Week 15

Question 1

Complicity

Answer 1

Partnership in wrongdoing
Ex: Wyatt’s complicity in Blehm’s swindle

Question 2

Liquidation

Answer 2

Disposal of, killing
Ex: He liquidated the man

Question 3

Accomplice

Answer 3

An associate in crime
Ex: He was the accomplice

Question 4

Recant

Answer 4

Withdraw previous statements
Ex: He recanted his words

Question 5

Culpable

Answer 5

Deserving blame
Ex: I am not culpable

Question 6

Abrogate

Answer 6

Abolish officially
Ex: I abrogated our history

Question 7

Alleged

Answer 7

Reported, supposed
Ex: She was the alleged one to raze the situation

Question 8

Invalidate

Answer 8

Nullify, to make not valid
Ex: She invalidated her own feelings to protect herself from havoc.

Question 9

Preclude

Answer 9

Prevent, to make impossible
Ex: She precluded her emotions

Question 10

Access

Answer 10

Admittance
Ex: She has access to the future

Question 11

White wash

Answer 11

Person of color blends in, conceal defects

Question 12

Persevere

Answer 12

To persist
Ex: I persisted in my college classes for the intrinsic benefits

Question 13

Landmark

Answer 13

Historic turning point
Ex: The Holocaust is a landmark

Question 14

Extrinsic

Answer 14

Coming from outside
Ex: Extrinsic motivation such as going to prom or making money

Question 15

Intrinsic

Answer 15

Coming from inside
Ex: Intrinsic motivation such as getting smarter or making a change in the world

Question 16

Declaim

Answer 16

To speak loudly
Ex: Blehm declaimed over the students’ ostentatious ways

Question 17

Fetter (v.)

Answer 17

To hamper, hinder
Ex: I fettered my inhibitions with discipline

Question 18

Paragon

Answer 18

Model of Excellence
Ex: I am a paragon

Question 19

Nomadic

Answer 19

Wandering
Ex: Blehm’s wandering across the room

Question 20

Asperity

Answer 20

Harshness of temper
Ex: Blehm’s asperity around rude students

Question 21

Controversial

Answer 21

Debatable
Ex: Controversial beliefs