Words

Question 1

objection

Answer 1

an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition; a reason for disagreeing.

Question 2

pressing

Answer 2

requiring quick or immediate action or attention.

Question 3

prescient

Answer 3

having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

Question 4

consensus

Answer 4

a general agreement.

Question 5

enquiry

Answer 5

an act of asking for information.

Question 6

ramification

Answer 6

a complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event.

Question 7

tyrannical

Answer 7

exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.

Question 8

unvirtuous

Answer 8

not having or showing high moral standards.

Question 9

animus

Answer 9

hostility or ill feeling.

Question 10

endow

Answer 10

provide with a quality, ability, or asset.

Question 11

contempt

Answer 11

the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.

Question 12

codify

Answer 12

arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code

Question 13

signatory

Answer 13

a party that has signed an agreement, especially a state that has signed a treaty.

Question 14

emphatic

Answer 14

expressing something forcibly and clearly.

Question 15

esoteric

Answer 15

intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

Question 16

albeit

Answer 16

though.

Question 17

provenance

Answer 17

the place of origin or earliest known history of something.

Question 18

succinctly

Answer 18

in a brief and clearly expressed manner.

Question 19

arbitrary

Answer 19

based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

Question 20

repudiated

Answer 20

refuse to accept; reject.

Question 21

banal

Answer 21

so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Question 22

osmosis

Answer 22

the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.

Question 23

fait accompli

Answer 23

An accomplished fact, something that has already occurred.

Question 24

entente

Answer 24

a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions.

Question 25

despotic

Answer 25

of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.+Despotism is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power.

Question 26

lament

Answer 26

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 27

integral

Answer 27

necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental

Question 28

matriarchal

Answer 28

relating to or denoting a form of social organization in which a woman is the head

Question 29

quintessential

Answer 29

representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

Question 30

natalism

Answer 30

an attitude or policy favoring or encouraging population growth

Question 31

retribution

Answer 31

punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.

Question 32

Etymology

Answer 32

the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history

Question 33

subversive

Answer 33

seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.

Question 34

doctrine

Answer 34

a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group

Question 35

nihilism

Answer 35

the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.

Question 36

dichotomy

Answer 36

a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

Question 37

ambiguity

Answer 37

the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

Question 38

acumen

Answer 38

the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions.

Question 39

verbatim

Answer 39

in exactly the same words as were used originally.

Question 40

brevity

Answer 40

concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

Question 41

ineffable

Answer 41

too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

Question 42

constitution

Answer 42

a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Question 43

virtue

Answer 43

behavior showing high moral standards.

Question 44

fervent

Answer 44

having or displaying a passionate intensity.

Question 45

exacerbates

Answer 45

make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.

Question 46

caprice

Answer 46

a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour.

Question 47

asceticism

Answer 47

severe self-discipline and avoiding all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

Question 48

epicurean

Answer 48

fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.

Question 49

partisan

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a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.

Question 50

err

Answer 50

fail to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; do wrong.

Question 51

propensity

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an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

Question 52

mutatis mutandis

Answer 52

(used when comparing two or more cases or situations) making necessary alterations while not affecting the main point at issue.

Question 53

non sequitur

Answer 53

a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.

Question 54

discrepancy

Answer 54

an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

Question 55

compendium

Answer 55

a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication.

Question 56

connote

Answer 56

(of a word) imply or suggest (an idea or feeling) in addition to the literal or primary meaning.

Question 57

holistic

Answer 57

characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.