Deck 03

Question 1

Convalesce

Answer 1

To recovery health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health

Question 2

Enfeebled

Answer 2

To make feeble; weaken

Question 3

Ambrosial

Answer 3

Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant
Worthy of the gods; divine

Question 4

Deprecated

Answer 4

To express earnest disapproval of
To urge reasons against; protest against
To depreciate; belittle
To pray for deliverance from

Question 5

Anecdotal

Answer 5

Based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation

Question 6

Depilation

Answer 6

To remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc..)

Question 7

Harbinger

Answer 7

Person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald
Anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign

Question 8

Decried

Answer 8

To speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of

Question 9

Imbibe

Answer 9

To consume by drinking; drink
To absorb or soak up, as water, light or heat
To take or receive into the mind, as knowledge/ideas

Question 10

Quaff

Answer 10

To drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment

Question 11

Indignant

Answer 11

Feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

Question 12

Disaffect

Answer 12

To alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal

Question 13

Dogged

Answer 13

Persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious

Question 14

Daedalian

Answer 14

Daedalus - Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and son Icarus to escape from Crete

Question 15

Herculean

Answer 15

Requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform

Question 16

Gordian

Answer 16

Pertaining to Gordius, ancient King of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person that was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great
Resembling the Gordian knot in intricacy
“Cut the Gordian Knot” - to act quickly and decisively in a difficult situation; solve a problem boldly

Question 17

Picayune

Answer 17

Of little value or account; small; trifling
Petty, carping, or prejudiced
Any small coin, as a five-cent piece

Question 18

Middling

Answer 18

Medium in size/quality/quantity
Mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian
In fairly good health

Question 19

Irradiation

Answer 19

Intellectual or spiritual enlightenment
A ray of light; beam
Apparent enlargement of an object when seen against a dark background

Question 20

Ebbing

Answer 20

Flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea

Flowing backward or away; decline or decay; fade away