CHAPTER 2

Question 1

ADVOCATE n

Answer 1

n a person who argues in favor of a position

Question 2

ADVOCATE v

Answer 2

v to argue in favor of a position

Question 3

ADVOCACY

Answer 3

is support of or agreement with a position

Question 4

AMBIGUOUS

Answer 4

adj unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

Question 5

AMBIVALENT

Answer 5

adj undecided; having opposing feelings simultaneously

Question 6

BENEDICTION

Answer 6

n a blessing; an utterance of good wishes

Question 7

MALEDICTION

Answer 7

n a curse or slander

Question 8

BENEFACTOR

Answer 8

n one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation

Question 9

MALEFACTOR

Answer 9

n is a person who does bad things

Question 10

BENEVOLENT

Answer 10

adj generous; kind; doing good deeds

Question 11

MALEVOLENT

Answer 11

adj evil, or wishing to do harm

Question 12

BENIGN

Answer 12

adj gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

Question 13

BURGEON

Answer 13

v to expand; to flourish

Question 14

COMPLACENT

Answer 14

adj self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault

Question 15

CONGREGATE

Answer 15

v to come together

Question 16

COMPLAISANT

Answer 16

adj eager to please

Question 17

DEXTROUS

Answer 17

adj skillful; adroit

Question 18

ELUSIVE

Answer 18

adj hard to pin down; evasive

Question 19

ENCROACH

Answer 19

v to make gradual or stealthy steps into; to trespass

Question 20

EQUANIMITY

Answer 20

n composure; calm

Question 21

EQUITABLE

Answer 21

adj fair

Question 22

EQUIVOCAL

Answer 22

adj ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way

Question 23

EVOKE

Answer 23

v to summon forth; to draw forth; to awaken; to produce or suggest

Question 24

IMPEDE

Answer 24

v to obstruct or interfere with; to delay

Question 25

INVOKE

Answer 25

v to entreat or pray for; to call on as in prayer; to declare to be in effect

Question 26

IRREVOCABLE

Answer 26

adj irreversible

Question 27

MALAISE

Answer 27

n a feeling of depression, uneasiness, or queasiness

Question 28

MALFEASANCE

Answer 28

n an illegal act, especially by a public official

Question 29

PLACATE

Answer 29

v to pacify; to appease; to soothe

Question 30

PLACEBO

Answer 30

n a fake medication; a fake medication used as a control in tests of the effectiveness of drugs

Question 31

REDUNDANT

Answer 31

adj unnecessarily repetitive; excessive; excessively wordy

Question 32

THWART

Answer 32

v to prevent from being accomplished; to frustrate; to hinder

Question 33

VOCIFEROUS

Answer 33

adj loud; noisy; expressed in a forceful or loud way

Question 34

VOLITION

Answer 34

n will; conscious choice