Daily Life 2

Question 1

Adduct

Answer 1

V. to draw (as a limb) toward or past the median axis of the body; to bring together (similar parts, e.g. fingers)

Question 2

Adduce

Answer 2

V. to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis

Question 3

Jocose

Answer 3

Adj. given to joking; merry

Question 4

Prodigious

Answer 4

Adj. exciting amazement or wonder; to do with prodigy; extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree; enormous

Question 5

Prodigy

Answer 5

N. something extraordinary or inexplicable

Question 6

Profligate

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Adj. wildly extravagant

Question 7

Licentious

Answer 7

Adj. lacking legal or moral restraints

Question 8

Portent

Answer 8

N. something that foreshadows a coming event; omen, sign; marvel, prodigy

Question 9

Rapacious

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Adj. excessively grasping or covetous; living on prey; ravenous

Question 10

Sluice

Answer 10

N. a body of water pent up behind a floodgate

Question 11

Assiduous

Answer 11

Adj. marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application

Question 12

Eponymous

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Adj. relating to the person or thing for which it is named

Question 13

Relata

Answer 13

N. objects that stand in relation

Question 14

Contumacious

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Adj. stubbornly rebellious or willfully disobedient

Question 15

Sinecure

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N. A job or position in which someone is paid to do little or no work

Question 16

Philately

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N. The study or collection of postage stamps

Question 17

Fecund

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Adj. prolific, fertile

Question 18

Hirsute

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Adj. hairy, covered with coarse stuff hair

Question 19

Lambaste

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V. To criticise harshly

Question 20

Indolent

Answer 20

Adj. not liking to work or be active