completing the sentence

Question 1

delve

Answer 1

(v.) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into

Question 2

mediate

Answer 2

(v.) to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between; (adj.) occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary

Question 3

impediment

Answer 3

(n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle

Question 4

rote

Answer 4

(n.) unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; (adj.) based on a mechanical routine

Question 5

ramshackle

Answer 5

(adj.) appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky

Question 6

heritage

Answer 6

(n.) an inheritance; a birthright

Question 7

appease

Answer 7

(v.) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to

Question 8

scoff

Answer 8

(v.) to make fun of; to show contempt for

Question 9

tenet

Answer 9

(n.) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

Question 10

dovetail

Answer 10

(v.) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a dove’s tail

Question 11

enormity

Answer 11

(n.) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity

Question 12

transition

Answer 12

(n.) a change from one state or condition to another

Question 13

bestow

Answer 13

(v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

Question 14

embargo

Answer 14

(n.) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; (v.) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with

Question 15

abdicate

Answer 15

(v.) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard

Question 16

whimsical

Answer 16

(adj.) subject to odd ideas to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable

Question 17

embody

Answer 17

(v.) to give form to; to incorporate, include; to personify

Question 18

infinite

Answer 18

(adj.) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; (n., preceded by the) an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; (cap. I) a name for god

Question 19

negate

Answer 19

(v.) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

Question 20

simper

Answer 20

(v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile

Question 21

levity

Answer 21

(n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight

Question 22

arrogant

Answer 22

(adj.) haughty, too convinced of one’s own importance

Question 23

oblivion

Answer 23

(n.) forgetfulness, disregard; a state of being forgotten; an amnesty, general pardon