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Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

verb: To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; to lessen.

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

verb: To relinquish power or responsibility formally.

Question 3

Abridge

Answer 3

verb: To reduce the length of a written text; to condense.

Question 4

Annex

Answer 4

verb: To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant entity, often by force or without consent.

Question 5

Arraign

Answer 5

verb: To call an accused person before a court of law to answer a charge made against them.

Question 6

Augury

Answer 6

noun: An indication of what may happen in the future; an omen. (harbinger, portent)

Question 7

Bulwark

Answer 7

noun: A wall or embankment used as a defense fortification; a rampart; something serving as a means of defense, protection, or safeguard.

Question 8

Calumny

Answer 8

noun: A false statement maliciously made to harm another person’s reputation; a malicious attack. (denunciation, vituperation)

Question 9

Churlish

Answer 9

adjective: Having a sour, difficult, or intractable disposition; difficult to work with. (imperious)

Question 10

Cicatrice

Answer 10

noun: A scar left following the healing of a wound, whether emotional or physical.

Question 11

Collateral

Answer 11

adjective: Of a secondary nature; subordinate.

Question 14

Conjecture

Answer 14

noun: An inference, judgment, or opinion based on incomplete or inconclusive evidence or information. (hypothesis)

Question 15

Craven

Answer 15

adjective: So lacking in courage as to be worthy of contempt; characterized by abject fear; cowardly.

Question 16

Equivocate

Answer 16

verb: To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.

Question 17

Gambol

Answer 17

verb: To frolic; to leap or skip about playfully; playful behavior.

Question 18

Germane

Answer 18

adjective: Suitably related to something; fitting; appropriate; apropos; highly relevant. (felicitous)

Question 19

Glean

Answer 19

verb: To obtain or learn information in small amounts or over a period of time.

Question 20

Impute

Answer 20

verb: To attribute usually undesirable characteristics or actions to someone or something.

Question 21

Numinous

Answer 21

adjective: A mysterious power that suggests the presence of spirit, deity, or god.

Question 22

Objurgate

Answer 22

verb: To scold harshly; to rebuke or censure. (castigate)

Question 23

Obscure

Answer 23

adjective: Difficult to understand or perceive because of a lack of clarity; unable to perceive distinctly.

Question 24

Obsequies

Answer 24

noun: Rites or ceremonies carried out at a funeral or commemorative service.

Question 25

Ostentatious

Answer 25

adjective: A vulgar display of wealth to impress people; pretentious; intended to attract, notice, or impress others.

Question 26

Palliate

Answer 26

verb: To reduce the intensity or severity of something; to make an offense or crime seem less serious. (mitigate, extenuate, allay, assuage)

Question 27

Palpable

Answer 27

adjective: Capable of being handled, touch, or felt; so intense as to be almost able to be felt physically. (tangible)

Question 28

Paradox

Answer 28

noun: A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Question 29

Prate

Answer 29

verb: To talk idly at length; to chatter; to engage in small-talk.

Question 30

Promontory

Answer 30

noun: A high ridge of land or rock that juts out over a body of water.

Question 31

Protean

Answer 31

adjective: Readily or easily assuming different forms, shapes, or characteristics; extremely variable, malleable, or highly adaptable.

Question 32

Quiescent

Answer 32

adjective: Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive.

Question 33

Remiss

Answer 33

adjective: Negligent in performance or work; lax in attending to duties or meeting obligations.

Question 34

Rueful

Answer 34

adjective: Characterized by regret that is often accompanied by sorrow; inspiring pity or compassion.

Question 35

Sanctify

Answer 35

verb: To set apart for sacred use; to consecrate; to make holy; to purify.

Question 36

Sovereign

Answer 36

noun: One that exercises supreme, permanent authority, as in a king or queen, especially in a nation or other form of government.

Question 37

Unction

Answer 37

noun: Anointing with oil; genuine or pretended earnestness.