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Question 1

Adumbrate

Answer 1

verb: To produce a faint image or resemblance of.

Question 2

Alchemy

Answer 2

noun: A medieval chemical philosophy.

Question 3

Ambiguous

Answer 3

adjective: Open to more than one interpretation.

Question 4

Bilk

Answer 4

verb: To defraud, fool, cheat, or swindle.

Question 5

Brazen

Answer 5

adjective: Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity.

Question 6

Brigand

Answer 6

noun: A robber or bandit, especially one of an outlaw band.

Question 7

Carp

Answer 7

verb: To find fault in a disagreeable way; to importune; to complain.

Question 8

Catalyst

Answer 8

noun: One that precipitates a process or event, especially without being involved in or changed by the consequences of the event or action.

Question 9

Decorous

Answer 9

adjective: Characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper behavior.

Question 10

Demarcation

Answer 10

noun: The setting or marking of boundaries or limits.

Question 11

Demographics

Answer 11

noun: The characteristics of human population and population segments.

Question 12

Ebb

Answer 12

noun: A period of decline or diminution.

Question 15

Emend

Answer 15

verb: To improve (a text) by critical reading.

Question 16

Entity

Answer 16

noun: Something that evidences a real or likely existence.

Question 17

Expatiate

Answer 17

verb: To speak or write at length.

Question 18

Facile

Answer 18

adjective: Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty.

Question 19

Facility

Answer 19

noun: The quality or being easily performed.

Question 20

Foible

Answer 20

noun: A minor weakness, flaw, or failing of character.

Question 21

Fugacious

Answer 21

adjective: Fleeting; transitory; lasting a very short time.

Question 22

Garner

Answer 22

verb: To gather and store.

Question 23

Gratis

Answer 23

adv/adjective: Without charge or payment; free.

Question 24

Hapless

Answer 24

adjective: Luckless; unfortunate.

Question 25

Heterodox

Answer 25

noun: Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma.

Question 26

Imbue

Answer 26

verb: To inspire or influence thoroughly.

Question 27

Kernel

Answer 27

noun: The most material and central part.

Question 28

Levity

Answer 28

noun: Lighthearted humor especially in what otherwise may be a serious occasion.

Question 29

Limpid

Answer 29

adjective: Characterized by transparent clearness.

Question 30

Prerogative

Answer 30

noun: An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right.

Question 31

Rancor

Answer 31

noun: Bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred.

Question 32

Redolent

Answer 32

adjective: Suggestive; reminiscent; evocative.

Question 33

Renounce

Answer 33

verb: To give up or put aside voluntarily.

Question 34

Supplicate

Answer 34

verb: To ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying.

Question 35

Tableaux

Answer 35

noun: A vivid or graphic description.

Question 36

Torpid

Answer 36

adjective: Deprived of power of motion or feeling; lethargic.

Question 37

Velleity

Answer 37

noun: A mere wish or desire, without sufficient motivation or effort to accomplish.