Unit 5

Question 0

1. A violent and massive change of the earth’s surface

2. A momentous event that results in great upheaval and often destruction

Answer 0

Cataclysm

Question 1

Having or showing intense ill will or hatred

Answer 1

Malevolent

Question 2

The main character in a literary work

Answer 2

Protagonist

Question 3

An outer room that leads to another and is often used as a waiting room

Answer 3

Antechamber

Question 5

Something that guides or directs; especially a general instruction from a high-level body or official

Answer 5

Directive

Question 8

Badly or poorly nourished

Answer 8

Malnourished

Question 9

An underground cemetery of connecting passageways with recesses for tombs

Answer 9

Catacomb

Question 11

First in time or first formed

Root word

Answer 11

Prot/proto

Question 13

The substance that makes up the living parts of cells

Answer 13

Protoplasm

Question 15

Before or in front of

Root word

Answer 15

Ante-

Question 16

1. To date something (like a check) with a date earlier than that of actually writing
2. To precede in time

Answer 16

Antedate

Question 17

1. A word or phrase that is referred to by a pronoun that follows it
2. An event or cause coming before something

Answer 17

Antecedent

Question 18

1. Relating to or suffering from indigestion

2. Having an irritable temperament; ill-humored

Answer 18

Dispeptic

Question 19

1. Located before or toward the front or head

2. Coming before in time or development

Answer 19

Anterior

Question 20

1. A code of diplomatic or military rules of behavior

2. A set of rules for the formatting of data in an electronic communications system

Answer 20

Protocol

Question 21

Relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring through controlled breeding

Answer 21

Eugenic

Question 23

Down

Root word

Answer 23

Cata-

Question 24

Straight or right or true

Root word

Answer 24

Ortho-

Question 25

Abnormal development of cells or organs, or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth

Answer 25

Dysplasia

Question 26

Bad

Root word

Answer 26

Mal-

Question 27

1. Holding established beliefs, especially in religion

2. Conforming to established rules or traditions, conventional

Answer 27

Orthodox

Question 29

1. Relating to or suffering from a form of schizophrenia

2. Showing an unusual lack of movement, activity, or expression

Answer 29

Catatonic

Question 30

The correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton

Answer 30

Orthopedics

Question 31

An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

Answer 31

Dystopia

Question 32

Straight or right | Root word

Answer 32

Rect

Question 33

1. A formal speech or writing especially in honor of a dead person 2. High praise

Answer 33

Eulogy

Question 34

1. An original model on which something is patterned | 2. A first, full-scale, usually working version of a new type or design

Answer 34

Prototype

Question 35

A disturbance or interference wit he ability to read or use language

Answer 35

Dyslexia

Question 36

Desiring to cause pain, injury, or distress to another

Answer 36

Malicious

Question 38

Moral integrity

Answer 38

Rectitude

Question 39

To set right; remedy

Answer 39

Rectify

Question 40

All the more certainly*

Answer 40

A fortiori

Question 41

Relating to or derived by reasoning from known or observed facts*

Answer 41

A posteriori

Question 42

Relating to or derived by reasoning from self evident propositions*

Answer 42

A priori

Question 43

1. Made in good faith, without deceit | 2. Authentic or genuine*

Answer 43

Bona fide

Question 44

Enjoy the pleasures or opportunities of the moment without concern about the future*

Answer 44

Carpe diem

Question 45

Let the buyer beware*

Answer 45

Caveat emptor

Question 46

1. The substantial and basic fact or facts necessary to prove that a crime has been committed 2. The material substance, such as the murdered body, on which a crime has been committed*

Answer 46

Corpus delicti

Question 47

A short summary of one's career and qualifications, typically prepared by an applicant for a position; résumé*

Answer 47

Curriculum vitae

Question 48

A branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and correction of crooked teeth and other irregularities

Answer 48

Orthodontics

Question 49

Bad or difficult | Root word

Answer 49

Dys-

Question 50

A strong feeling of well-being or happiness

Answer 50

Euphoria

Question 51

Well or good or true | Root word

Answer 51

Eu-

Question 54

An agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust

Answer 54

Euphemism

Question 57

1. Moving in or forming a straight line | 2. Having many straight lines

Answer 57

Rectilinear

Question 58

The spelling of words, especially spelling according to standard usage

Answer 58

Orthography

Question 61

1. A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction or let's it take place under different conditions 2. Someone or something that brings about or speeds significant change or action

Answer 61

Catalyst

Question 68

To make harsh and often false or misleading statements about

Answer 68

Malign