Barron's 13

Question 1

literati

Answer 1

well-educated people who are interested in literature.

Question 2

suffrage

Answer 2

the right to vote

Question 3

denizen

Answer 3

an inhabitant; a regular visitor

Question 4

introspective

Answer 4

observing one’s own thoughts and feelings

Question 5

homeostasis

Answer 5

automatic maintenance by an organism in balance with itself

Question 6

inherent

Answer 6

firmly established by nature or habit

Question 7

avuncular

Answer 7

like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant

Question 8

bard

Answer 8

poet

Question 9

convex

Answer 9

curved outward

Question 10

vaunt

Answer 10

to boast about or praise (something), especially excessively; to drag

Question 11

emaciated

Answer 11

thin and wasted because of illness or lack of foods

Question 12

sidereal

Answer 12

relating to the stars

Question 13

succor

Answer 13

relief, help in time of distress or want

Question 14

etymology

Answer 14

origin an history of a word

Question 15

discrete

Answer 15

constituing a separate thing; distinct

Question 16

discrepancy

Answer 16

an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

Question 17

coagulate

Answer 17

thicken; congeal (especially blood)

Question 18

sinuous

Answer 18

intricate, complex

Question 19

expiate

Answer 19

to atone for, to compensate

Question 20

sanction

Answer 20

to approve, ratify, permit