Thinking fast and slow

Question 1

heuristic approach to problem solving

Answer 1

practical approach; any approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery that employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect, but sufficient for the immediate goals

Question 2

morsel

Answer 2

A very small piece; a small treat

Question 3

the teachers imparted a great deal of knowledge to their pupils

Answer 3

to give; to bestow; communicate

Question 4

synopsys

Answer 4

summary

Question 5

The phrase is apt

Answer 5

Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances

Question 6

The salient event this March was the carnaval in Santa Cruz

Answer 6

most noticable or important

Question 7

a propensity for violance

Answer 7

tendency; an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

Question 8

hapless car buyer got tricked

Answer 8

fortuneless

Question 9

fleshed out in more detail; he had fleshed out to a solid 120kg

Answer 9

add more details to something that exists in a draft; gain weight

Question 10

evaded potential calamity

Answer 10

catastrophe; an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

Question 11

Kate’s perverse decision not to cooperate

Answer 11

contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice

Question 12

get credit for prescience that they do not deserve

Answer 12

(having or showing) knowledge of events before they take place

Question 13

pernicious illusion/influences

Answer 13

having a harmful effects especially in a subtle way

Question 14

employees sometimes make erroneous assumptions

Answer 14

incorrect

Question 15

actions that looked prudent in foresight can look irresponsibly negligent in hindsight

Answer 15

acting or showing care and thought for the future

Question 16

“This could be true…”: He equivocated

Answer 16

(v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

Question 17

They described the outbreak of violance in the area as an abberation

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abnormal; something that differs from the norm

Question 18

desulatory debate

Answer 18

aimless; marked by a lack of order or planning

Question 19

they completed the task after many unpredicatable vicissitudes

Answer 19

difficulty; a change or variation; unexpected changes in life

Question 20

the initial entusiasm waned by the time it came

Answer 20

diminished; to become weaker in strength or influence

Question 21

their triumph was no fluke

Answer 21

something accidentally successful

Question 22

they are not saguine about the prospect

Answer 22

cheerful; optimistic

Question 23

agile predator/leap
agile person

Answer 23

able to move quickly and easily; energetic person

Question 24

I felt elated after doing a 7a!

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delighted; feel ecstatically happy

Question 25

I felt despondent after falling on 6a

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discouraged

Question 26

he is said to have paid $300,000 alimony to his first wife

Answer 26

financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce

Question 27

the sure loss is very aversive

Answer 27

strong dislike (risk aversion)

Question 29

He extolled the virtues of prospect theory

Answer 29

Praised