530-533

Question 1

incumbent

Answer 1

holding an indicated position

Question 2

recumbent

Answer 2

lying down, reclining, leaning

Question 3

inculpate

Answer 3

to charge with fault

Question 4

mea culpa

Answer 4

through my fault, my fault

Question 5

deferential

Answer 5

respectful submission; to yield to judgement

“She was always deferential to her elders”

Question 6

delineate

Answer 6

to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline

Question 7

dilatory

Answer 7

inclined to delay or procrastinate

Question 8

interdict

Answer 8

to forbid, prohibit

Question 9

condign

Answer 9

well deserved; fitting; adequate

Question 10

indolence

Answer 10

a state of being lazy or slothful

Question 11

doleful

Answer 11

full of pain or sorrow, grevious

Question 12

indubitable

Answer 12

unquestionable

Question 13

duress

Answer 13

compulsion by threat, coercion

Question 14

dour

Answer 14

sullen, gloomy

Question 15

dyspepsia

Answer 15

impaired digestion

Question 16

efface

Answer 16

to rub or wipe out; surpass, eclipse

Question 17

epigram

Answer 17

a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed

- a short poem, especially a satirical one, having a witty or ingenious ending

Question 18

epithet

Answer 18

a word or phrase used to describe someone, usually as a term of abuse

Question 19

iniquity

Answer 19

gross injustice, wickedness

Question 20

arrant

Answer 20

complete, utter

Question 21

convalescent

Answer 21

recovering from an illness

Question 22

euphemism

Answer 22

pleasant-sounding term for something unpleasant

Question 23

eugenics

Answer 23

improvement of qualities of race by control of inherited traits

Question 24

ineffable

Answer 24

too great for description in words, that which must not be uttered

Question 25

confer

Answer 25

to grant, bestow

Question 26

referendum

Answer 26

to vote on political question open to the entire electorate

Question 27

effervescent

Answer 27

with the quality of giving off bubbles of gas

Question 28

fiduciary

Answer 28

of a trust, held or given in trust

Question 29

flambeasu

Answer 29

a lighted torch

Question 30

conflagration

Answer 30

a large destructive fire

Question 31

inflect

Answer 31

to change or vary pitch of

Question 32

genuflect

Answer 32

to bend knee, esp in worship

Question 33

effluence

Answer 33

flowing out (light, electricity, etc)

Question 34

confluence

Answer 34

merging into one

Question 35

mellifluous

Answer 35

pleasing, musical

Question 36

fortuitous

Answer 36

happening by luck

Question 37

fortissimo

Answer 37

very loud

Question 38

forte

Answer 38

strong point; something a person does well

Question 39

fractious

Answer 39

irritable, peevish, quarrelsome | "they fight and squabble like fractious children"

Question 40

refractory

Answer 40

stubborn, unmanageable, rebellious | "his refractory pony"

Question 41

profuse

Answer 41

lavish, extravagant, copious

Question 42

fusillade

Answer 42

continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism

Question 43

suffuse

Answer 43

to spread throughout or over from within

Question 44

miscegenation

Answer 44

interbreeding of races

Question 45

egress

Answer 45

going out, way out

Question 46

ingratiate

Answer 46

to bring oneself into favor

Question 47

heterodox

Answer 47

different from acknowledged standard, holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines

Question 48

homonym

Answer 48

one or two more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning

Question 49

hypochondriac

Answer 49

one affected by extreme depression of mind or spirits often centered on imaginary physical ailments

Question 50

hypocritical

Answer 50

behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case

Question 51

idiom

Answer 51

a language, dialect, or style of speaking particular to people

Question 52

innocuous

Answer 52

not harmful or injurous

Question 53

indolence

Answer 53

showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful

Question 54

indigent

Answer 54

deficient in what is requisite; poor, needy | "the clinic provides free care for indigent people"

Question 55

conjecture

Answer 55

formation of an opinion on incomplete information

Question 56

abject

Answer 56

utterly hopeless; humiliating, or wretched