New Words 2

Question 1

Combestible

Answer 1

an item of food: I decided to stop doing anything social and just spend my money on healthy comestibles .

Question 2

Capacious

Answer 2

having a lot of space inside; roomy.
“she rummaged in her capacious handbag”

Question 3

Peckish

Answer 3

hungry.
“we were both feeling a bit peckish and there was nothing to eat

Question 4

Puckish

Answer 4

playful, especially in a mischievous way.

Question 5

Meshuga

Answer 5

, means “crazy”, “insane”, or “mad” in Yiddish, borrowed from Hebrew.

“Trump’s meshuga meltdown.” Dowd

Question 6

Piffle

Answer 6

nonsense.
“it’s absolute piffle to say that violence is ok”

Question 7

Bodacious

Answer 7

excellent, admirable, or attractive.
“the restaurant serves bodacious grilled lobster”

Question 8

Ouevre

Answer 8

the works of a painter, composer, or author regarded collectively.

Question 9

Jackstraw

Answer 9

Insignificant person

Jackstraws is a game where players take turns picking up thin strips of wood or other objects, like straws or toothpicks, from a heap without disturbing the rest. The game is also known as spillikins.
A straw figure
Jackstraw can also refer to a scarecrow or straw man, which is a figure stuffed with straw.
An insignificant person
Jackstraw can also mean an insignificant person.
A flannel shirt
In Australian British English, jackstraw was previously used as a noun to describe a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers. The shirt was named after Jacky Howe, the world champion shearer in 1892.

Question 10

Termagrant

Answer 10

1.
a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman.
2.
HISTORICAL
an imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays.

Question 11

Tangentiality

Answer 11

Tangential speech or tangentiality is a communication disorder in which the train of thought of the speaker wanders and shows a lack of focus, never returning to the initial topic of the conversation.[1] It tends to occur in situations where a person is experiencing high anxiety, as a manifestation of the psychosis known as schizophrenia, in dementia or in states of delirium.[2

Question 12

Thrall

Answer 12

the state of being in someone’s power or having great power over someone.
“the town was in thrall to a villain”

Question 13

Sui generis

Answer 13

Sui generis is a Latin phrase that means “of its own kind” or “in a class by itself”. It refers to something that is unique and does not fit into any other category.

“He has been making films since 1988 and has established himself as sui generis in his viewpoint and style.”

Question 14

Militate

Answer 14

Opposite of mitigate, which means to lighten or soften.

Means to add weight or impact to something, or to be a deciding factor for or against something. For example, “Your father’s loss of his job may militate against the big family vacation your parents had been planning”.

Question 15

Adamantine

Answer 15

1. : made of or having the quality of adamant. 2. : rigidly firm : unyielding.

Question 16

Spectral

Answer 16

of or like a ghost.
“a spectral, menacing face”

Question 17

Macher

Answer 17

From Yiddish

Maker

nounINFORMAL•US
a person who is influential or important.

Question 18

Godhead

Answer 18

1. divine nature or essence 2. capitalized a : god sense 1 b : the nature of God especially as existing in three persons

In Christian theology, the ‘Godhead’ refers to the divine unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

The ancient Greeks believed in a pantheon of gods, each representing a different aspect of the ‘Godhead’.”

Question 19

Beclown

Answer 19

1. archaic. to make a fool of (another), to make into a clown. 2. to clown around, make a fool of oneself.

Question 20

Fecundity

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the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility.
“multiply mated females show increased fecundity”
the ability to produce many new ideas.
“the immense fecundity of his imagination made a profound impact on European literature”

Question 21

Still life

Answer 21

a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

Question 22

Imperium

Answer 22

absolute power.
“an outpost of their economic imperium”

Question 23

Quotidian

Answer 23

of or occurring every day; daily.
“the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic”
ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane.
“his story is an achingly human one, mired in quotidian details”

Question 24

Picaresque

Answer 24

relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.
“a rowdy, picaresque “guys being guys” movie”

The typical picaro is a wandering individual of low social standing who happens into a series of adventures among people of various higher classes, and often relies on wits and a little dishonesty to get by.

