Unit 8

Question 1

Aberration

Answer 1

A departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal. A lapse from a sound mental state

Question 2

Ad hoc

Answer 2

For this specific purpose, improvised.

With respect to this

Question 3

Bane

Answer 3

Source or cause of fatal injury, death, or destruction or ruin. Death or ruin itself. Poison.

Question 4

Bathos

Answer 4

Intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated. Insincere sentimentality. Nadir

Question 5

Cantankerous

Answer 5

I’ll - tempered

Question 6

Casuistry

Answer 6

The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct.

Question 7

De facto

Answer 7

In actualitl

Question 8

Depredation

Answer 8

The act of preying upon or plundering

Question 9

Empathy

Answer 9

A sympathetic understanding or identification with feelings

Question 10

Harbinger

Answer 10

A forerunner

Question 11

Hedonism

Answer 11

Pleasure seeking

Question 12

Lackluster

Answer 12

Dull

Question 13

Malcontent

Answer 13

Disconnected with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions

Such a person

Question 14

Mellifluous

Answer 14

Flowing sweetly or smoothly honeyed

Question 15

Nepotism

Answer 15

Undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one’s relatives

Question 16

Pander

Answer 16

To cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others.

Question 17

Peccadillo

Answer 17

A minor sin or offense

Question 18

Pièce de résistance

Answer 18

Principal event.

Question 19

Remand

Answer 19

To send or order back in law. To send back to jail or to a lower court

Question 20

Syndrome

Answer 20

A group of symptoms or signs that classify an illness.