Deck 49

Question 1

wanton

Answer 1

adj. unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste

Question 2

wince

Answer 2

v. shrink back; flinch

Question 3

voluminous

Answer 3

adj. bulky; large

Question 4

virile

Answer 4

adj. manly

Question 5

verisimilitude

Answer 5

n. appearance of truth; likelihood

Question 6

urbane

Answer 6

adj. suave; refined; elegant

Question 7

unctuous

Answer 7

adj. oily; bland; insincerely suave

Question 8

tycoon

Answer 8

n. wealthy leader

Question 9

tremor

Answer 9

n. trembling; slight quivor

Question 10

theocracy

Answer 10

n. government run by religious leaders

Question 11

temporal

Answer 11

adj. not lasting forever; limited by time; secular

Question 12

taint

Answer 12

v. contaminate

Question 13

superimpose

Answer 13

v. place over something else

Question 14

supple

Answer 14

adj. flexible; pliant

Question 15

substantive

Answer 15

adj. real, as opposed to imaginary; essential; solidly based; substantial

Question 16

subdued

Answer 16

adj. less intense; quieter

Question 17

sophistry

Answer 17

n. seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning(deceptive reasoning)

Question 18

simper

Answer 18

v. smirk; smile affectedly

Question 19

sedition

Answer 19

n. resistance to authority; insubordination

Question 20

sagacious

Answer 20

adj. perceptive; shrewd; having insight

Question 21

revoke

Answer 21

v. cancel; retract

Question 22

rousing

Answer 22

adj. lively; stirring

Question 23

resolve (v)

Answer 23

v. decide; settle; solve

Question 24

retort

Answer 24

n. quick sharp reply

Question 25

reproach

Answer 25

v. express disapproval or disappointment

Question 26

recipient

Answer 26

n. receiver

Question 27

refractory

Answer 27

adj. stubborn; unmanageable

Question 28

ramshackle

Answer 28

adj. rickety; falling apart

Question 29

quiver (v)

Answer 29

v. tremble; shake

Question 30

rancid

Answer 30

adj. having the odor of stale fat

Question 31

pulchritude

Answer 31

n. beauty; comliness

Question 32

propellants

Answer 32

n. substances that propel or drive forward

Question 33

prognosis

Answer 33

n. forecasted course of a disease; prediction

Question 34

primp

Answer 34

v. groom oneself with care; adorn oneself

Question 35

prerogative

Answer 35

n. privilege; unquestionable right

Question 36

predetermine

Answer 36

v. predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly

Question 37

phobia

Answer 37

n. morbid fear

Question 38

pertinent

Answer 38

adj. to the point; relevant

Question 39

intrude

Answer 39

v. trespass; enter as an uninvited person

Question 40

interminable

Answer 40

adj. endless

Question 41

imperative

Answer 41

adj. absolutely necessary; critically important

Question 42

emendation

Answer 42

n. correction of errors; improvement

Question 43

extrapolation

Answer 43

n. projection; conjecture

Question 44

evince

Answer 44

v. show clearly

Question 45

distort

Answer 45

v. twist out of shape

Question 46

dissection

Answer 46

n. analysis; cutting apart in order to examine

Question 47

demystify

Answer 47

v. clarify; free from mystery or obscurity

Question 48

delete

Answer 48

v. erase; strike out

Question 49

cerebration

Answer 49

n. thought

Question 50

caucus

Answer 50

n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

Question 51

appellation

Answer 51

n. name; title

Question 52

anonymous

Answer 52

adj. having no name

Question 53

abduction

Answer 53

n. kidnapping

Question 54

bilious

Answer 54

adj. suffering from indigestion; irritable

Question 55

bent (adj)

Answer 55

adj. determined

Question 56

complement

Answer 56

v. complete; consummate; make perfect

Question 57

clench

Answer 57

v. close tightly; grasp

Question 58

bent (n)

Answer 58

n. natural talent or inclination

Question 59

comatose

Answer 59

adj. in a coma; extremely sleepy

Question 60

unobtrusive

Answer 60

adj. inconspicuous; not blatant