Group 2

Question 1

incursion

Answer 1

n. invasion, attack. Moving to California has been an _ into dull life.

Question 2

anarchy

Answer 2

n. lawlessness, absence of government

Question 3

hegemony

Answer 3

n. leadership/ dominance over others. Our family was united under Grandma’s hegemony last year.

Question 4

dragnet

Answer 4

n. manhunt, pursuit, system for finding someone, esp criminal activity.

Question 5

plebeian

Answer 5

n. member of lower social class lacking in refinement.

Question 6

acquittal

Answer 6

n. not guilty judgement

Question 7

regent

Answer 7

n. person appointed to administer a country while monarch minor or absent, incapacitated.

Question 8

cabal

Answer 8

n. secret political clique, secret plotters.

Question 9

potentate

Answer 9

n. sovereign, ruler

Question 10

adherent

Answer 10

n. supporter, aficionado, supporter of a particular party/person/ideas.

Question 11

bevy

Answer 11

n. swarm, assembly, large group/collection. A _ of boisterous sailors.

Question 12

utilitarianism

Answer 12

n. doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority

Question 13

probate

Answer 13

n. the official proving of a will as valid (__ court). An officially certified copy of a will so proved.

Question 14

jurisprudence

Answer 14

n. theory of law; a legal system. American _.

Question 15

concord

Answer 15

n. unity, accord, agreement, treaty. Harmony. There was complete _ among the delegates.

Question 16

altruism

Answer 16

n. unselfishness, belief in selfless concern for the well being of others.

Question 17

caveat

Answer 17

n. warning, admonition, law; notice to stop something until the party can be heard. A __ filed against the probate of a will. He gave his men licence to rape, kill and plunder with the __ that Christians and Jews were to be spared.

Question 18

proletariat

Answer 18

n. workers, working class people.

Question 19

redress

Answer 19

n./v. remedy, set right. Political power as a means to __ injustice.

Question 20

enjoin

Answer 20

v. (law) prohibit by issuing an injunction.

Question 21

assail

Answer 21

v. attack, berate. The Scots army_ed Edward’s army from the rear.

Question 22

contravene

Answer 22

v. breach, deny, violate, infringe.

Question 23

consign

Answer 23

v. entrust, hand over care, assign

Question 24

exculpate

Answer 24

v. exonerate

Question 25

adjudicate

Answer 25

v. formally judge, arbitrate, decide. The case was _ by the supreme court

Question 26

depose

Answer 26

v. remove.dispose from office, suddenly and forcefully. Be __ by military coup.

Question 27

inspissate

Answer 27

v. thicken, expand, solidify, cement

Question 28

surcease

Answer 28

v. cease from one action; desist.

Question 29

congenital

Answer 29

adj. (esp. disease) present from birth.

Question 30

cognitive

Answer 30

adj. analytical, judicious

Question 31

adjuvant

Answer 31

adj. auxiliary, using supplemental treatment following cancer surgery. N. someone who helps.

Question 32

prognathous

Answer 32

adj. having a projecting jaw

Question 33

iatrogenic

Answer 33

adj. illness caused by medical examination, treatment.

Question 34

incontinent

Answer 34

adj. insufficient control of urinaiton defecation, lack of control

Question 35

piebald

Answer 35

adj. irregular patches of two colors, us. black and white, esp a horse

Question 36

porcine

Answer 36

adj. of affecting or resembling a pig

Question 37

wan

Answer 37

adj. pale, weak, lackluster, faint. She was looking __ and bleary-eyed.

Question 38

perinatal

Answer 38

adj. relating to time before.after birth

Question 39

liniment

Answer 39

n. liquid, lotion esp. one made with oil for rubbing on the body to relieve pain.

Question 40

hypochondriac

Answer 40

n. person who is abnormally anxious about their health

Question 41

sphincter

Answer 41

n. ring of muscle surrounding and serving to guard or close an opening or tube (anus, stomach)

Question 42

collodion

Answer 42

n. a yellowish, viscous, highly flammable solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol: used in the manufacture of photographic film, in engraving and lithography, and in medicine chiefly for cementing dressings and sealing wounds.

Question 43

pathogen

Answer 43

n. bateria, virus that can cause disease.

Question 44

provenance

Answer 44

n. birthplace, origin, record of ownership. An orange rub of Iranian )).

Question 45

bitument

Answer 45

n. blacktop, asphalt

Question 46

nosology

Answer 46

n. branch of medical science dealing with the classification of diseases

Question 47

panacea

Answer 47

n. cure-all, elixir, solution for all difficulties. The )) for all corporate ills.

Question 48

malady

Answer 48

n. disease, ailment

Question 49

heterogeneity

Answer 49

n. diverse, variety

Question 50

pride

Answer 50

n. group of lions forming a social unit.