Barron's 17

Question 1

inveigh

Answer 1

speak or write about something with great hostility

Question 2

alloy

Answer 2

a combination; a mixture of two or more metals

Question 3

wary

Answer 3

careful, cautious

Question 4

champion

Answer 4

to defend or support

Question 5

insularity

Answer 5

narrow-mindedness; isolation

Question 6

igneous

Answer 6

produced by fire; volcanic

Question 7

perturb

Answer 7

to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious

Question 8

mesmerize

Answer 8

to hypnotize

Question 9

linguistic

Answer 9

pertaining to language

Question 10

tout

Answer 10

attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach

Question 11

tractable

Answer 11

obedient, yielding

Question 12

euthanasia

Answer 12

the painless killing of a patient

Question 13

sobriety

Answer 13

seriousness

Question 14

compunction

Answer 14

uneasiness caused by guilt

Question 15

untoward

Answer 15

unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient

Question 16

homily

Answer 16

sermon; tedious moralizing lecture

Question 17

metereological

Answer 17

concerned with the weather

Question 18

incarnate

Answer 18

having a human form

Question 19

effete

Answer 19

affected, over-refined, and ineffectual

Question 20

discordant

Answer 20

not in tune