Chapter 2

Question 0

(Adj) bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness

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Beatific

Question 1

(Noun) a personally offensive act or word; insult

Answer 1

Affront

Question 2

(Adj) hard to please

Answer 2

Captious

Question 3

(Adj) well-deserved; fitting; adequate; suitable

Answer 3

Condign

Question 4

(Verb) to destroy a great number or proportion of

Answer 4

Decimate

Question 5

(Adj) selecting or choosing from various sources

Answer 5

Eclectic

Question 6

(Verb) to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence.

Answer 6

Exacerbate

Question 7

(Adj) foolish or inane; unreal

Answer 7

Fatuous

Question 8

(Adj) beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

Answer 8

Incipient

Question 9

(Adj) not easily controlled or directed; hard to manage

Answer 9

Intractable

Question 10

(Adj) dark, gloomy, and cheerless

Answer 10

Murky

Question 11

(Adj) extremely wicked or villainous

Answer 11

Nefarious

Question 12

(Noun) scheme, theory, device, medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims remedy

Answer 12

Nostrum

Question 13

(Noun) outcast

Answer 13

Pariah

Question 14

(Adj) commonly regarded as such; assumed to be

Answer 14

Putative

Question 15

(Adj) abundantly supplied or provided; complete; full

Answer 15

Replete

Question 16

(Noun) a nickname

Answer 16

Sobriquet

Question 17

(Adj) clear, having only one possible meaning or interpretation

Answer 17

Unequivocal

Question 18

(Adj) open to bribery, able to be purchased

Answer 18

Venal

Question 19

(Noun) loud voiced, ill-tempered

Answer 19

Virago