Deck 001

Question 1

denizen

Answer 1

(animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor

Question 2

variegated

Answer 2

(esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored

Question 3

pert

Answer 3

(esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat

Question 4

flighty

Answer 4

(esp. of a woman’s behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive

Question 5

spry

Answer 5

(esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble

Question 6

proselytize

Answer 6

(induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief; N. proselyte: new convert to a doctrine or religion

Question 7

flutter

Answer 7

(of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N.

Question 8

warble

Answer 8

(of a bird) sing; babble; N.

Question 9

navigable

Answer 9

(of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; (of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered

Question 10

ramshackle

Answer 10

(of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart

Question 11

virulent

Answer 11

(of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; N. virulence; CF. virus; CF. venom

Question 12

de’collete’

Answer 12

(of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. de’colletage: low neckline (on a dress)

Question 13

venial

Answer 13

(of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial

Question 14

throb

Answer 14

(of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart

Question 15

turbid

Answer 15

(of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick

Question 16

tumid

Answer 16

(of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous

Question 17

grandiloquent

Answer 17

(of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic

Question 18

discursive

Answer 18

(of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan)

Question 19

rotund

Answer 19

(of a person) fat and round

Question 20

expansive

Answer 20

(of a person) outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size

Question 21

swelter

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(of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat

Question 22

veracious

Answer 22

(of a person) truthful

Question 23

resound

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(of a place) be filled with sound; (of a sound) sound loudly; sound back; echo; Ex. hall resounded with laughter

Question 24

desolate

Answer 24

(of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless

Question 25

untenable

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(of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible; not able to be maintained

Question 26

swarthy

Answer 26

(of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?

Question 27

slough

Answer 27

(of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed

Question 28

rasp

Answer 28

(of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat’s tongue rasped my hand.

Question 29

episodic

Answer 29

(of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience

Question 30

apocryphal

Answer 30

(of a story) widely believed but untrue