#231-242

Question 1

grossly

Answer 1

(adv): (1) extremely or excessively; (2) in a very obvious and unacceptable manner (40)

Question 2

categorical

Answer 2

(adj): absolute; unqualified; without any doubt or possibility of being changed (40)

Question 3

palimpsest

Answer 3

(n): (1) a writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; (2) something having diverse aspects or layers beneath the surface (41)

Question 4

multifarious

Answer 4

(adj): of many various types (44)

Question 5

proletariat

Answer 5

(n): the people in a society who do not control production and must work in order to live; the laboring class (44)

Question 6

abject

Answer 6

(adj): utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched; very bad or severe (46)

Question 7

pedantic

Answer 7

(adj): caring too much about minor rules or details; pretentious in one’s learning (48)

Question 8

abstain

Answer 8

(v): (1) to restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something; (2) to formally decline to vote for or against something (48)

Question 9

philology

Answer 9

(n): the study of the history and development of oral and written languages (50)

Question 10

protuberant

Answer 10

(adj): bulging or swelling out beyond the surrounding surface; (50)

Question 11

vapid

Answer 11

(adj): (1) without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious; (2) showing no intelligence (53)

Question 12

subsidiary

Answer 12

(adj): serving to assist or supplement; supplementary; auxiliary; (n): something less important than something else with which it is connected (54)