Vocab 10

Question 1

Renege

Answer 1

Renege – break promise, go back on or revoke agreement

(Latin: re = intensive force + negare = deny)

Question 2

Discernment &

Discern

Answer 2

Discernment – good judgment

(E.g. “It’s nice to meet someone with such a discerning eye.”)

Discern – recognise, distinguish

(E.g. “I can discern no difference between the two policie.”)

Question 3

Hearse

Answer 3

Hearse – large vehicle to convey (transport) coffin at a funeral

Question 4

Quotidian

Answer 4

Quotidian – occurring every day daily

(Latin: cotidie = daily)

Question 5

Sanctimonious

Answer 5

Sanctimonious – making show of being morally superior to other people

Question 6

Compos mentis

Answer 6

Compos mentis – of sound mind, mentally sane (Latin: master of mind)

Question 7

Brutum fulmen

Answer 7

Brutum fulmen – empty, harmless threat

(Latin: brutum = stupid, senseless; fulmen = lightening-bolts)

Question 8

Equanimity

Answer 8

Equanimity – composure, calmness, mind stability, especially under stress

(Synonym to sangfroid)

(Latin: aequus = equal + animus = mind or soul)

Question 9

Augment

Answer 9

Augment – make greater, larger by adding to it

(Latin: augmentare = to increase)

Question 10

Autocratic

Answer 10

Autocratic – absolute, unrestricted power, domineering

(Greek: self-rule, -power)

Question 11

Arbitrary

Answer 11

Arbitrary – based on random choice not reason or system,

ALSO unrestrained, autocratic in use of authority

(E.g. “Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.”)

Question 12

Futility &

Futile

Answer 12

Futility – uselessness, pointlessness, lack of purpose

Futile – useless, pointless, ineffective, not successful

Question 13

Covet

Answer 13

Covet – yearn, desire, & long, especially for something belonging to another

(Old French: cuveitier = desire, lust after; Latin: cupiditas)

Synonim to Cupidity – greedy desire, for money or possessions

Question 14

Ad nauseam

Answer 14

Ad nauseam – tedious repetition to point of annoying, or sickening

(Latin: to sickness)

Question 15

Ad infinitum

Answer 15

Ad infinitum – endless, without limit, forevermore

(Latin: to infinity)

Question 16

Hegemony

Answer 16

Hegemony – domination or influence of one nation over others

(Greek: hēgemonia = dominance over)

(E.g. “Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.”)

Question 17

In vitro

Answer 17

In vitro – research outside living organism, in petri dish

(IVF – In vitro fertilisation)

(Latin: in glass)

Question 18

In vivo

Answer 18

In vivo – research with or within entire living organism

(Latin: in living thing)