Day 1

Question 1

bitterness of speech and temper

Answer 1

acerbity

Question 2

state of distress; cause of suffering

Answer 2

affliction

Question 3

improve

Answer 3

ameliorate

Question 4

agree; accept

Answer 4

assent

Question 5

(1) forbiddingly stern; (2) severely simple and unornamented

Answer 5

austere

Question 6

secondary or minor occupation

Answer 6

avocation

Question 7

contradict; give a false impression

Answer 7

belie

Question 8

grow forth; send out buds

Answer 8

burgeon

Question 9

support; prop up

Answer 9

buttress

Question 10

disguise; conceal

Answer 10

camouflage

Question 11

exaggerated picture or description; distortion

Answer 11

caricature

Question 12

private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

Answer 12

caucus

Question 13

certainty

Answer 13

certitude

Question 14

self-satisfaction; smugness

Answer 14

complacency

Question 15

reconciling; soothing

Answer 15

conciliatory

Question 16

(1) censure; (2) sentence; (3) force or limit to a particular state

Answer 16

condemn

Question 17

(1) make more compact or dense; (2) shorten or abridge; (3) reduce into a denser form

Answer 17

condense

Question 18

overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

Answer 18

condone

Question 19

shut in; restrict

Answer 19

confine

Question 20

summon a devil; practice magic; imagine or invent

Answer 20

conjure

Question 21

secret; hidden; implied

Answer 21

covert

Question 22

consider; ponder

Answer 22

deliberate

Question 23

double-dealing; hypocrisy

Answer 23

duplicity

Question 24

expressiveness; persuasive speech

Answer 24

eloquence

Question 25

commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey

Answer 25

embark

Question 26

imitate; rival

Answer 26

emulate

Question 27

clean; remove offensive parts of a book

Answer 27

expurgate

Question 28

(1) manufacture or build; (2) make up to mislead or deceive

Answer 28

fabricate

Question 29

copy

Answer 29

facsimile

Question 30

party; clique; dissension

Answer 30

faction

Question 31

struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter

Answer 31

flounder

Question 32

accidental; by chance

Answer 32

fortuitous

Question 33

flashy; showy

Answer 33

gaudy

Question 34

cause of complaint

Answer 34

grievance

Question 35

appearance; costume

Answer 35

guise

Question 36

exaggeration; overstatement

Answer 36

hyperbole

Question 37

without money

Answer 37

impecunious

Question 38

incriminate: show to be involved

Answer 38

implicate

Question 39

improperness; unsuitableness

Answer 39

impropriety

Question 40

accuse

Answer 40

incriminate

Question 41

poor; destitute

Answer 41

indigent

Question 42

lack of tactfulness or sound judgment

Answer 42

indiscretion

Question 43

diligent; hard-working

Answer 43

industrious

Question 44

rebellion; uprising

Answer 44

insurrection

Question 45

energize; stimulate

Answer 45

invigorate

Question 46

(1) start a fire; (2) inspire

Answer 46

kindle

Question 47

lack of seriousness; lightness

Answer 47

levity

Question 48

evil schemes or plots

Answer 48

machinations

Question 49

person of prominence or influence

Answer 49

magnate

Question 50

dying

Answer 50

moribund

Question 51

universally present; ubiquitous

Answer 51

omnipresent

Question 52

equality in status or amount; close resemblance

Answer 52

parity

Question 53

having no equal; incomparable

Answer 53

peerless

Question 54

severe poverty; stinginess

Answer 54

penury

Question 55

belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess

Answer 55

pessimism

Question 56

turn to stone

Answer 56

petrify

Question 57

hidden danger; concealed trap

Answer 57

pitfall

Question 58

advanced in development

Answer 58

precocious

Question 59

person receiving protection and support from a patron

Answer 59

protégé

Question 60

remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify

Answer 60

purge

Question 61

extinguish; put down; quiet

Answer 61

quell

Question 62

method or system of government

Answer 62

regime

Question 63

savor; enjoy

Answer 63

relish

Question 64

deserter; traitor

Answer 64

renegade

Question 65

(1) refuse to have anything to do with; (2) reject as untrue or unauthorized; (3) refuse to pay

Answer 65

repudiate

Question 66

cancel

Answer 66

rescind

Question 67

cheerful; hopeful

Answer 67

sanguine

Question 68

form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly

Answer 68

satire

Question 69

soak thoroughly

Answer 69

saturate

Question 70

clever; astute

Answer 70

shrewd

Question 71

seriousness; gravity

Answer 71

solemnity

Question 72

set aside a resolution or proposal for future consideration

Answer 72

table

Question 73

docile; easily managed

Answer 73

tractable

Question 74

slander

Answer 74

vilify

Question 75

cunning; artful

Answer 75

wily