Bi-Week 5: May 29 - June 11

Question 1

Indigent (adj)

Answer 1

poor; needy

Question 2

Genial (adj)

Answer 2

friendly and cheerful

Question 3

Beseech (v)

Answer 3

to implore urgently

Question 4

Epistemic (adj)

Answer 4

relating to knowledge or the degree of its validation

Question 5

Sanctimonious (adj)

Answer 5

making a show of being morally superior to other people

Question 6

Assuage (v)

Answer 6

to make (an unpleasant feeling) milder or less severe

Question 7

Insuperable (adj)

Answer 7

(of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome

Question 8

Progenitor (n)

Answer 8

a biologically related ancestor

Question 9

Endemic (adj)

Answer 9

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place

Question 10

Bailiwick (n)

Answer 10

one’s sphere of operations or particular area of interest

Question 11

Beatific (adj)

Answer 11

blissfully happy

Question 12

Jettison (v)

Answer 12

to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard

Question 13

Perennial (adj)

Answer 13

lasting for an indefinitely long time

Question 14

Devolve (v)

Answer 14

transfer or delegate to a lower level; especially from a central government to a local or region one

Question 15

Beguile (v)

Answer 15

to influence by trickery or flattery; mislead

Question 16

Emollient (adj)

Answer 16

having the power of softening or relaxing

Question 17

Augur (v)

Answer 17

portend a good or bad outcome

Question 18

Impugn (v)

Answer 18

dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or motive