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Question 0

1. pale; faint or deficient in color; wan.

2. lacking in vitality or interest.

Answer 0

pallid

Question 1

an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.

Answer 1

parageusia (pair-uh-GYOO-zhuh)

Question 2

1. to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame.
2. having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent; malicious.

Answer 2

malign

Question 3

with speed; quickly; swiftly.

Answer 3

apace

Question 4

1. skilful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
2. having mental adroitness or skill; clever.
3. done with skill or adroitness.

Answer 4

dexterous (DECK-struss)

Question 5

1. a lofty peak.
2. the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame, etc.
3. any pointed, towering part or formation, as of rock.

Answer 5

pinnacle

Question 6

1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent.
2. to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage.
3. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).

Answer 6

contrive

Question 7

1. out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal.
2. outside of nature; supernatural.

Answer 7

preternatural

Question 8

1. a prediction; portent.

2. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.

Answer 8

foreboding

Question 9

1. a word or short phrase to be communicated, on challenge, to a sentinel or guard; password or countersign.
2. a word or phrase expressive of a principle or rule of action; slogan.

Answer 9

watchword

Question 10

1. being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.

2. unnecessary or needless.

Answer 10

superfluous (soo-PER-floo-us)

Question 11

of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance.

Answer 11

perforce (per-FORCE)

Question 12

to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means.

Answer 12

procure

Question 13

1. a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence.
2. a surviving evidence or remainder of some condition, practice, etc.
3. a very slight trace or amount of something.

Answer 13

vestige (VES-tij)

Question 14

1. to put, ward, or keep off, as by force or evasion.

2. to prevent in time; forestall.

Answer 14

stave off

Question 15

to dry thoroughly; dry up.

Answer 15

desiccate

Question 16

1. to become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts.
2. to melt away.

Answer 16

deliquesce (deli-KWES)

Question 17

small; little; tiny.

Answer 17

diminutive

Question 18

1. evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor.
2. tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive.
3. changeable; mercurial; flighty.
4. fleeting; transient.

Answer 18

volatile