Week #24

Question 1

Define

Anthropologist

(anˊthrə polˊə jist)

Answer 1

An expert in the study of the races, beliefs,
customs, etc. of mankind

Margaret Mead, the famous anthropologist, fascinated
thousands of read

Question 2

Define

Bizarre

(ba zärˊ)

Answer 2

Odd, peculiar, strange, weird

It would be rather bizarre for a young man to come to
school wearing a

Question 3

Define

Inanimate

(in anˊə mit)

Answer 3

Lifeless

Stones are inanimate objects which hav no life of their
own.

Question 4

Define

Fetish

(fē tish)

Answer 4

An object that is thought to have magic powers

The explorers saw the golden statue and thought of
how much money it wo

Question 5

Define

Artifact

(riˊplētˊ)

Answer 5

An object made by hand, rather than a thing as it occurs in nature

It has been suggested taht the man who builds a
better mousetrap will

Question 6

Define

To Get Down Off A High Horse

Answer 6

To act like an ordinary person

When Susan discovered that the young man who was
trying to make convers

Question 7

Define

Taboo

(tə büˊ)

Answer 7

Forbidden by custom or religious practice

It is taboo for certain South Seas islanders to eat some
foods before t

Question 8

Define

Imprudent

(im prüˊdənt)

Answer 8

Unwise, not careful

The imprudent fellow had saved none of his wages
and had to acce

Question 9

Define

Prohibition

(prōˊə bish ən)

Answer 9

The act of forbidding certain behavior

Although a New Jersey high school principal placed a
prohibition on boy

Question 10

Define

Imperative

(im perˊə tiv)

Answer 10

Urgent, necessary, compulsory

In the nuclear age it has become imperative for the
nations of the wor

Question 11

Define

Taint (n.)

(tānt)

Answer 11

Contamination, undesirable substance that spoils something

Unsanitary conditions in the bottling factory caused
hundreds of cases

Question 12

Define

The First Water

Answer 12

Of the best quality, the greatest

Lew Alcindor is obviously a basketball player of the
first water who wo

Question 13

Define

Universal

(ūˊnə verˊsəl)

Answer 13

Present everywhere

Would relations between countries be simpler if a
universal language we

Question 14

Define

Contemptuous

(kon temˊchü es)

Answer 14

Expressing a feeling that something is worthless

Bob felt contemptuous of his best friend after he saw
him cheati

Question 15

Define

Absurd

(abˊsérdˊ)

Answer 15

Ridculous

The teacher felt like laughing after he heard Sally’s
absurd excuse for

Question 16

Define

Bigot

(bigˊət)

Answer 16

A person who is intolerant of other people or ideas

One Southern politician, a notorious bigot, hopes to get
support as a p

Question 17

Define

Abhor

(ab hôrˊ)

Answer 17

To detest, to despise

I abhor people who fall asleep and snore in movie
theaters.

Question 18

Define

Dyed-In-The-Wool

Answer 18

Set in one’s ways

He was a dyed-in-the-wool Republican who would
not consider voti

Question 19

Define

Vulnerable

(vulˊnər ə bəl)

Answer 19

Capable of being injured

Armor protect the most vulnerable parts of the
warrior’s body.

Question 20

Defiine

Entreaty

(en trētˊi)

Answer 20

Appeal, plea

The murderer made an(n) entreaty to the Governor for
a pardon.

Question 21

Define

Tradition

(tra dishˊən)

Answer 21

Custom that has been handed down

Eskimos have a(n) tradition of rubbing noses to show
affection.

Question 22

Define

Originate

(ə rijˊə nāt)

Answer 22

Begin, arise

Some bad habits orginate in adolescence and continue
throughout a pers

Question 23

Define

Inviolable

(in vīˊə lə bl)

Answer 23

Safe (from destruction, etc.)

Despite the inexorable torture, 007 kept the inviolable
secret of the

Question 24

Define

On His Own Hook

Answer 24

Without others’ help

The soldier said he would investigate behind the
enemy lines on his own