day 31

Question 1

abrogate

Answer 1

revoke a law;
evade responsibility/duty

Question 2

apprise

Answer 2

inform/tell someone

Question 3

beguile

Answer 3

charm someone in a deceptive way

Question 4

coddle

Answer 4

treat in indulgent or overprotective way

Question 5

crescendo

Answer 5

loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound

Question 6

extenuate

Answer 6

cause (an offence) to seem less serious

Question 7

frenetic

Answer 7

fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way

Question 8

fringe

Answer 8

border or outer edges of an area or group

Question 9

hapless

Answer 9

unfortunate (person)

Question 10

immaculate

Answer 10

perfectly clean, neat or tidy

Question 11

obfuscate

Answer 11

to make obscure, unclear or unintelligible

Question 12

ossify

Answer 12

become rigid or fixed in attitude; cease developing

Question 13

pastiche

Answer 13

artistic work that imitates other work/artist/period

Question 14

ponderous

Answer 14

slow and clumsy because of great weight;
dull/laborious

Question 15

recluse

Answer 15

a person who lives a solitory life and tends to avoid other people

Question 16

ascetic

Answer 16

characterised by severe self discipline and abstenation from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons

Question 17

sinecure

Answer 17

a position requiring little/no work but giving financial benefit

Question 18

sinuous

Answer 18

having many curves and turn;
lithe and supple

Question 19

sordid

Answer 19

having immoral or dishonorable actions;
dirty or squalid

Question 20

staunch

Answer 20

very loyal or committed in attitude

Question 21

surfeit

Answer 21

excessive amt of something;
cause someone to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed in excess

Question 22

voluble

Answer 22

talking fluently or incessantly