Vocabulary 7

Question 1

Centenary

Answer 1

the 100th anniversary of a significant event.

Question 2

Pell-mell

Answer 2

in mingled confusion or disorder

Question 3

Acquisitive

Answer 3

strongly desiring possession of something

Question 4

Gross National Product (GNP)

Answer 4

the total monetary value of all goods and service produced in a year

Question 5

Wanton

Answer 5

Showing no thought or care for the rights, feelings, or safety of others.

Question 6

Magnate

Answer 6

A person of power in a specified area

Question 7

Rebates

Answer 7

Secret, privately negotiated reductions below published rates

Question 8

Philanthropy

Answer 8

giving money and time to help make life better for other people.

Question 9

Tempered

Answer 9

made less intense or violent

Question 10

Wily

Answer 10

skillful, clever, cunning

Question 11

Defunct

Answer 11

No longer existing or functioning

Question 12

Waxed

Answer 12

To increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity

Question 13

Docile

Answer 13

easily taught, led, or managed; submissive

Question 14

Quell

Answer 14

to end or stop something by using force

Question 15

Mandates

Answer 15

An official order to do something

Question 16

Monied

Answer 16

Having much money

Question 17

Wards

Answer 17

A person or people under the protection of the government.

Question 18

Mores

Answer 18

the customs, values, and behaviors that are accepted by a group.

Question 19

Lascivious

Answer 19

Describes feeling or showing a sexual desire

Question 20

Chattel

Answer 20

something that a person owns other than land or buildings.

Question 21

Espoused

Answer 21

to express support for a cause

Question 22

Degeneracy

Answer 22

having low moral standards; not honest or good

Question 23

Prodigious

Answer 23

impressively great in size

Question 24

Destitution

Answer 24

extremely poor; state of lacking something needed

Question 25

Pluralistic

Answer 25

a state of society where members of diverse groups maintain their cultureand beliefs within the confines of a common civilization

Question 26

Pernicious

Answer 26

causing great harm or damage that is not easily seen or noticed.

Question 27

Prototype

Answer 27

An original or first model of something from which others are copied.

Question 28

Reciprocity

Answer 28

when two people or groups decide to do something similar for each other.

Question 29

Appropriations

Answer 29

money set aside by formal action for a specific use.

Question 30

Meted

Answer 30

to distribute by measure

Question 31

Transients

Answer 31

a person traveling in search of work

Question 32

Buffeted

Answer 32

something that strikes with force

Question 33

Contracted

Answer 33

to reduce or lessen the supply

Question 34

Affable

Answer 34

being pleasant and at ease when talking; friendly

Question 35

Charlatan

Answer 35

a person who falsely pretends to know or be something to deceive people.