S4 February 23 Vocab Quiz

What word meaning 'bad-tempered people, especially old ones' is used in this context: 'It looks like the revenge of corporate ___.'

What word meaning 'a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way' is used in this context: 'the brilliant ___ is just as slowly revealed to be something of a fool'

What word meaning 'a scientific concept that is most commonly associated with a state of disorder, randomness or uncertainty' is used in this context: 'The ___ of the universe is everywhere increasing. '

What word meaning '(of a network) irregular and twisting' is used in this context: 'all that driving around the ___ streets of London '

What word meaning 'a long article or a short book on a particular subject' is used in this context: 'authors of the academic ___ '

What word meaning 'conscious mental activities; activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering' is used in this context: 'It enriches our discussions of comparative ___ when the similarities were made so clear.'

What word meaning 'existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance' is used in this context: 'Why are things as they are when what they are seems anything but ___?'

What word describing 'something related to bodily structure' is used in this context: 'the brain’s basic ___ structure was more or less static'

What word meaning 'supreme rulers' is used in this context: 'Individual ___ may have affected the direction of social evolution.'

What word meaning 'organized into a system or code' is used in this context: 'Grammatical usages developed and were later ___ into rules.'