Bi-week 2: April 10-23

Question 1

Profligacy (n)

Answer 1

reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources

Question 2

Vagary (n)

Answer 2

an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behavior

Question 3

Cormorant (n)

Answer 3

a greedy person; also a type of bird

Question 4

Expedient (adj)

Answer 4

(of an action) convenient and practical, although possibly immoral or improper

Question 5

Apocryphal (adj)

Answer 5

a doubtful authorship or authenticity

Question 6

Reconnaissance (n)

Answer 6

preliminary surveying or research

Question 7

Archipelago (n)

Answer 7

a large group of islands

Question 8

Penury (n)

Answer 8

extreme poverty; destitution

Question 9

Temerity (n)

Answer 9

reckless boldness; rashness

Question 10

Anachronism (adj)

Answer 10

a thing belonging to or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old fashioned

Question 11

Invective (n)

Answer 11

insulting, abusive or highly critcal language

Question 12

Impunity (n)

Answer 12

exemption from punishment

Question 13

Extradite (v)

Answer 13

to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state or nation at its request

Question 14

Coterie (n)

Answer 14

a group of people who associate closely

Question 15

Incumbent (adj/n)

Answer 15

necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility; (of an official or regime) currently holding office

Question 16

Fulmination (v)

Answer 16

an expression of vehement protest

Question 17

Vehement (adj)

Answer 17

showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

Question 18

Surfeit (n)

Answer 18

an excessive amount of something

Question 19

Commensurable (adj)

Answer 19

measurable by the same standard

Question 20

Vociferous (adj)

Answer 20

(especially of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous

Question 21

Bellicose (adj)

Answer 21

inclined or eager to fight

Question 22

Obfuscate (v)

Answer 22

to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

Question 23

Inveterate (adj)

Answer 23

having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change

Question 24

Prim (adj)

Answer 24

stiffly formal and respectable; feeling disapproval of anything regarded as improper

Question 25

Recuse (v)

Answer 25

challenge (a judge, prosecutor, or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a conflict of interest or bias

Question 26

Surreptitious (adj)

Answer 26

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Question 27

Pedigree (n)

Answer 27

the recorded ancestry; usually with animals shown to be purebred

Question 28

Espionage (n)

Answer 28

the act or practice of spying