Week #21

Question 1

Define

Scion

(sīˊən)

Answer 1

Child, descendant

As the scion of a family of wealthy bakers, Rothschild
never had to fac

Question 2

Define

Indoctrinate

(in dokˊtrə nāt)

Answer 2

To teach certain principles

In order to indoctrinate the captive, his jailers
repeatedly reviled c

Question 3

Define

Opulence

(opˊū ləns)

Answer 3

Wealth, riches

It was not until the wreckers began to dismantle the
old edifice that t

Question 4

Define

Obsequious

(əb sēˊ kwi əs)

Answer 4

Seeking favor, fawning

Uriah Heep’s obsequious manner nettled all but the
most gullible.

Question 5

Define

Fulsome

(fülˊsəm)

Answer 5

Excessive, insincere

The actress received fulsome compliments from her
friends but trenchant

Question 6

Define

Two Strings to One’s Bow

Answer 6

Two means of achieving one’s aim

The salesman had two strings to his bow-if a phone
call didn’t get res

Question 7

Define

Lush

(lush)

Answer 7

Luxurious, elaborate

The lush stage setting drew applause from the theater
buffs.

Question 8

Define

Destitution

(desˊtə tüˊshən)

Answer 8

Extreme poverty

As the traveler followed the tortuous path up the
Kentucky mountain, he

Question 9

Define

Ponder

(ponˊdər)

Answer 9

To consider carefully

In the hospital, the alcoholic had time to ponder over
the need to be

Question 10

Define

Supplication

(supˊlə kāˊshen)

Answer 10

Earnest prayer

Through supplication, the fraternity head hoped to end
the strife among

Question 11

Define

Decadence

(dekˊə dəns)

Answer 11

Decay

Rumors of Rome’s decadence were rife among the
barbarian tribes.

Question 12

Define

On Tenter Hooks

Answer 12

In a state of anxiety (cloth used to be
stretched or “tentered” on hooks)

The indicted clerk was kept on tenter hooks by the
district attorney.

Question 13

Define

Penance

(penˊəns)

Answer 13

Atonement for sin

Following a lengthy diatribe against mendacity, the
priest imposed pena

Question 14

Define

Ascetic (n.)

(ə setˊik)

Answer 14

One who practices self-denial & devotion

The cave of the ascetic lacked the opulence and lush
decoration of his

Question 15

Define

Desultory

(desˊəl tôˊri)

Answer 15

Occurring by chance, disconnected

Larry’s compositions proceed in a desultory manner
despite the supplic

Question 16

Define

Disciple

(də sīˊpəl)

Answer 16

Follower

Billy the Vampire is the only extant disciple of Count
Dracula.

Question 17

Define

Metamorphosis

(metˊə môrˊfə sis)

Answer 17

Change

In a remarkable metamorphosis, her lugubrious mood
changed to one of l

Question 18

Define

The Fat Is In the Fire

Answer 18

The mischief is done

We implored him to desist but he said that the fat was
already in the f

Question 19

Define

Bona Fide

(bōˊnə fidˊ)

Answer 19

Genuine

When we saw the hundreds of bona fide petitions we realized
that the nu

Question 20

Define

Salvation

(sal vāˊshən)

Answer 20

Deliverance from ruin

The megalomaniac believed that he alone had the answer to
mankind’s sal

Question 21

Define

Materialism

(mə tērˊi əl izˊəm)

Answer 21

Attention to worldly things & neglect of spiritual needs

Disciples of materialism may know the price of everything but
the value

Question 22

Define

Nurture

(nėrˊchər)

Answer 22

To nourish, support

In order to nurture good will, the management will do anything
to acco

Question 23

Define

Nirvana

(nir väˊnə)

Answer 23

Freedom from care & pain, Buddhist heaven

Rosalie found solace in the conviction that one day mankind
would reach

Question 24

Define

Like Caesar’s Wife

Answer 24

Above suspicion

Mrs. Drake would have to be like Caesar’s wife so that no tinge
of sc