Finals Vocab

Question 1

Superlative

Answer 1

Of the highest quality or degree.

Question 2

Superfluous

Answer 2

Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

Question 3

Autonomy

Answer 3

(Country of Region) the right or condition of self-gov’t, especially in a particular sphere.

Question 4

Autocrat

Answer 4

A ruler who has absolute power.

Question 5

Pandemic

Answer 5

(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country of the world.

Question 6

Pandemonium

Answer 6

Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.

Question 7

Omnipresent

Answer 7

Knowing everything.

Question 8

Contemporary

Answer 8

Living or occurring at the same time.

Question 9

Temporal

Answer 9

Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.

Question 10

Divert

Answer 10

Cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.

Question 11

Revert

Answer 11

Return to (a previous state, condition, practice, etc.).

Question 12

Lucid

Answer 12

Expressed clearly; easy to understand.

Question 13

Luminary

Answer 13

A person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.

Question 14

Circumspect

Answer 14

Wary and unwilling to take risks.

Question 15

Circuitous

Answer 15

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.

Question 16

Antagonist

Answer 16

One or more characters who are against the protagonist(s)

Question 17

Anticlimactic

Answer 17

Lacking a climax, Ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing, a letdown.