Deck 02

Question 1

Miscreant

Answer 1

Depraved, villainous, or base

Heretic, infidel

Question 2

Interloper

Answer 2

Person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others

Person who intrudes into a region, field, or trade without a proper license

Question 3

Histrionic

Answer 3

Of or pertaining to actors or acting

Deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech

Question 4

Congenial

Answer 4

Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

Question 5

Scurrilous

Answer 5

Grossly or obscenely abusive

Characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive

Question 6

Panned

Answer 6

(v.) To criticize severely, as in a review of a play

Question 7

Bemuse

Answer 7

To bewilder or confuse (someone)

Question 8

Chagrin

Answer 8

Feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

Question 9

Relativism

Answer 9

Any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments

Question 10

Malfeasance

Answer 10

The performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing

Question 11

Nepotism

Answer 11

Patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics

Question 12

Supercilious

Answer 12

Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or facial expression

Question 13

Ignominy

Answer 13

Disgrace; dishonor; public contempt; shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this

Question 14

Acrid

Answer 14

Sharp or biting to the taste or smell

Extremely or sharply stinging or bitter; exceedingly caustic

Question 15

Mellifluous

Answer 15

Sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding

Flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey

Question 16

Strident

Answer 16

Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking

Question 17

Circuitous

Answer 17

Roundabout; not direct

Question 18

Detritus

Answer 18

Rock in small particles or any other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice
Any disintegrated material; debris

Question 19

Punctilious

Answer 19

Extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions

Question 20

Waggish

Answer 20

Like a wag; Roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular