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Question 1

ANTAGONISM

Answer 1

(n) Hostility, opposition, or active resistance

Question 2

PLACATE

Answer 2

(v) To soothe the anger of, mollify, or appease

Question 3

EULOGY

Answer 3

(n) A praising speech or tribute, especially honoring someone who has died
(n) High praise

Question 4

MOROSE

Answer 4

(adj.) Sullen, gloomy, or melancholy

Question 5

ENERVATE

Answer 5

(v) To weaken or sap the strength, vigor, or vitality of

Question 6

LUCID

Answer 6

(adj.) Intelligible or readily understandable
(adj.) Sane or rational
(adj.) Translucent or clear; bright or luminous

Question 7

LACONIC

Answer 7

(adj.) Concise, terse, or extremely sparing with words

Question 8

ASSUAGE

Answer 8

(v) To make less intense or severe; to ease
(v) To satisfy, appease, or quench
(v) To pacify, sooth, or quiet

Question 9

DELIBERATE

Answer 9

(v) To think carefully or consider
(adj.) 1. Carefully considered
2. Slowly, unhurriedly decided
3. Done intentionally or with awareness of the consequences

Question 10

UNDERMINE

Answer 10

(v) To weaken by washing away the support or foundation underneath
(v) To weaken, injure, or ruin by degrees or a little at the time; to sap
(v) To subvert secretly or insidiously
(adj.) To dig a mine or tunnel underneath

Question 11

BOLSTER

Answer 11

(v) To support, uphold, hearten, or boost

Question 12

AVER

Answer 12

(v) To assert or affirm positively
(v) To formally assert or prove in pleading a case or cause

Question 13

DISABUSE

Answer 13

(v) To free someone from a misconception or deception

Question 14

PRECIPITATE

Answer 14

(v) To throw or fall down headlong
(v) To bring about or cause to happen, especially abruptly or prematurely
(v) To cause (a substance) to separate from a solution;
To condense or cause to condense and fall from the sky as snow, rain, etc.
(adj.) Speeding headlong, rapidly, or dangerously;
Proceeding with undue haste and without necessary forethought
(adj.) Occurring abruptly or unexpectedly
(adj.) Steep or rushing steeply downward

Question 15

DIATRIBE

Answer 15

(n) Bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation

Question 16

RAREFY

Answer 16

(v) To make or become thin, less compact, or less dense
(v) To purify, refine, or make more spiritual

Question 17

EFFRONTERY

Answer 17

Insolence, boldness, or presumption

Question 18

AMALGAMATE

Answer 18

To mix, merge, or combine into a whole

Question 19

BESIEGE

Answer 19

Attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround

Question 20

INCHOATE

Answer 20

(adj.) Incipient, still developing or incomplete
(adj.) Imperfectly formed, incoherent or lacking order