Day 25

Question 1

rescind

Answer 1

Annul, repeal, make void

But Maria convinced Leverich that she had the authority to rescind the executor’s decision to appoint him as biographer.

Question 2

resolution/resolve

Answer 2

The quality of being firmly determined;
resolving to do something; a formal
judgment, esp. decided by a vote

Find a solution to; firmly decide to do
something; decide by formal vote (verb);
firmness of purpose (noun)

Question 3

restive

Answer 3

Impatient or uneasy under the control of
another; resisting being controlled

And the Kashmir Valley, the most restive part of the state and home to as many as 8 million people, remains under a punishing blockade.

Question 4

resurgent

Answer 4

Having a revival, renewing, rising or surging
again

“resurgent nationalism”

Question 5

retrospective

Answer 5

Looking to the past or backward; applying to
the past, retroactive (adj); an art exhibit of an
artist’s work over a long period of time
(noun)

a retrospective analysis of what went wrong

Question 6

revamp

Answer 6

Renovate, redo, revise (verb);
a restructuring,
upgrade, etc. (noun)

The company has revamped the design of its best-selling car.

Question 7

rhetoric

Answer 7

The art or study of persuasion through
speaking or writing; language that is
elaborate or pretentious but actually empty,
meaning little

Question 8

ribald

Answer 8

Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor

some of the movie’s most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television

Question 9

ridden

Answer 9

Dominated or burdened by

Glitchy but hook-ridden, My Name Is Skrillex is a sophisticated mess.

Question 10

rife

Answer 10

Happening frequently, abundant, currently
being reported

“male chauvinism was rife in medicine”

Question 11

rift

Answer 11

A gap or fissure (such as in rock), a break in
friendly relations

“the rift between the two branches of the legal profession”

Question 12

rococo

Answer 12

Very elaborate and ornate (in decorating or
metaphorically, as in speech and writing);
relating to a highly ornate style of art and
architecture in 18th-century France

The chairs are carved in a rococo style.

Question 13

rue

Answer 13

Regret, remorse (noun); to feel regret or penitence,
remorse (verb)

He must be ruing his decision now.

Question 14

ruminate

Answer 14

Turn over in the mind, reflect on; chew cud
(as a cow)

He ruminated over the implications of their decision.

Question 15

rustic

Answer 15

Relating to country life, unsophisticated;
primitive; made of rough wood (adj); a rural
or uncultured person (noun)

Question 16

sacrosanct

Answer 16

Sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or
violated; above any criticism

But Hawtin’s latest project challenges something many might have assumed even more sacrosanct, the DJ booth.

Question 17

sagacious

Answer 17

Wise; showing good judgment and foresight

a sagacious critique of the current social climate in our nation

Question 18

salient

Answer 18

Obvious, standing out; projecting,
protruding, jutting out

Though the models were made nearly a hundred years ago, the theme is as salient as ever.

Question 19

ratify

Answer 19

: to approve and sanction formally : CONFIRM

A number of countries have refused to ratify the treaty.

Question 20

sap

Answer 20

The inner fluid of a plant or any essential
body fluid; energy, vitality; a person taken
advantage of (noun); undermine, weaken, tire
out (verb)

Question 21

sardonic

Answer 21

Scornfully or ironically mocking, cynically
derisive

“Starkey attempted a sardonic smile”

The movie is a sardonic look at modern life.

Question 22

. satiate or

sate

Answer 22

To fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfying to the
point of excess (possibly inducing disgust,
tiredness, etc.)

Question 23

saturate

Answer 23

Soak or imbue thoroughly; cause a substance
to unite with the greatest possible amount of
another substance

Question 24

savant

Answer 24

Learned person, scholar, someone admitted
to membership in a scholarly field; a person
with amazing mental abilities despite having
a cognitive difference or disability
pundit, sage, scholar

a savant in the field of medical ethics

Question 25

savor

Answer 25

Appreciate fully, taste or smell with pleasure

a gourmet who can identify the ingredients in any dish solely by their savor

Question 26

scathing

Answer 26

witheringly scornful; severely critical.

“she launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister”