New words

Question 1

accolade

Answer 1

N: title, gift; an award or privilege granted as a special honor

2. a touch on a person’s shoulder with a sword

The ultimate accolade of a visit by the president

Question 2

dolorous

Answer 2

A: dejected, desolate, mournful; feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

“a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity”

Question 3

atrocity

Answer 3

N: abomination, enormity, obscenity; an extremely wicked act

“war atrocities”

Question 4

abomination

Answer 4

N: atrocity, disgrace, obscenity; a thing that causes disgust or hatred.

“concrete abominations masquerading as hotels”

a feeling of hatred.

“their abomination of indulgence”

Question 5

indulge

Answer 5

V: allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.
2. become involved in (an activity, typically one that is undesirable or disapproved of).

“we indulged in some hot fudge sundaes”
2. “I don’t indulge in idle gossip”

Question 6

ecstatic

Answer 6

A: euphoric, rapturous, overjoyed; feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.
2. involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.

“ecstatic fans filled the stadium”
2. “an ecstatic vision”

Question 7

enormity

Answer 7

N: the great skill of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.

2. wickedness, abomination; a grave crime or sin.
3. immensity; large size or scale.

“a thorough search disclosed the full enormity of the crime”

2. “the enormities of the regime”
3. “I began to get a sense of the enormity of the task”

Question 8

grave

Answer 8

A: giving cause for alarm; serious

a matter of grave concern

N: graveness

Question 9

immensity

Answer 9

N: enormity; the extremely large size, scale, or extent of something.

“I have no illusions about the immensity of this task”

Question 10

regime

Answer 10

N: a government, authority, jurisdiction; especially an authoritarian one.
2. a system, arrangement or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above.

authoritarian: favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority
2. “detention centers with a very tough physical regime”

Question 11

disclose

Answer 11

V: reveal, divulge; make (secret or new information) known.

“they disclosed her name to the press”

A: disclosable

Question 12

divulge

Answer 12

V: disclose, reveal; make known (private or sensitive information).

“I do not want to divulge my plans at the moment”