Day 6

Question 1

querulous

Answer 1

inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complaint

Question 2

flower

Answer 2

to reach the best or most vigorous stage

Question 3

marshal

Answer 3

to arrange in order

Question 4

elaborate

Answer 4

detailed; carefully thorough; to develop with care or at greater length

Question 5

lewd

Answer 5

preoccupied with sex and sexual desire

Question 6

hallowed

Answer 6

made or set apart as holy

Question 7

hefty

Answer 7

heavy

Question 8

milestone

Answer 8

an important event

Question 9

mortal

Answer 9

subject to death; causing death

Question 10

ascertain

Answer 10

to discover with certainty, as through examination

Question 11

quixotic

Answer 11

foolishly idealistic; extravagantly chivalrous

Question 12

indelible

Answer 12

incapable of being removed or erased

Question 13

discern

Answer 13

to perceive and understand so as to make distinctions

Question 14

garner

Answer 14

to get or earn; collect or gather

Question 15

insight

Answer 15

the power to sense or understand something

Question 16

slovenly

Answer 16

careless about one’s own appearance

Question 17

banal

Answer 17

dull or stale; commonplace

Question 18

robust

Answer 18

strong and full of health

Question 19

indignation

Answer 19

anger aroused by something unjust or evil

Question 20

contagious

Answer 20

transmissible by direct or indirect contact; likely to affect others

Question 21

plausible

Answer 21

appearing worthy of belief or trust

Question 22

hypothesis

Answer 22

a tentative explanation; something assumed true for the sake of argument or investigation

Question 23

exude

Answer 23

to give off; to emit; to radiate

Question 24

novel

Answer 24

strikingly new

Question 25

auspicious

Answer 25

marked by favorable circumstances

Question 26

luminous

Answer 26

emitting light, esp. self-generated; intellectually brilliant

Question 27

indiscriminate

Answer 27

unselective; random; unrestrained

Question 28

memento

Answer 28

a reminder or a souvenir

Question 29

transient

Answer 29

passing with time; remaining only briefly

Question 30

integrity

Answer 30

moral or artistic honesty; strength of character

Question 31

stifle

Answer 31

to suffocate or smother

Question 32

empirical

Answer 32

based on experience rather than a theory

Question 33

best

Answer 33

to defeat

Question 34

dismay

Answer 34

to destroy courage or resolution; to cause to lose enthusiasm, to disillusion

Question 35

laconic

Answer 35

brief in speech; using few words

Question 36

discreet

Answer 36

careful about what one says or does; prudent

Question 37

catastrophe

Answer 37

disaster; sudden misfortune

Question 38

reverberate

Answer 38

to reecho

Question 39

excrete

Answer 39

to separate (waste matter) and eliminate form the body

Question 40

matrix

Answer 40

a surrounding substance within which something else originates or is contained

Question 41

scorn

Answer 41

a feeling of contempt or disdain

Question 42

obsequious

Answer 42

showing too great a willingness to serve or obey

Question 43

amicable

Answer 43

showing friendliness or good will

Question 44

narcissistic

Answer 44

excessively interested in one’s own appearance, comfort, importance, etc.

Question 45

contiguous

Answer 45

sharing a common boundary; adjoining

Question 46

desolate

Answer 46

left alone; lonely; deserted

Question 47

own

Answer 47

to admit, esp. taking personal responsibility for one’s own actions or thoughts

Question 48

giddy

Answer 48

dizzy; lightheaded

Question 49

malfeasance

Answer 49

wrongdoing, esp. by a public official

Question 50

equanimity

Answer 50

evenness of temper, esp. as a characteristic state