Exam 7

Question 1

Hirsute

Answer 1

Harry; shaggy

Question 2

Antiquity

Answer 2

the quality of being ancient; ancientness

Question 3

Perfunctory

Answer 3

Performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial

Question 4

Engender

Answer 4

To produce, cause, or give rise to

Question 5

Indelible

Answer 5

Making marks that cannot be erased or removed; that cannot be eliminated, forgotten, or changed

Question 6

Ambiance

Answer 6

The mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc. particularly of an environment.

Question 7

Inviolable

Answer 7

Prohibiting Violation; Secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration.

Question 8

Contemplation

Answer 8

Thoughtful, or full of deep consideration; reflection

Question 9

Husbandry

Answer 9

The cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture, farming.

Question 10

Derisive

Answer 10

Characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking.

Question 11

Bemused

Answer 11

Bewildered or confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

Question 12

Ire

Answer 12

intense anger; wrath

Question 13

Quitox

Answer 13

extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.

Question 14

Hypaethral

Answer 14

(of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.

Question 15

Disclaimer

Answer 15

the act of disclaiming; the renouncing, repudiating, or denying of a claim; disavowal.

Question 16

Qualification

Answer 16

(as in writing) to limit or restrict the application of or meaning of; reservation of meaning or application of; stipulation; place conditions on.

Question 17

Stasis

Answer 17

the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by equal opposing forces.

Question 18

Fecundity

Answer 18

the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers; fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.

Question 19

Refutation

Answer 19

the act of refuting; a statement, charge; disproof

Question 20

Admonition

Answer 20

The act of admonishing; counsel, advice, or caution.

Question 21

Deduce

Answer 21

to derive a conclusion as from something that is known or assumed; infer; to trace the derivation of; trace the course of.

Question 22

Bequeath

Answer 22

to dispose of by last will; pass down; hand down.

Question 23

Taint

Answer 23

to infect, contaminate, corrupt, or spoil

Question 24

Impediment

Answer 24

obstruction; hinderance; obstacle

Question 25

Excoriate

Answer 25

to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally

Question 26

Laud

Answer 26

to praise; extol

Question 27

Debunk

Answer 27

to expose or excoriate as being being pretentious, false, or exaggerated

Question 28

Philately

Answer 28

the collection and study of postage stamps and all related material concerned with postal history.

Question 29

Deface

Answer 29

to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure

Question 30

Dilettante

Answer 30

a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.

Question 31

Droll

Answer 31

amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.

Question 32

Evade

Answer 32

Escape by trickery or cleverness

Question 33

Oxymoron

Answer 33

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.

Question 34

Moribund

Answer 34

in dying state; near death

Question 35

Depraved

Answer 35

Corrupt, wicked, or perverted

Question 36

Preclude

Answer 36

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible.

Question 37

Arduous

Answer 37

requiring great exertion; laborious, difficult

Question 38

Terse

Answer 38

neat or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language

Question 39

Egregious

Answer 39

extraordinary in some bad way' glaring' flagrant

Question 40

Inured

Answer 40

to come into use; take or have effect

Question 41

Insufferable

Answer 41

not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable.

Question 42

Remorse

Answer 42

Deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction

Question 43

Redemption

Answer 43

an act of redeeming. or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed; deliverance; rescue.

Question 44

Oration

Answer 44

a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.