476-500

Question 1

delude

Answer 1

to make someone believe something that is untrue; to deceive

Question 2

feud

Answer 2

a bitter, prolonged quarrel

Question 3

outmoded

Answer 3

no longer in fashion

Question 4

aletercation

Answer 4

a heated or noisy arguement

Question 5

discreet

Answer 5

careful about what one says or does; prudent

Question 6

abrogate

Answer 6

to cancel or repeal by authority

Question 7

verbatim

Answer 7

word for word

Question 8

verity

Answer 8

a widely-accepted truth

Question 9

affable

Answer 9

friendly; easy to talk to

Question 10

bifurcate

Answer 10

to divide into two parts

Question 11

benediction

Answer 11

blessing

Question 12

laity

Answer 12

all the people not belonging to a given profession, esp. the clergy

Question 13

retrospect

Answer 13

the consideration of past events

Question 14

effervescent

Answer 14

giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement

Question 15

upshot

Answer 15

the decisive or final result

Question 16

anesthesia

Answer 16

unawareness of pain or other sensatation; drugs that cause this state

Question 17

vertiginous

Answer 17

causing dizziness, as from spinning or heights

Question 18

variegated

Answer 18

distinctly marked with different colors; diverse

Question 19

vex

Answer 19

to disturb; to distress

Question 20

orient

Answer 20

v.to establish one’s location; n. the east

Question 21

ameliorate

Answer 21

to improve; to become better

Question 22

baleful

Answer 22

harmful or threatening harm or evil

Question 23

conceit

Answer 23

a fanciful idea or image, esp. an exaggerated poetic comparison; an extravagant construction

Question 24

epitome

Answer 24

a representative example of a type

Question 25

predilection

Answer 25

a preference

Question 26

zeitgeist

Answer 26

the trend or spirit of the times

Question 27

forfeit

Answer 27

to surrender or be forced to surrender

Question 28

hallmark

Answer 28

any mark o r symbol of genuineness or high quality

Question 29

encroach

Answer 29

to infringe; to intrude; to trespass

Question 30

mediocre

Answer 30

ordinary to inferior in quality; not standing out from the average

Question 31

contemporary

Answer 31

of the same time or period

Question 32

nocturnal

Answer 32

occurring at time

Question 33

maim

Answer 33

to cripple; to mutilate; to disable

Question 34

purport

Answer 34

to claim, esp. falsely

Question 35

subjective

Answer 35

based on personal experience or feeling, not on external evidence

Question 36

carte blanche

Answer 36

unrestricted power to act at one’s own discretion

Question 37

proscribe

Answer 37

to prohibit or forbid; to denounce

Question 38

incumbent

Answer 38

adj. necessary or obligatory n. a person who currently holds a particular positions

Question 39

antediluvian

Answer 39

very old; outdated

Question 40

goad

Answer 40

v. to prod or urge, as if with a pointed stick; n. a long stick used to prod animals; something used to urge one

Question 41

cue

Answer 41

a hint

Question 42

derelic

Answer 42

abandoned; negligent

Question 43

ascribe

Answer 43

to attribute to a specific source

Question 44

exuberant

Answer 44

lively, happy, and full of good spirits

Question 45

induce

Answer 45

to influence, esp. by persuasion; to bring about; to infer by inductive reasoning

Question 46

elicit

Answer 46

to draw out; to invoke

Question 47

tantalize

Answer 47

to torment or tease by showing something desirable while keeping it out of reach

Question 48

florid

Answer 48

flushed with rosy color; overdecorated

Question 49

freelance

Answer 49

without long-term commitment to any employer

Question 50

amplify

Answer 50

to make larger