Day 24

Question 1

quibble

Answer 1

Make trivial arguments or criticisms, find
faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something
more important

don’t quibble over who gets to sit in front

Question 2

quiescent

Answer 2

Quiet, still

After huge protests, which included the front pages of normally quiescent newspapers, at his obvious framing, the authorities released him.

Question 3

quixotic

Answer 3

Extremely impractical but very romantic,
chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive

They had quixotic dreams about the future.

Question 4

raconteur

Answer 4

Witty storyteller

Light skinned with reddish hair, Mr. Franklin was a raconteur who relished being the center of attention.

Question 5

ranks

Answer 5

Personnel; a group of people considered all

together

Question 6

rarefied

Answer 6

Lofty, very high up or elevated (in a
metaphorical way); exclusive, select; thin,
pure, or less dense (as air at the top of a
mountain)

The rarefied group included owners of sports teams, the aerospace giant Boeing and some of the nation’s leading investors.

Question 7

reap

Answer 7

Harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a
result of one’s effort

He reaped large profits from his investments.

Question 8

recapitulate

Answer 8

Summarize, repeat in a concise way

He is best when commenting on the words of others; he is worst when attempting to recapitulate the history of sports or boxing.

Question 9

recrudescent

Answer 9

Revival, breaking out into renewed activity

Question 10

redound

Answer 10

To have a good or bad effect, esp. as a result
of a person’s efforts or actions (usually used
with to, on, or upon)

new power alignments which may or may not redound to the faculty’s benefit

Question 11

refulgent

Answer 11

Shining, radiant

Question 12

rejoinder

Answer 12

Response or reply, esp. a witty comeback

he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything

Question 13

relegate

Answer 13

Send or commit to an inferior place, rank,
condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (a task)
to someone else

Question 14

rend

Answer 14

Tear violently, esp. to tear one’s clothing or
hair out of grief; pull apart, split, or tear away
WREST

mourners rending their clothes in grief

Question 15

render

Answer 15

Give, submit, surrender; translate; declare

formally; cause to become

Question 16

repast

Answer 16

A meal (noun); to eat or feast (verb)

Maybe your children are joining the night’s repast.

Question 17

repertorial

Answer 17

Pertaining to a repertory or repertoire, a stock
of available things or a number of theatrical
performances presented regularly or in
sequence

She acted in repertory for many years.

Question 18

repose

Answer 18

The act or state of resting; peacefulness,
tranquility; lying dead in a grave

enjoyed the repose of a serene summer evening

Question 19

reprobate

Answer 19

Disreputable, unprincipled, or damned
person (noun); shameless, depraved (adj)

a reprobate judge who could be bribed, and often with astonishing ease

Question 20

requite

Answer 20

Reciprocate, repay, or revenge

the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels

Question 21

repudiate

Answer 21

Reject, cast off, deny that something has
authority

She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations.