Lessons 15-16

Question 1

arbiter

Answer 1

n. one whose decisions are accepted as final; judge

Question 2

conclave

Answer 2

n. private meeting or secret assembly

Question 3

concomitant

Answer 3

adj. accompanying; occupying or existing at the same time

Question 4

coterie

Answer 4

n. intimate or exclusive group; clique

Question 5

demur

Answer 5

v. raise objections; withhold one’s approval or agreement

Question 6

entice

Answer 6

v. lead or persuade by arousing desire or hope; allure

Question 7

flaunt

Answer 7

v. parade or display conspicuously or boldly

Question 8

genteel

Answer 8

adj. polite, elegant, stylish; sometimes overly so

Question 9

graphic

Answer 9

adj. evoking a sharp mental picture; vivid; concerning the pictorial arts, as drawing, painting, etc.

Question 10

inimical

Answer 10

adj. expressing hostility or unfriendly intent; having adverse or harmful effects

Question 11

inordinate

Answer 11

adj. beyond what is ordinary or reasonable in amount or scope; excessive

Question 12

ludicrous

Answer 12

adj. provoking or describing laughter because of absurdity; ridiculous

Question 13

oligarchy

Answer 13

n. government by a small, elite group

Question 14

redoubtable

Answer 14

adj. worthy of respect; formidable

Question 15

repugnant

Answer 15

adj. highly distasteful; offensive; repulsive

Question 16

archives

Answer 16

n. pl. public or institutional records, especially historical documents that are preserved; place where such records are kept

Question 17

chattel

Answer 17

n. item of property that can be moved, as distinct from real estate; human being being considered as property

Question 18

commodiuos

Answer 18

adj. having plenty of space to move around freely; roomy

Question 19

conflagration

Answer 19

n. large, disastrous fire

Question 20

limbo

Answer 20

n. place or state of neglect, oblivious, or transition

Question 21

lineage

Answer 21

n. line of descent; ancestry

Question 22

listless

Answer 22

adj. indifferent, spiritless; showing a lack of motivation or interest

Question 23

metropolis

Answer 23

n. important city, especially one regarded as the center of a particular activity

Question 24

perfunctory

Answer 24

adj. done in a routine way, without care of particular interest

Question 25

pristine

Answer 25

adj. like new; spotless; free of dirt and decay

Question 26

ramshackle

Answer 26

adj. loosely made; appearing ready to collapse; dilapidated

Question 27

sequester

Answer 27

v. set apart; seclude; seize, especially by legal authority

Question 28

subversive

Answer 28

adj. planning to undermine or overthrow an established order

(subvert) v. undermine the morals, authority, or allegiance of

Question 29

terminus

Answer 29

n. final destination or goal of a journey or endeavor; finishing point

Question 30

virulent

Answer 30

adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; deadly; full of hate; bitter or spiteful