AT Deck #5

Question 1

Incumbent

Answer 1

1. Resting on or leaning against something
2. Necessary to fulfill a duty or responsibility
3. Holding a position or office
4. The current holder of an office

Question 2

Index

Answer 2

3. To compile a list

4. To link one value to another

Question 3

Leaven

Answer 3

1. A substance used to make bread rise
2. An element that has a positive influence
3. To cause bread to rise by adding leaven
4. To influence or modify for the better

Question 4

Level

Answer 4

3. A tool used to measure flatness

8. To speak frankly and truthfully

Question 5

Nominal

Answer 5

1. In name only

2. Small; insignificant

Question 6

Oblique

Answer 6

1. Slanted

2. Indirect

Question 7

Operative

Answer 7

2. Most significant
3. A skilled worker
4. A secret agent

Question 8

Plastic

Answer 8

Unfamiliar def: Flexible; pliable

Question 9

Probe

Answer 9

Unfamiliar def: An instrument to explore inside of something

Question 10

Qualify

Answer 10

Unfamiliar def: To limit in strength or meaning

Question 11

Rhetorical

Answer 11

Unfamiliar def: Related to the artful use of language

Question 12

Rosy

Answer 12

Unfamiliar def: Naively optimistic

Question 13

Taint

Answer 13

1. To spoil; to make impure

2. A trace of something bad

Question 14

Vacant

Answer 14

Unfamiliar def: Without intelligence; stupid

Question 15

Veneer

Answer 15

1. Thin covering

2. Attractive and deceptive outer layer; superficial appearance

Question 16

Vest

Answer 16

Unfamiliar def: To give power or authority to; to bestow

Question 17

Wax

Answer 17

2. To increase gradually

3. To speak in a specific manner