Lesson 6

Question 1

Apropos

Answer 1

adj. Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt.

Question 2

Ascendancy

Answer 2

n. Controlling influence; domination.

Question 3

Assess

Answer 3

v. To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of.
Assessment n.

Question 4

Aver

Answer 4

v. to declare positively; to state as the truth.

Question 5

Concede

Answer 5

v. 1. To admit to be true, often reluctantly.
2. To grant or let have

Question 6

Deficient

Answer 6

adj. Lacking.
deficiency n.

Question 7

Dogma

Answer 7

n. An unproven principle or belief held to be true.
Dogmatic adj.

Question 8

Embody

Answer 8

v. 1 To put an idea into a form that can be seen.
2. To make part of a system; incorporate

Question 9

Impart

Answer 9

v. 1. To make known; disclose.
2. To bestow

Question 10

Oratory

Answer 10

n. The art of public speaking
orator n. A public speaker
Oratorical adj.

Question 11

Propagate

Answer 11

v. 1 To reproduce
2. To cause to reproduce
3. To foster the spread of
Propagation n.

Question 12

Proponent

Answer 12

n. Someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate

Question 13

Rudimentary

Answer 13

adj. 1. not yet fully developed; basic
2. Elementary

Question 14

Sojourn

Answer 14

n. A visit or temporary stay
v. To stay for a while

Question 15

Vociferous

Answer 15

adj. Making one’s feelings known in a loud way.