WOTD QUIZ 3 EXAM QUESTIONS

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WOTD QUIZ 3 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Philistine

Answer:

A person who is smugly indifferent or antagonistic to art or culture.

Question 2: precocious

Answer:

Displaying or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in intelligence.

Question 3: Ostentatious

Answer:

Characterized by showiness meant to impress others; pretentious in display.

Question 4: Narcissist

Answer:

One who is excessively preoccupied with oneself; an extremely self-centered person.

Question 5: Peevish

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Discontented or irritable.

Question 6: Nouveau riche

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Characterized by newly acquired wealth , especially when it is flaunted.

Question 7: Junket

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A trip or tour, especially one taken by an official at public expense or by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking patronage

Question 8: Malinger

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To fake illness in order to avoid work or duty.

Question 9: Ogle

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To stare at something, especially in a desirous or impertinent manner.

Question 10: Minimalist

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Characterized by the use of only the simplest or most essential elements, as in the arts, literature, or design.

Question 11: Litany

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A repetitive recital or list.

Question 12: Oblivion

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The condition of being completely forgotten. A condition of total forgetfulness.

Question 13: Maudlin

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Excessively sentimental.

Question 14: Paradox

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A statement that seems to contradict itself but may nonetheless be true. A person or thing that is apparently contradictory.

Question 15: Mantra

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A word or phrase that is expressed repeatedly, as in reaffirming an idea or motivating someone.

Question 16: propriety

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Conformity to prevailing customs and usages.

Question 17: Nirvana

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An ideal condition of harmony, stability, or joy.

Question 18: Mercenary

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Motivated solely by desire for monetary or material gain.

Question 19: Perfunctory

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Done routinely and with little interest or care.

Question 20: Kitsch

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Art or other objects appealing to popular taste, as by being gaudy or overly sentimental

Question 21: quid pro quo

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Something given in return for something else or accepted as a reciprocal part of an exchange.

Question 22: Misnomer

Answer:

A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object.

Question 23: Non sequitur

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A statement that does not follow logically from what precedes it.

Question 24: Ostracize

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To exclude from a group.

Question 25: quintessential

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Being the best or most typical example of its kind.

Question 26: Machiavellian

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Characterized by cunning or deceit.

Question 27: Malaise

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A general sense of unease.

Question 28: Panacea

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A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.