Bi-Week 9: July 24 - August 6

Question 1

Prodigal (adj)

Answer 1

spending money or resources freely and recklessly

Question 2

Indelible (adj)

Answer 2

making marks that cannot be removed

Question 3

Cognoscenti (n)

Answer 3

people who are considered to be especially well informed about a particular subject

Question 4

Amorous (adj)

Answer 4

showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desire

Question 5

Irascible (adj)

Answer 5

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

Question 6

Odious (adj)

Answer 6

extremely unpleasant; repulsive

Question 7

Clement (adj)

Answer 7

mild or merciful

Question 8

Execrable (adj)

Answer 8

utterly detestable; abominable

Question 9

Assiduous (adj)

Answer 9

showing great care and perseverance; unremitting

Question 10

Visceral (adj)

Answer 10

relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect

Question 11

Ecclesial (adj)

Answer 11

pertaining to a church

Question 12

Pernicious (adj)

Answer 12

causing insidious harm or ruin (esp. in gradual or subtle way)

Question 13

Portmanteau (n)

Answer 13

a large trunk or suitcase, typically stiff leather and opens into 2 equal parts

Question 14

Abstruse (adj)

Answer 14

difficult to understand; obscure

Question 15

Recondite (adj)

Answer 15

little known

Question 16

Interlocutor (n)

Answer 16

a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation

Question 17

Sequester (v)

Answer 17

to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement

Question 18

Convivial (adj)

Answer 18

friendly, lively, and enjoyable

Question 19

Fraught (adj)

Answer 19

causing or affected by great anxiety or stress

Question 20

Spate (n)

Answer 20

a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring

Question 21

Provenance (n)

Answer 21

place of origin or earliest known history of something

Question 22

Desultory (adj)

Answer 22

lacking in plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

Question 23

Vicissitude (n)

Answer 23

a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

Question 24

Placate (v)

Answer 24

to appease or pacify

Question 25

Gentrification (n)

Answer 25

the process of renovating to conform to middle-class tastes; or making a person more refined or polite

Question 26

Panacea (n)

Answer 26

a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases

Question 27

Erudite (adj)

Answer 27

having or showing great knowledge or learning

Question 28

Axiom (n)

Answer 28

self-evident truth that requires no proof; universally accepted rule or principle

Question 29

Purdah (n)

Answer 29

seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers

Question 30

Intransigent (v)

Answer 30

refusing to compromise or agree