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Question 0

Malodorous

Answer 0

Ill-smelling; stinking; fetid; unpleasantly odorous

Question 1

Fusty

Answer 1

1. Stale-smelling; musty; moldy

2. Old-fashioned

Question 2

Pungent

Answer 2

Sharp in smell or taste; acrid; biting; stimulating

Question 3

Unsavory

Answer 3

1. Unpleasant to taste or smell

2. Morally offensive

Question 4

Archaic

Answer 4

No longer used, except in a special context; old-fashioned

Question 5

Callow

Answer 5

Young and inexperienced; unflegded

Question 6

Defunct

Answer 6

Dead; deceased; extinct

Question 7

Posthumous

Answer 7

1. Published after the author’s death

2. Occurring after death

Question 8

Venerable

Answer 8

Worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance

Question 9

Abstemious

Answer 9

Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent

Question 10

Sober

Answer 10

1. Not drunk; temperate

2. Serious; free from excitement or exaggeration

Question 11

Doldrums

Answer 11

1. Calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator

2. Listlessness

Question 12

Dross

Answer 12

Waste; refuse

Question 13

Expurgate

Answer 13

Remove objectionable material from a book; bowdlerize; purify

Question 14

Purge

Answer 14

Cleanse; purify; rid of undesired element or person

Question 15

Slatternly

Answer 15

Untidy; dirty from habitual neglect; slovenly

Question 16

Sloven

Answer 16

Person habitually untidy, dirty, or careless in dress, habits, etc

Question 17

Sordid

Answer 17

Filthy; vile

Question 18

Sully

Answer 18

Tarnish; besmirch; defile

Question 19

Juxtapose

Answer 19

Put side by side; put close together

Question 20

Juxtaposition

Answer 20

Close or side-by-side position

Question 21

Propinquity

Answer 21

1. Kinship

2. Nearness of place; proximity