chapter 1-8

Question 1

archaic

Answer 1

very old

Question 2

mutable

Answer 2

liable to change

Question 3

nebulous

Answer 3

vague

Question 4

totalitarian

Answer 4

relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictori and requires complete subservience to the state

Question 5

orthodox/orthodoxy

Answer 5

authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice

Question 6

impedimenta

Answer 6

equipment for an activity

Question 7

annihilate

Answer 7

destroy utterly

Question 8

furtive

Answer 8

attempting to avoid notice or attention

Question 9

rectify

Answer 9

put right

Question 10

pedantic

Answer 10

excessively concerned with minor details or rules

Question 11

ostensibly

Answer 11

as appears or is stated to be true. though not necessarily so

Question 12

denounce

Answer 12

publicly declared to be wrong or evil

Question 13

comrade

Answer 13

a colleague or a fellow member of an organization

Question 14

obfuscate

Answer 14

make obscure

Question 15

ration

Answer 15

a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in war time

Question 16

tacit

Answer 16

understood or implied without being stated

Question 17

proletariat

Answer 17

working class people regarded collectively

Question 18

incline

Answer 18

be favorably disposed toward or wiling to do something

Question 19

virtue

Answer 19

behavior showing high moral standards

Question 20

puritanical

Answer 20

having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex

Question 21

eccentric

Answer 21

unconventional and slightly strange

Question 22

demolish

Answer 22

pull or knock down a building

Question 23

frail

Answer 23

weak and delicate

Question 24

benevolent

Answer 24

well meaning and kindly

Question 25

officious

Answer 25

assertive or authority in a domineering way

Question 26

repress

Answer 26

subdue by force