Challenge Word List #4

Question 0

detain (verb)

Answer 0

to confine, hold up or slow down

Question 1

juvenile (noun or adjective)

Answer 1

child, childlike

Question 2

insidious (adjective)

Answer 2

cunning, underheaded, sneaky

Question 3

inevitable (adjective)

Answer 3

certain, unavoidable

Question 4

ambiguous (adjective)

Answer 4

unclear, uncertain, arguable

Question 5

indolent (adjective)

Answer 5

lazy, idle

Question 6

elicit (verb)

Answer 6

to obtain, evoke or draw out

Question 7

procure (verb)

Answer 7

to find, obtain, get a hold of

Question 8

mortify (verb)

Answer 8

to embarrass or humiliate

Question 9

modicum (adjective)

Answer 9

a small amount, minimal

Question 10

modicum

Answer 10

He hasn’t even a modicum of common sense.

Question 11

mortify

Answer 11

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror.

Question 12

procure

Answer 12

She procured the evidence from the crime scene.

Question 13

elicit

Answer 13

Joan had been sneaky and elicited the response with a question.

Question 14

indolent

Answer 14

He was being totally indolent when he wouldn’t get up to get his own drink.

Question 15

ambiguous

Answer 15

Kelly gave an ambiguous answer when she was being questioned at the police station.

Question 16

inevitable

Answer 16

The book ended with a sweet, inevitable conclusion.

Question 17

insidious

Answer 17

The essay she wrote was a particularly insidious way of plagarism.

Question 18

detain

Answer 18

She had been detained without trial for 3 years.

Question 19

juvenile

Answer 19

Helen works to keep juveniles away from drugs.