Vocab H3

Question 1

ancillary

Answer 1

(adj.) subordinate or supplementary

Question 2

bowdlerize

Answer 2

(v. ) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.)
syn: censor, expurgate

Question 3

condescend

Answer 3

(v. ) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner
syn: deign

Question 4

cozen

Answer 4

(v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle

Question 5

enclave

Answer 5

(n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character

Question 6

forte

Answer 6

(n.) a person’s strong point; what a person does best

Question 7

gratis

Answer 7

(adj.) free; (adv.) without charge

Question 8

icon

Answer 8

(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion

Question 9

interstice

Answer 9

(n. ) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things
syn: lacuna

Question 10

macrocosm

Answer 10

(n. ) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something
ant: microcosm

Question 11

mountebank

Answer 11

(n. ) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan

syn: charlatan

Question 12

paean

Answer 12

(n. ) a song of praise, joy, or triumph

ant: dirge, lament

Question 13

persiflage

Answer 13

(n. ) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing

syn: repartee, badinage, raillery

Question 14

plethora

Answer 14

(n. ) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity
syn: surfeit, glut
ant: paucity, dearth

Question 15

pragmatic

Answer 15

(adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one’s opinions

Question 16

quizzical

Answer 16

(adj. ) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal
syn: equivocal, ambivalent
ant: unequivocal

Question 17

rapacity

Answer 17

(n. ) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one’s desires by force, extortion, or plunder
syn: avarice
ant: altruism

Question 18

schism

Answer 18

(n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions

Question 19

therapeutic

Answer 19

(adj. ) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial
syn: salutary, salubrious
ant: deleterious

Question 20

virtuoso

Answer 20

(n. ) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj.) masterly or brilliant
ant: mediocre