CRL 7

Question 1

Acquisitive

Answer 1

Eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth, or information

Question 2

Inquisition

Answer 2

1. A prolonged inquiry or questioning, especially a harsh investigation on religious or political issues
2. (capitalized) Special court of the Roman Catholic church in the Middle Ages to combat, suppress, and punish heresy

Question 3

Querulous

Answer 3

Complaining; irritable; peevish

Question 4

Dynamo

Answer 4

1. An electric generator

2. An extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person

Question 5

Dynasty

Answer 5

1. A succession of rulers form the same group or line

2. A succession of influential people linked by familial, political, social, or cultural association

Question 6

Demise

Answer 6

Death, or the end of existence or operation of something

Question 7

Emissary

Answer 7

A person sent on a special mission

Question 8

Premise

Answer 8

1. A proposition offered as a basis for argument

2. In logic, each of the first two propositions in a syllogism

Question 9

Metricious

Answer 9

1. Attention-getting in a vulgar way; tawdry or tacky

2. Insincere; based on pretense or deception

Question 10

Meritorious

Answer 10

Praiseworthy; deserving reward or esteem

Question 11

Importune

Answer 11

To make repeated and insistent demands or requests

Question 12

Opportunist

Answer 12

A person (or animal) taking advantage of any chance to achieve an end in a forceful or self-serving way

Question 13

Presumption

Answer 13

1. Arrogance; excessive self-assurance; unbecoming boldness

2. Grounds for belief; assumption or supposition

Question 14

Subsume

Answer 14

To place in a larger category or under a general heading or principle

Question 15

Sumptuary

Answer 15

Pertaining to or regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, usually relating to clothing or food