Deck 10

Question 1

encumber

Answer 1

v. burden

Question 2

euphonious

Answer 2

adj. pleasing in sound

Question 3

facetious

Answer 3

adj. joking (often inappropriately); humorous

Question 4

flout

Answer 4

v. reject; mock

Question 5

gamut

Answer 5

n. entire range

Question 6

gruel

Answer 6

v. liquid food made by boiling oatmeal, etc., in milk or water

Question 7

hypochondriac

Answer 7

n. person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness

Question 8

improvident

Answer 8

adj. thriftless

Question 9

integral

Answer 9

adj. complete; necessary for completeness

Question 10

jettison

Answer 10

v. throw overboard

Question 11

liquidate

Answer 11

v. settle accounts; clear up

Question 12

material

Answer 12

adj. made of physical matter; un-spiritual; important

Question 13

mite

Answer 13

n. very small object or creature; small coin

Question 14

negligible

Answer 14

adj. so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded

Question 15

omnipresent

Answer 15

adj. universally present

Question 16

paradigm

Answer 16

n. model; example; pattern

Question 17

perquisite

Answer 17

n. any gain above stipulated salary

Question 18

pontificial

Answer 18

adj. pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious

Question 19

prevaricate

Answer 19

v. lie

Question 20

ratiocination

Answer 20

n. reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises

Question 21

renege

Answer 21

v. deny; go back on

Question 22

reverie

Answer 22

n. daydream; musing

Question 23

scenario

Answer 23

n. plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto

Question 24

skirmish

Answer 24

n. minor fight

Question 25

staccato

Answer 25

adj. played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound

Question 26

summation

Answer 26

n. act of finding the total; summary

Question 27

tepid

Answer 27

adj. lukewarm

Question 28

truism

Answer 28

n. self-evident truth

Question 29

vantage

Answer 29

n. position giving an advantage

Question 30

waif

Answer 30

n. homeless child or animal

Question 31

woe

Answer 31

n. deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering

Question 32

vigilance

Answer 32

n. watchfulness

Question 33

uninhibited

Answer 33

adj. unrepressed

Question 34

touchy

Answer 34

adj. sensitive; irascible

Question 35

synoptic

Answer 35

adj. providing a general overview; summary

Question 36

studied

Answer 36

adj. not spontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful

Question 37

sequester

Answer 37

v. isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude

Question 38

saccharine

Answer 38

adj. cloyingly sweet

Question 39

resentment

Answer 39

n. indignation; bitterness; displeasure

Question 40

redolent

Answer 40

adj. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor

Question 41

quench

Answer 41

v. douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy

Question 42

prompt

Answer 42

v. cause; provoke; provide a cue for an actor

Question 43

precis

Answer 43

n. concise summing up of main points

Question 44

pious

Answer 44

adj. devout; religious

Question 45

patrician

Answer 45

adj. noble; aristocratic

Question 46

oust

Answer 46

v. expel; drive out

Question 47

obese

Answer 47

adj. fat

Question 48

muddle

Answer 48

v. confuse; mix up

Question 49

metamorphis

Answer 49

n. change of form; major transformation

Question 50

magnitude

Answer 50

n. greatness; extent

Question 51

languor

Answer 51

n. lassitude; depression

Question 52

invincible

Answer 52

adj. unconquerable

Question 53

ingratiate

Answer 53

v. make an effort to become popular with

Question 54

heterodox

Answer 54

adj. unorthodox; unconventional

Question 55

gloat

Answer 55

v. express evil satisfaction; view malevolently

Question 56

frantic

Answer 56

adj. wild

Question 57

festive

Answer 57

adj. joyous; celebratory

Question 58

expatriate

Answer 58

n. exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land

Question 59

episodic

Answer 59

adj. loosely connected

Question 60

docile

Answer 60

adj. obedient; easily managed