Deck 09

Question 1

Exhort

Answer 1

To urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently

Question 2

Reproof

Answer 2

The act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking

Question 3

Askance

Answer 3

With suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval

Question 4

Careen

Answer 4

(Of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion
To cause (a ship) to lie over on a side, as for repairs or cleaning; heave down

Question 5

Carom

Answer 5

Any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off

Question 6

Gyrate

Answer 6

To move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl

Question 7

Meander

Answer 7

To proceed by taking a winding or indirect course
To wander aimlessly; ramble
To define the margin of

Question 8

Serrated

Answer 8

Having notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting

Question 9

Sidle

Answer 9

To move sideways or obliquely

To edge along furtively

Question 10

Sinuous

Answer 10

Having many curves, bends, or turns; winding

Indirect; devious

Question 11

Circumlocution

Answer 11

A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; use of more words than necessary to express an idea

Question 12

Esurient

Answer 12

Hungry; greedy

Question 13

Extol

Answer 13

To praise highly; laud; eulogize

Question 14

Auspice

Answer 14

Patronage; support; sponsorship

Favorable sign or propitious circumstance

Question 15

Fey

Answer 15

Doomed; fated to die
Supernatural; unreal; enchanted
Being in unnaturally high spirits, as were formerly thought to precede death

Question 16

Prognosticate

Answer 16

To forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy

Question 17

Fetter

Answer 17

A chain or shackle placed on the feet

Anything that confines or restrains

Question 18

Forfend

Answer 18

To defend, secure, or protect

To fend off, avert, or prevent

Question 19

Doleful

Answer 19

Sorrowful; mournful; melancholy

Question 20

Elegiac

Answer 20

Used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy

Expressing sorrow or lamentation