Dad's Vocab

Question 1

Exegesis

Answer 1

The explanation Or critical interpretation of text

Question 2

Scion

Answer 2

a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family

Question 3

Scotoma

Answer 3

: a spot in the visual field in which vision is absent or deficient

Question 4

1turpitude

Answer 4

Inherent baseness

Question 5

Burlesque

Answer 5

1 literature : a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation a burlesque of Victorian society
2 : mockery usually by caricature a writer whose burlesque often bordered on cruelty
3 : theatrical entertainment of a broadly humorous often earthy character consisting of short turns (see 2turn), comic skits, and sometimes striptease acts performers who got their start in burlesque

Question 6

Ignominious

Answer 6

marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame : dishonorable
2 : deserving of shame or infamy : despicable

Question 7

Coterie

Answer 7

an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose a coterie of artists a coterie of astronomers