CINCO de Mayo - Answers1. Thinking. Cerebral means related to intellectual activity (or the brain or cerebrum). He liked the services, but thought the songs were a bit too cerebral, not emotional enough for his gospel-background tastes.2. Imply something’s false, challenge (claims, motives, etc.) The candidate was outraged when opponents impugned his stated motives. 3. Communications from the grave. It was not a happy medium whose supposedly necromantic séance was exposed by the skeptic who had publicly impugned her honesty. 4. Dressed-up debutantes. A cotillion is a formal ball, especially for the “coming out” of debutantes. (It’s also the name of a lively French dance.) 5. Kiss—it’s a joking or pretentious term, also meaning “to touch closely.” The dean said that it was highly inappropriate for matriculants to engage in public osculation. |
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