400 Words Part 7

Question 1

Blanch

Answer 1

Drain of color, to become pale or pallid

Question 2

Bombastic

Answer 2

Pretentious, lacking in humility

Question 3

Conflate

Answer 3

Combine, fuse

Question 4

Brandish

Answer 4

To shake or wave in a menacing manner

Question 5

Brusque

Answer 5

Rough, abrupt

Question 6

Burgeon

Answer 6

Grow rapidly

Question 7

Cantankerous

Answer 7

Bad-tempered

Question 8

Choleric

Answer 8

Irascible, easily angered

Question 9

Fractious

Answer 9

Unruly
OR
Readily angered, irritable

Question 10

Factious

Answer 10

Divisive

Question 11

Capacious

Answer 11

Spacious, roomy

Question 12

Rapacious

Answer 12

Greedy

Question 13

Circuitous

Answer 13

Indirect

Question 14

Circumscribe

Answer 14

Restrict, limit

Question 15

Circumspect

Answer 15

Careful, cautious

Question 16

Compendium

Answer 16

Summary

Question 17

Compendious

Answer 17

Succinct, concise
OR
Comprehensive

Question 18

Epitome

Answer 18

Summary
OR
Perfect example

Question 19

Capitulate

Answer 19

Surrender

Question 20

Epiphany

Answer 20

Sudden revelation

Question 21

Epitaph

Answer 21

Engraving on a gravestone

Question 22

Crux

Answer 22

Basic critical point, purport

Question 23

Audacity

Answer 23

Boldness, daring
OR 
Effrontery, shamelessly bold
OR
Temerity, reckless boldness

Question 24

Corroborate

Answer 24

Support with evidence

Question 25

Decorum

Answer 25

Conformity to accepted norms, propriety, etiquette

Question 26

Audacious

Answer 26

Very bold

Question 27

Defile

Answer 27

Make dirty

Question 28

Demonstrative

Answer 28

Showing an open display on feeings

Question 29

Demystify

Answer 29

Make clear

Question 30

Desultory

Answer 30

Marked by a lack of service, fortuitous

Question 31

Happenstance

Answer 31

Coincidence

Question 32

Dilatory

Answer 32

Tending to delay

Question 33

Disabuse

Answer 33

free from errors

Question 34

Edify

Answer 34

Uplift, correct

Question 35

Disingenuous

Answer 35

Perfidious, very crafty, sly

Question 36

Invidious

Answer 36

Tending to rouse hatred

Question 37

Divulge

Answer 37

Reveal, disclose

Question 38

Docile

Answer 38

Malleable, lithe, pliable

Question 39

Dogmatic

Answer 39

Opinionated

Question 40

Eclectic

Answer 40

Selecting from a wide variety of sources

Question 41

Inimitable

Answer 41

Unable to be copied

Question 42

Inimical

Answer 42

Hostile

Question 43

Enamor

Answer 43

Fill with love

Question 44

Equanimity

Answer 44

Poise, composure

Question 45

Effervescent

Answer 45

Bubbling, lively

Question 46

Efface

Answer 46

Obliterate, extinguish