Analogies/Synonyms

Question 0

Supercilious

Answer 0

—adjective

haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Question 1

Lurid

Answer 1

—adjective

gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of pulp magazines.
terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint: lurid crimes.
lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red: a lurid sunset.
wan, pallid, or ghastly in hue; livid.

Question 2

Jingoism

Answer 2

—noun

the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.

Question 3

Slovenly

Answer 3

— adjective, slov·en·li·er, slov·en·li·est.

untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
characteristic of a sloven; slipshod: slovenly work.
— adverb

in an untidy, careless, or slipshod manner.

Question 4

Acolyte

Answer 4

—noun

an altar attendant in public worship.
Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2), ostiary (def 1).
any attendant, assistant, or follower.

Question 5

Beatific

Answer 5

—adjective

bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
blissful; saintly: a beatific smile.

Question 6

Emaciated

Answer 6

—verb (used with object), e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing.

to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.

Question 7

Wharf

Answer 7

—noun, plural wharves , wharfs.

a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
Obsolete.
a riverbank.
the shore of the sea.
—verb (used with object)

to provide with a wharf or wharves.
to place or store on a wharf: The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
to accommodate at or bring to a wharf: The new structure will wharf several vessels.
—verb (used without object)

to tie up at a wharf; dock: The ship wharfed in the early morning.

Question 8

Dissonance

Answer 8

—noun

inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
Music.
a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest and needing completion.
an unresolved, discordant chord or interval. Compare consonance (def 3).
disagreement or incongruity.

Question 9

Erroneous

Answer 9

—adjective

containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong: an erroneous answer.
straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc.

Question 10

Austere

Answer 10

—adjective

severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent: the austere quality of life in the convent.
grave; sober; solemn; serious: an austere manner.
without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe: an austere life.
severely simple; without ornament: austere writing.
lacking softness; hard: an austere bed of straw.
rough to the taste; sour or harsh in flavor.

Question 11

Congenital

Answer 11

—adjective

of or relating to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment.
having by nature a specified character: a congenital fool.

Question 12

Inborn

Answer 12

—adjective

naturally present at birth; innate.

Question 13

Omniscient

Answer 13

—adjective

having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
—noun

an omniscient being.

Question 14

Insipid

Answer 14

—adjective

without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

Question 15

Opulent

Answer 15

—adjective

characterized by or exhibiting opulence: an opulent suite.
wealthy, rich, or affluent.
richly supplied; abundant or plentiful: opulent sunshine.

Question 16

Malefactor

Answer 16

—noun

a person who violates the law; criminal.
a person who does harm or evil, especially toward another.

Question 17

Tremulous

Answer 17

—adjective

(of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
timid; timorous; fearful.
(of things) vibratory, shaking, or quivering.
(of writing) done with a trembling hand.

Question 18

Anomalous

Answer 18

—adjective

deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal: Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe.
not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification, or pattern; unusual: He held an anomalous position in the art world.
incongruous or inconsistent.