Unit 9
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| beatitude | (n.) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing
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| bete noire | (n.) someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids
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| bode | (v.) to be an omen of; to indicate by signs
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| dank | (adj.) unpleasantly damp or wet
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| ecumenical | (adj.) worldwide or universal in influence or application
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| fervid | (adj.) burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated
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| fetid | (adj.) haviing an unpleasant or offensive odor
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| gargantuan | (adj.) of immense size, volume or capacity; enormous, prodigious
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| heyday | (n.)the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years
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| incubus | (n.) a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare
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| infrastructure | (n.) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations
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| inveigle | (v.) to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by articice
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| kudos | (n.) the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement
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| lagniappe | (n.) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity
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| prolix | (adj.) long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write such a way
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| protege | (n.) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government
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| prototype | (n.) an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form
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| sycophant | (n.) someone who attempts to win favors or advance him-or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer
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| tautology | (n.) needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy
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| truckle | (v.) to yield or submit tamely or submissively
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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