Chapters 15 and 16

Question 0

circumspect

Answer 0

Cautious and watchful; prudent

Question 1

circuitous

Answer 1

Roundabout; indirect

Question 2

circumference

Answer 2

The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter.

Question 3

orbit

Answer 3

1. Path of one body as it revolves around another body.

2. A sphere of influence; a range of action or experience.

Question 4

orb

Answer 4

1. A sphere; anything spherical in shape.

2. A globe carried by a monarch as a symbol of office.

Question 5

configuration

Answer 5

A shape or outline; a method of arrangement.

Question 6

figurative

Answer 6

Using figures of speech; symbolic, not literal.

Question 7

cyclic

Answer 7

Occurring or moving in cycles.

Question 8

encyclopedic

Answer 8

Possessing information about many subjects or intensively about one subject.

Question 9

feign

Answer 9

To pretend.

Question 10

feint

Answer 10

n. 1. A misleading movement or pretended attack.
2. A pretense; a scheme to mislead.

tr. v. To make a misleading movement or pretended attack.

Question 11

effigy

Answer 11

A sculpture or model of a person.

Question 12

ideology

Answer 12

The main ideas of a class, group, or movement.

Question 13

idyll

Answer 13

1. A short description of a peaceful or romantic scene, usually of country life.
2. A peaceful or romantic scene or incident.

Question 14

rote

Answer 14

1. By memory without thought of the meaning.

2. Mechanical routine.

Question 15

rotunda

Answer 15

A circular domed building or hall.

Question 16

rotund

Answer 16

Plump; rounded.

Question 17

cavernous

Answer 17

1. Like a large cave in size or darkness.

2. Filled with caves or cavities.

Question 18

concave

Answer 18

Curved like the inner surface of a ball.

Question 19

excavate

Answer 19

To dig out; to make a hole by digging.