2013 vocab words

Question 1

trenchant

Answer 1

Forceful, effective, and vigorous, Caustic; cutting

Question 2

fatuous

Answer 2

Silly and pointless.

Question 3

rebarbative

Answer 3

Unattractive and objectionable. repulsive - repellent - abhorrent

Question 4

nugatory

Answer 4

Of no value or importance.

Useless; futile.

Question 5

antinomian

Answer 5

Of or relating to the view that Christians are released by grace from the obligation of observing the moral law
(Evil becomes good, inhumanity is interpreted as charity, egoism as compassion)- elie wiesel

Question 6

maw

Answer 6

The mouth, stomach, jaws, or gullet of a voracious animal, especially a carnivore. The opening into something felt to be insatiable:

Question 7

solipsistic

Answer 7

the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist.

Question 8

exegesis

Answer 8

Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.

Question 9

pericope

Answer 9

An extract or selection from a book, especially a reading from a Scripture that forms part of a church service.

Question 10

anaphora

Answer 10

1. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills” (Winston S. Churchill).
2. Linguistics The use of a linguistic unit, such as a pronoun, to refer back to another unit, as the use of her to refer to Anne in the sentence Anne asked Edward to pass her the salt.

Question 11

tendentious

Answer 11

Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan

Question 12

mendacity

Answer 12

1. The condition of being mendacious; untruthfulness.

2. A lie; a falsehood.

Question 13

mendacious

Answer 13

1. Lying; untruthful: a mendacious child.

2. False; untrue: a mendacious statement.

Question 14

salutary

Answer 14

Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice. 2. Favorable to health

Question 15

Sententious

Answer 15

quality of constantly using aphorisms or tending to indulge in pompous moralizing.

Question 15

Aphorism

Answer 15

a brief statement of principal, opinion, or truth. An axiom or adage.

Question 16

Pharmacon

Answer 16

A medicine or drug; also, a poison.

Question 18

Regnant

Answer 18

1. Reigning; ruling: a queen regnant.
2. Predominant.
3. Widespread; prevalent.

Question 19

Obloquy

Answer 19

Strong public criticism or verbal abuse.

Disgrace, esp. that brought about by public abuse.

Question 20

Nomically

Answer 20

(nomic connotes customary, ordinary, conventional) Nomic also has to do with natural law. To know something nomically is to know it because it is implied by a natural law. If I know that water is frozen, I also know nomically that the water has expanded.

Question 21

Manumission

Answer 21

Emancipation. To free from slavery.

Question 22

Lycanthropy

Answer 22

1. a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.

Question 23

Opprobrium

Answer 23

1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
2. Scornful reproach or contempt: (a term of opprobrium.)
3. A cause of shame or disgrace.

Question 24

Satrap

Answer 24

1. A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
2. A ruler.
3. A subordinate bureaucrat or official.

(Satrapy- related word meaning the sphere of control of a satrap or as if by a satrap.)

Question 25

Sylvan

Answer 25

1. Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
2. Located in or inhabiting a wood or forest.
3. Abounding in trees; wooded.

Question 26

hermeneutics

Answer 26

the art of text interpretation, (exegesis)

Question 27

docent

Answer 27

A person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo

Question 28

riparian

Answer 28

Of, relating to, or situated on the banks of a river. or relating to wetlands adjacent to rivers and streams.

Question 29

Equipoise

Answer 29

Equal distribution of weight

Question 29

pelagic

Answer 29

Of or relating to the open sea. Or

(chiefly of fish) Inhabiting the upper layers of the open sea.

Question 30

Diadem

Answer 30

Royal power or dignity

A crown