1

Question 1

Abject

Answer 1

Wretched, without resources

Question 2

Alacrity

Answer 2

Prompt and eager readiness

Question 3

Alpaca

Answer 3

A kind of llama or fabric made from this hair

Question 4

Arid

Answer 4

Dry

Question 5

Ascetic

Answer 5

Exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises

Question 6

Assegais

Answer 6

A southern African tree having wood used for making spears or lances

Question 7

August

Answer 7

Majestic; imposing

Question 8

Brusque

Answer 8

Short and abrupt

Question 9

Cipher

Answer 9

A secret method of writing

Question 10

Circuitous

Answer 10

Roundabout, indirect

Question 11

Clamber

Answer 11

To climb with some difficulty

Question 12

Concertina

Answer 12

A portable musical instrument with hexagonale ends

Question 13

Confab

Answer 13

An impromptu or informal conference

Question 14

Conflagration

Answer 14

A great and destructive fire

Question 15

Cravat

Answer 15

Necktie

Question 16

Declivity

Answer 16

Downward inclination

Question 17

Diaphanous

Answer 17

Light, delicate, and almost transparent

Question 18

Disinterred

Answer 18

Unearthed; having dug up something buried

Question 19

Drollery

Answer 19

Something that has a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality

Question 20

Drubbing

Answer 20

A severe defeat; a beating