Question 25

Bonhomie

Answer 25

cheerful friendliness; geniality. "he exuded good humor and bonhomie"

Question 26

Adverse or averse

Answer 26

Adverse and averse are both turn-offs, but adverse is something harmful, and averse is a strong feeling of dislike. Rainstorms can cause adverse conditions, and many people are averse to rain. Adverse describes something that works against you, like a tornado or a computer crash, and is usually applied to things.

Question 27

Metonym

Answer 27

a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.[4]. Examples: the press. The crown

Question 28

Learn more figures of speech - s

Answer 28

See Wikipedia entry for metonym

Question 29

Pettifog

Answer 29

(of people or their behavior) giving too much attention to small details that are not important: He says the power in too many hospitals belongs to overpaid, pettifogging pencil pushers who treat surgeons as inferiors.

Question 30

Levant

Answer 30

historically, the region along the eastern Mediterranean shores, roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and certain adjacent areas.

Question 31

The Crusades

Answer 31

About 1100 to 1300 The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering Jerusalem and its surrounding area l

Question 32

Pied-a-terre

Answer 32

a small apartment, house, or room kept for occasional use.

Question 33

Superannuated

Answer 33

obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments. "superannuated computing equipment"

Question 34

Sybaritic

Answer 34

fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent.

Question 35

Interlocutor

Answer 35

a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Question 36

Parlous

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adjective: precarious not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse. Same as perilous. Perilous is preferred

Question 37

Orthogonal

Answer 37

While this word is used to describe lines that meet at a right angle, it also describes events that are statistically independent, or do not affect one another in terms of outcome. Orthogonal thinking draws from a variety of, and perhaps seemingly unrelated, perspectives to achieve new insights.

Question 38

Mitzvah

Answer 38

The literal meaning of the Hebrew word mitzvah is commandment, but the generally accepted sense is that of a good deed. The emphasis is on deeds—not on positive thoughts or wishes, but on conscious acts of empathy and kindness.

Question 39

Phenotype

Answer 39

Definition An organism's phenotype is the physical, biochemical, and behavioral traits that can be observed.

Question 40

Tableau vivant

Answer 40

a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant. "in the first act the action is presented in a series of tableaux"

Question 41

Tableau vivant

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A silent and motionless group of people arranged to represent a scene or incident.

Question 42

Dialectical thinking

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Dialectical thinking is the ability to view issues from multiple perspectives and reconcile seemingly contradictory information.

Question 43

Magna Carta

Answer 43

Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king (king john)and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself.

Question 44

What were the Federalist Papers?

Answer 44

The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. In 1787-1788

Question 45

Federalist No. 10

Answer 45

By Madison Madison saw factions as inevitable due to the nature of man—that is, as long as people hold differing opinions, have differing amounts of wealth and own differing amounts of property, they will continue to form alliances with people who are most similar to them and they will sometimes work against the public interest and infringe upon the rights of others. Argues for representative democracy and not direct democracy

Question 46

Lily livered

Answer 46

Weak, cowardly The first known use of lily-livered was in 1605. From the medieval belief that the liver was the seat of courage, and the pale color of the lily flower.

Question 47

Anodyne

Answer 47

not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.

Question 48

Transgressive

Answer 48

violating or challenging socially accepted standards of behavior, belief, morality, or taste:

Question 49

Fly specking

Answer 49

"Flyspeck" is a slang term that means to examine something close Flyspeck" can also be used as a noun to describe a small, unimportant thing, or a tiny speck of waste matter from a fly

Question 50

Prohibitive

Answer 50

excessively high; difficult or impossible to pay.

Question 51

What is liberalism?

Answer 51

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy articulated by John Locke based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, the right to private property and equality before the law.

Question 52

Autarky

Answer 52

autarky, an economic system of self-sufficiency and limited trade. A country is said to be in a complete state of autarky if it has a closed economy, which means that it does not engage in international trade with any other country.

Question 53

What is the name of the French dish - chicken in parchment paper

Answer 53

Poulet en Papillote

Question 54

A point in the South Pacific Ocean, farthest from land in the world

Answer 54

Point Nemo