1101-1200

Question 1

diclinous

Answer 1

having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers

Question 2

consecrate

Answer 2

to induct into a permanent office with a religious rite; to make or declare sacred

Question 3

cajole

Answer 3

to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance

Question 4

dally

Answer 4

to act playfully; to waste time

Question 5

prism

Answer 5

a transparent body, bounded by nonparallel plane faces, and used to refract light

Question 6

potation

Answer 6

a usually alcoholic drink or brew; the act or an instance of drinking

Question 7

bramble

Answer 7

prickly shrubs of the rose family including the raspberries and blackberries

Question 8

grail

Answer 8

the cup or platter used according to medieval legend by Christ at the Last Supper

Question 9

fervid

Answer 9

very hot; marked by often extreme fervor

Question 10

legation

Answer 10

an official emissary

Question 11

muskeg

Answer 11

a sphagnum bog; a thick deposit of partially decayed vegetable matter of wet boreal regions

Question 12

platitude

Answer 12

the quality or state of being dull or insipid; a banal, trite, or stale remark

Question 13

potsherd

Answer 13

a pottery fragment usually unearthed as an archaeological relic

Question 14

sardonic

Answer 14

disdainfully humorous; derisively mocking

Question 15

bollard

Answer 15

a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines

Question 16

parlay

Answer 16

the fresh risking of an original stake together with its winnings; to exploit successfully

Question 17

stratagem

Answer 17

an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy

Question 18

piquant

Answer 18

engagingly provocative; agreeably stimulating to the taste, especially spicy

Question 19

torpor

Answer 19

a state of mental and motor inactivity with insensibility; a state of lowered physiological activity

Question 20

agrarian

Answer 20

of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure

Question 21

stamen

Answer 21

the pollen-producing male organ of a flower

Question 22

slapdash

Answer 22

careless and hasty

Question 23

peduncle

Answer 23

a stalk bearing a flower or fructification

Question 24

slatternly

Answer 24

untidy and dirty through habitual neglect; characteristic of a prostitute

Question 25

bravura

Answer 25

a musical passage requiring exceptional agility and technical skill

Question 26

ad hominem

Answer 26

an attack on an opponent’s character rather than assertions or points that the opponent has made

Question 27

serum

Answer 27

the watery, clear portion of an animal or plant fluid; a lightweight cosmetic preparation

Question 28

burnish

Answer 28

to polish, shine

Question 29

prior

Answer 29

the superior ranking next to the abbot of a monastery; the superior of a religious house

Question 30

tensile

Answer 30

capable of tension; of, relating to, or involving tension

Question 31

injudicious

Answer 31

not judicious; indiscreet; unwise

Question 32

obdurate

Answer 32

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; resistant to persuasion

Question 33

grama

Answer 33

any of several pasture grasses of the western U.S.

Question 34

hydrography

Answer 34

relating to the characteristic features of bodies of water; relating to the charting of bodies of water

Question 35

servile

Answer 35

of or befitting a menial position; meanly or cravenly submissive

Question 36

precocious

Answer 36

exceptionally early in development; exhibiting mature qualities at an early age

Question 37

elucidate

Answer 37

to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis

Question 38

parry

Answer 38

to ward off a weapon or blow

Question 39

choleric

Answer 39

easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger; hot-tempered

Question 40

delusive

Answer 40

likely to delude; constituting a delusion

Question 41

courtier

Answer 41

one in attendance at a royal court; one who practices flattery

Question 42

dhobi

Answer 42

an Indian member of a low caste, employed as a washerman or washerwoman

Question 43

pensive

Answer 43

musingly or dreamily thoughtful; suggestive of sad thoughtfulness

Question 44

calcareous

Answer 44

resembling calcite or calcium carbonate; growing on limestone

Question 45

hauberk

Answer 45

a tunic of chain mail worn as defensive armor

Question 46

ombre

Answer 46

having colors or tones that shade into each other

Question 47

paranormal

Answer 47

not scientifically explainable; supernatural

Question 48

augean

Answer 48

extremely difficult or formidable; distasteful, filthy

Question 49

vassal

Answer 49

a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty

Question 50

argillaceous

Answer 50

of, relating to, or containing clay or clay minerals

Question 51

diaspora

Answer 51

the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland

Question 52

bevue

Answer 52

an error due to ignorance or inadvertence

Question 53

jetsam

Answer 53

any cargo that is intentionally discarded from a ship or wreckage

Question 54

boreal

Answer 54

relating to, or located in northern regions, especially by dominance of coniferous forests

