Set 2

Question 2

co-opt

Answer 2

appropriate; take over or adopt; to make use of for one’s own purposes; to neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group.

Question 3

complacent

Answer 3

indifferent about your duties or others’ concerns; smug about itindifference, disregard

Question 4

dissolution

Answer 4

ending or breaking apart; a dissolving or being dissolved; disintegraton

Question 5

endogenous

Answer 5

coming from the inside; developing from within; orginating internally

Question 6

marginalize

Answer 6

to exclude or ignore; relagate to the outer edge of a group, to its margins; treat a person or group as unimportant, insignificant or of lower status.

Question 7

missive

Answer 7

a long letter; a written message; a long letter to the editor

Question 8

postulate

Answer 8

something accepted as truth and used as the basis for an argument or theory; to assume without proof to be true, real or necessary. Self-evident.As a verb (pronounced “POST-you-late”) it describes the act of presenting an idea, theory, belief, or concept.

Question 9

reductive

Answer 9

a xxx statement is a sort of insult, a putdown suggesting the object is less than; reducing or tending to reduce. ex: Their views of Mormons were xxx and depreciatory

Question 10

sartorial

Answer 10

relates to clothing or tailord fashion, esp. men’s.

Question 11

solicitous

Answer 11

showing concern, care, attention, anxious desire

Question 12

sop

Answer 12

a concession given to mollify or placate; a gift or bribe

Question 13

winsome

Answer 13

attractive in a sweet, engaging way; charming in a childlike way; attractive physically or in actions and character