Day 16

Question 1

invective

Answer 1

Violent denunciation; accusations, insults, or
verbal abuse

hurled curses and invective at the driver who heedlessly cut them off in traffic

Question 2

inveigle

Answer 2

Entice, lure; get something by flattery,
cleverness, or offering incentives
wangle

She inveigled him to write the letter.

Question 3

investiture

Answer 3

Investing; formally giving someone a right or
title

the investiture of a new member of parliament

Question 4

invidious

Answer 4

Hateful, offensive, injurious
obnoxious, envious

The boss made invidious distinctions between employees.

Question 5

irascible

Answer 5

Irritable, easily angered

Question 6

irresolute

Answer 6

Wavering, not sure how to proceed, not firm

in one’s decision-making

Question 7

jargon

Answer 7

Vocabulary specific to a group or occupation;

convoluted or unintelligible language

Question 8

jettison

Answer 8

Discard, cast off; throw items overboard in
order to lighten a ship in an emergency

The captain gave orders to jettison the cargo.

They jettisoned the fuel and made an emergency landing.

Question 9

juncture

Answer 9

Critical point in time, such as a crisis or a time
when a decision is necessary; a place where
two things are joined
together

At this juncture it looks like they are going to get a divorce.

Question 10

keen

Answer 10

Sharp, piercing; very perceptive or mentally
sharp; intense (of a feeling)

Russia in particular has a keen interest in obtaining internal documents and selectively leaking them for political advantage.

Question 11

kindle

Answer 11

Ignite, cause to begin burning; incite, arouse,
inflame

kindle a child’s interest in art

Question 12

knell

Answer 12

The sound made by a bell for a funeral, or any
sad sound or signal of a failure, death, ending,
etc. (noun); to make such a sound (verb)

the church bells knelled to mark the death of the nation’s beloved leader

Question 13

lachrymose

Answer 13

Tearful, mournful

tended to become lachrymose when he was drunk

Question 14

lackluster

Answer 14

Not shiny; dull, mediocre; lacking brilliance or
vitality

His career 3-point shooting percentage was a lackluster 30.4%.

Question 15

lament

Answer 15

an expression of grief, esp. as a song or poem
(noun)

He lamented his decision not to go to college.

Question 16

lampoon

Answer 16

A harsh satire (noun); ridicule or satirize (verb)

He said such ridiculous things that he was often the target of lampoons in the press.

Question 17

larceny

Answer 17

Theft

Tracy Milanovich, 37, of Somerset, is charged with obtaining property by trick, along with larceny, police said.

Question 18

languid

Answer 18

Drooping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow;
lacking in spirit

arms too languid with happiness to embrace him