726-750

Question 1

pedantic

Answer 1

adj. putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge

Question 2

lithe

Answer 2

adj. limber and graceful; supple

Question 3

fiasco

Answer 3

n. a major disaster

Question 4

drone

Answer 4

v. to make a continuous, low buzzing or humming sound; to speak monotonously

Question 5

abide

Answer 5

v. to tolerate

Question 6

fluctuate

Answer 6

v. to move back and forth or up and down, esp. unpredictably

Question 7

harp

Answer 7

v. to talk or write about excessively

Question 8

preeminent

Answer 8

adj. superior in status or fame to all others, esp. as a generally recognized quality

Question 9

specious

Answer 9

adj. seeming to be truthful on that surface, but actually false

Question 10

contract

Answer 10

v. to reduce in size by drawing together

Question 11

inadvertent

Answer 11

adj. unintentional; accidental

Question 12

serendipity

Answer 12

n. unexpected gift or discovery

Question 13

malicious

Answer 13

adj. spiteful

Question 14

inanimate

Answer 14

adj. without any character or life; dull

Question 15

plaintive

Answer 15

adj. expressing sorrow

Question 16

thwart

Answer 16

v. to prevent or frustrate

Question 17

regress

Answer 17

v. to return to a previous state

Question 18

adept

Answer 18

adj. very skilled, esp. natural talent improved by practice

Question 19

idiosyncrasy

Answer 19

n. a particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait

Question 20

uncouth

Answer 20

adj. uncultured; crude

Question 21

herald

Answer 21

v. to bear news; to announce

Question 22

sparse

Answer 22

adj. thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded

Question 23

bifurcate

Answer 23

v. to divide into two parts

Question 24

arbitrary

Answer 24

adj. determined by chance or individual preference, not by reason, necessity or principle

Question 25

dais

Answer 25

n. a raised platform