it, but we actually reach a point where we can only enjoy picture magazines and cheap shows.

Question 18

Marionette

Answer 18

n. a puppet worked from above by strings attached to its limbs. // His characters are marionettes, either victims or executioners, because the world is dark and humble and devoid of moral values.

Question 19

Raiment

Answer 19

n. Clothing// A thousand flaws appear and with them, a thousand ways in which the same idea might have been made clearer or clothed in better raiment.

Question 20

Chassis

Answer 20

n. the outer structural framework of a piece of audio, radio, or computer equipment.//the chassis of the car is in mint condition

Question 21

Larynx

Answer 21

n. the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.

Question 22

Moskow Kremlin

Answer 22

n. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. Kremlin = citadel

Question 23

busking

Answer 23

v. to entertain by dancing/singing/reciting on the street or public place. [He and his friends got arrested once for ___ on a subway platform]

Question 24

bursar

Answer 24

n. a treasurer or business officer, esp. of a college or university. [He handles the financials? You bunched the ___.]

Question 25

manumit

Answer 25

v. to release from slavery or servitude. [a bunch of manumission abolitionists]

Question 26

Precipitously

Answer 26

Quickly [Social workers should withdraw services ____ only under unusual circumstances]

Question 27

Empirically

Answer 27

Derived/guided by experience/observation. Not scientifically proven. [Social workers should base practice on recognized knowledge, including ___ based knowledge.]

Question 28

Kibosh

Answer 28

N. Put an end to, thwart, stop. [He put the ____ on the show remaining political in the second season.]