Ch. 29 Derivatives

Question 1

condiment

Answer 1

a preparation to enhance flavor or enjoyment

Question 2

confidant(e)

Answer 2

a person w/ whom one shares a secret or private matter

Question 3

confide

Answer 3

reveal in private

Question 4

confident

Answer 4

having or marked by assurance

Question 5

scholar

Answer 5

a learned person

Question 6

scholastic

Answer 6

of or relating to schools

Question 7

scholasticism

Answer 7

close adherence to traditional teaching methods

Question 8

scholium

Answer 8

a marginal note written by a commentator of ancient/classical literature

Question 9

vitamin

Answer 9

an organic substance essential to metabolism

Question 10

vital

Answer 10

absolutely necessary/important

Question 11

vitals

Answer 11

bodily organs essential for life

Question 12

vitality

Answer 12

the property of being able to survive and grow

Question 13

negotiable

Answer 13

able to be arranged by compromise

Question 14

negotiate

Answer 14

discuss the terms of an arrangement

Question 15

negotiation

Answer 15

a discussion intended to produce an agreement

Question 16

doctor

Answer 16

a person who holds a Ph.D.

Question 17

doctorate

Answer 17

one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university

Question 18

congratulate

Answer 18

express praise

Question 19

gratis

Answer 19

costing nothing

Question 20

gratify

Answer 20

make happy/satisfied

Question 21

gratitude

Answer 21

a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

Question 22

gratuitous

Answer 22

without cause

Question 23

gratuity

Answer 23

a small extra gift of money for services performed

Question 24

humanities

Answer 24

studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual studies

Question 25

humanitarian

Answer 25

marked by devotion to popular welfare

Question 26

humanly

Answer 26

in the manner of human beings

Question 27

jocund

Answer 27

showing high-spirited merriment

Question 28

dulcet

Answer 28

pleasing to the ear

Question 29

dulcify

Answer 29

make sweeter in taste

Question 30

dulcimer

Answer 30

a stringed instrument used in American folk music

Question 31

nisi

Answer 31

not final or absolute

Question 32

superable

Answer 32

capable being surmounted or excelled

Question 33

superb

Answer 33

surpassingly good

Question 34

superhuman

Answer 34

above or beyond human power

Question 35

supertax

Answer 35

an additional tax on certain kinds of incomes that have already been taxed

Question 36

superheat

Answer 36

heat under pressure above it's boiling point w/ out vaporization

Question 37

superannuate

Answer 37

retire and pension because of age or physical inability

Question 38

supersubtle

Answer 38

extremely subtle

Question 39

superhighway

Answer 39

a broad highway designed for high speed traffic

Question 40

superpower

Answer 40

very powerful/influential nation

Question 41

superfamily

Answer 41

a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family

Question 42

onion

Answer 42

an aromatic flavorful veggie

Question 43

unicorn

Answer 43

an imaginary horse w/ a long horn on its forehead

Question 44

uniform

Answer 44

always the same

Question 45

unify

Answer 45

join/combine

Question 46

union

Answer 46

the state of being joined or linked

Question 47

alias

Answer 47

a name temporarily assumed

Question 48

alibi

Answer 48

proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it because they had different whereabouts

Question 49

alien

Answer 49

from another place/part of the world

Question 50

alter

Answer 50

make different

Question 51

alternate

Answer 51

go back and forth

Question 52

alternative

Answer 52

available as another possibility

Question 53

sole

Answer 53

being the only one

Question 54

soliloquoy

Answer 54

speech you make to yourself

Question 55

solitary

Answer 55

far from populous areas

Question 56

solitude

Answer 56

a state of social isolation

Question 57

solo

Answer 57

w/ out anybody else

Question 58

factotum

Answer 58

a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

Question 59

in toto

Answer 59

in entirety

Question 60

total

Answer 60

the whole amount

Question 61

totality

Answer 61

the state of being complete

Question 62

annul

Answer 62

cancel officially

Question 63

null

Answer 63

lacking any legal or binding force

Question 64

nullify

Answer 64

declare invalid

Question 65

nullity

Answer 65

the state of nonexistence

Question 66

neuter

Answer 66

having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs

Question 67

neutral

Answer 67

having no personal preference

Question 68

neutrality

Answer 68

non-participation in a dispute or war

Question 69

neutron

Answer 69

a subatomic particle w/ zero charge