Question 55

insinuate

Answer 55

to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way; imply

Question 56

absolve

Answer 56

to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt; pardon; forgive

Question 57

satyr

Answer 57

a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having characteristics of a horse or goat

Question 58

hobgoblin

Answer 58

a mischievous goblin, imp or sprite

Question 59

cetacea

Answer 59

aquatic mostly marine mammals consisting of the whales, dolphins, porpoises, and related forms

Question 60

subtend

Answer 60

to be opposite to and extend from one side to the other

Question 61

pachydermatous

Answer 61

of or relating to the pachyderms; thick; callous

Question 62

aquiline

Answer 62

curving like an eagle’s beak; of, relating to, or resembling an eagle

Question 63

adroit

Answer 63

having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations

Question 64

antipyretic

Answer 64

an agent that reduces fever

Question 65

thermodynamics

Answer 65

physics that deals with the mechanical action or relations of heat

Question 66

spar

Answer 66

a stout round piece used to support rigging; the main longitudinal members of an airplane wing

Question 67

ocher

Answer 67

an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment

Question 68

salubrious

Answer 68

favorable to or promoting health or well-being

Question 69

forlorn

Answer 69

sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion; in poor condition; nearly hopeless

Question 70

inviolate

Answer 70

not violated or profaned; pure

Question 71

jaggery

Answer 71

coarse dark brown sugar made in India from the sap of palm trees

Question 72

expropriate

Answer 72

to deprive of possession or proprietary rights

Question 73

eminence

Answer 73

a position of prominence or superiority; a natural elevation

Question 74

crinosity

Answer 74

hairiness

Question 75

longe

Answer 75

a long rein or strap used to lead or guide a horse in training

Question 76

fecund

Answer 76

fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree

Question 77

repartee

Answer 77

a quick and witty reply; adroitness and cleverness in reply

Question 78

leeward

Answer 78

being in or facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing; the side opposite the windward

Question 79

spectral

Answer 79

of, relating to, or suggesting a specter; ghost

Question 80

injunction

Answer 80

a writ granted by a court of equity whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act

Question 81

ruction

Answer 81

a quarrel; a disturbance; an uproar; a riot

Question 82

yeoman

Answer 82

an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household

Question 83

tun

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a large cask for beer or wine, especially one equal to 252 gallons

Question 84

sylvan

Answer 84

living or located in the woods or forest

Question 85

dimity

Answer 85

a sheer usually corded cotton fabric of plain weave in checks or stripes

Question 86

talisman

Answer 86

an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune

Question 87

conjure

Answer 87

to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly; to summon by or as if by invocation

Question 88

ignominy

Answer 88

deep personal humiliation and disgrace; disgraceful conduct, quality, or action

Question 89

grandee

Answer 89

a man of elevated rank or station, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman

Question 90

vicissitude

Answer 90

the quality or state of being changeable; an event or situation that occurs by chance

Question 91

lout

Answer 91

to bow in respect; an awkward brutish person

Question 92

arrent

Answer 92

let or farm out at a rent

Question 93

bearing

Answer 93

the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself

Question 94

harangue

Answer 94

a speech addressed to a public assembly; a ranting speech or writing; lecture

Question 95

coxcomb

Answer 95

a jester’s cap adorned with a strip of red

Question 96

slag

Answer 96

the dross or scoria of a metal; a lewd or promiscuous woman

Question 97

stochastic

Answer 97

involving a random variable, chance or probability

Question 98

cabal

Answer 98

the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot; a political clique

Question 99

wheen

Answer 99

few

Question 100

bedeck

Answer 100

to clothe with finery