Week #1

Question 1

Define

Voracious

(və rāˊshəs)

Answer 1

Desiring or consuming great quantities

After skiing, I find that I have a voracious appetite.

Question 2

Define

Indiscriminate

(inˊdis krimˊə nit)

Answer 2

Choosing at random w/o careful selection

Modern warfare often results in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike.

Question 3

Define

Eminent

(emˊə nənt)

Answer 3

Of high reputation, outstanding

The eminent author received the Nobel Prize for literature.

Question 4

Define

Steeped

(stēpt)

Answer 4

Soaked, drenched, saturated

My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends
call him a bookworm.

Question 5

Define

Replete

(riˊplētˊ)

Answer 5

Completely filled or supplied with

A good library is replete with many different kinds of books.

Question 6

Define

To Eat Humble Pie

Answer 6

To admit my error and apologize

After his candidate had lost the election, the boastful
campaign manager had to eat humble pie.

Question 7

Define

Abound

(ə bound)

Answer 7

To exist in great numbers

The Western Plains used to be abound with bison before they were slaught

Question 8

Define

Technology

(tek nolˊ ə ji)

Answer 8

Branch of knowledge dealing w/engineering, applied science, etc.

Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by the
products of scientific technology.

Question 9

Define

Prognosticate

(prog nosˊ tə kāt)

Answer 9

To predict or foretell a future event

The mayor refused to prognosticate to his margin of
victory in the election.

Question 10

Define

Automaton

(ô tomˊə ton)

Answer 10

A robot
A mechanical person

The time is approaching when human workers may be
replaced by automatons.

Question 11

Matron

(māˊtrən)

Answer 11

An older married woman

A clever salesman will always ask a matron if her
mother is at home.

Question 12

Define

A Pig In A Poke

Answer 12

To buy something w/o having seen it
A disappointment

The mail-order bicycle that my nephew bought turned
out to be a pig in a poke, and he is now trying to get his
money back.

Question 13

Define

Paradox

(parˊə doks)

Answer 13

A statement which as first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

One of the great paradoxes of American life is that
though minority groups have suffered injustices,
nowwhere in the world have so many varied groups
lived together as harmoniously.

Question 14

Define

Realm

Answer 14

Special field of someone or something
Kingdom

The cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his
realm, restricting him to the forest which abounded
with wild animals.

Question 15

Define

Annals

(anˊnəlz)

Answer 15

Historical records

The annals of sports are replete with the names of great
Negro athletes.

Question 16

Define

Compound

(komˊpound)

Answer 16

To increase or add to

His gloom was now compounded by the failing mark on his geometry test.

Question 17

Define

Tinge

(tinj)

Answer 17

A trace, smattering or slight degree

A tinge of garlic is all that’s necessary in most recipes.

Question 18

Define

A Flash In The Pan

Answer 18

Promising at the start but then disappointing

The rookie hit many home runs in spring training, but
once the season began he proved to be a flash in the
pan.

Question 19

Define

Badger

(bajˊər)

Answer 19

To pester, nag, annoy persistently

The teacher continally badgers the pupil for missing
assignments.

Question 20

Define

Implore

(im plôrˊ)

Answer 20

To plead urgently for aid or mercy

The sick child’s mother implored the doctor to come
immediately.

Question 21

Define

Drudgery

(drujˊər ē)

Answer 21

Unpleasant, dull or hard work

She does her homework on Fridays to save herself from the drudgery of having to do it during the weekend.

Question 22

Define

Interminable

(in terˊmə nə bəl)

Answer 22

Unending

I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed an interminable minutes.

Question 23

Define

Perceive

(pər sēvˊ)

Answer 23

To understand, know, become aware of

The eminent scientist perceive difficulties in putting the
invention into practice.

Question 24

Define

To Pour Oil on Troubled Waters

Answer 24

To make peace, to calm someone down

When I tried to pour oil on troubled waters, both the
angry husband and his wife stopped their quarrel and
began to attack me.