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Lost Horizon Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antiquties | old stuff... the ancient past esp. the period before the middle ages |
| Ascetic | self discpline concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| benevolent | well meaning and kindly |
| Cadenza | a solo in the middle of a music peice |
| corporeal | nature of the physical body |
| emulation | effort to act like someone else |
| Extradition | syn.-banishment, deportation, exile, |
| felicity | intense happiness |
| inculcation | teach thru frequent instruction, repeating things |
| incorrigible | someone who engages in generally unacceptable behavior and cannot be corrected. |
| nonchalance | unexcited or unconcerned |
| preordian | to decide an outcome beforehand |
| profligate | wasteful in the use of resources |
| profundity | great depth of knoweledge or thought |
| proselytize | convert or attempt to convert someone from one religion to another |
| recondite | little knowledge about a topic |
| respite | short period of rest or relief |
| rivulet | small stream |
| sententious | having strong opinions about peoples behavior. |
| bethroed | person to whom one is engaged |