PHIL words I need to know

Question 1

licentious

Answer 1

promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

Question 2

lechery

Answer 2

excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness.

Question 3

cautery

Answer 3

an instrument or a caustic substance used for cauterizing.

Question 4

cauterize

Answer 4

burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.

Question 5

daemon

Answer 5

(in ancient Greek belief) a divinity or supernatural being of a nature between gods and humans

Question 6

inculcate

Answer 6

instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction.

Question 7

contrive

Answer 7

create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Question 8

civic

Answer 8

relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.

Question 9

chastity

Answer 9

the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse.

Question 10

consonance

Answer 10

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.

Question 11

conspicuously

Answer 11

in a clearly visible way.

Question 12

interlocutor

Answer 12

a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Question 13

espouse

Answer 13

adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).

Question 14

embezzle

Answer 14

steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).

Question 15

timocracy/timarchy

Answer 15

a form of government in which rulers are motivated by ambition or love of honor