Lex syn 18

Peter was resolute without being ...: he held fast to his beliefs but avoided arguing about them with others

• philanthropic

• quarrelsome

• litigious

• polemical

Answer explanation

POLEMICAL: strongly critical/ attack/ controversial opinion

LITIGIOUS: unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes.

Instead of earning accolades, Galileo's discoveries earned him the (ENEMY) of the powerful Catholic Church

Galileo (USE) every piece of writing he could find about the new invention, then built much stronger telescopes and began to study the sky

Answer explanation

read sth carefully

To the church, Galileo's idea was (BLASPHEME) for saying that the universe did not rotate around the Earth

Answer explanation

considered offensive to God or religion

For the last 8 yrs of his life, Galileo (LANGUID) under house arrest, forbidden to leave his own home

Answer explanation

grow weak/ feeble

Church officials called the scientist a (HERESY) for saying that the uni did not rotate around the Earth

Answer explanation

• so having an opinion that is opposite to or against the official or popular opinion / a person believing in or practicing religious heresy.

Somehow or other, I let my children .... me into inviting seven of their best friends to sleep over on Friday night

• obliterate

• extol

• indoctrinate

• cajole

Answer explanation

CAJOLE so into: persuade (so) to do sth = sustained coaxing/ flattery

We got sidetracked with the lunch party, but hopefully we can make up the ...by getting everyone to pitch in with loading the trucks

• headway

• midway

• subway

• leeway

Answer explanation

MAKE UP THE LEEWAY: get back into good position after falling behind

Once you've watched the triplets for an entire day, then you'll have ... your spurs as a caretaker, as far as I'm concerned

• acquired

• earned

• derived

• gained

Answer explanation

EARN ONE's SPURS: sb deserved to be respected/ noticed

Many Americans refused to fall in with the idea that religion is a(n) ... disreputable anachronism

• cerebrally

• cognitively

• academically

• intellectually