Deck 12

Question 1

abrade

Answer 1

v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode

Question 2

acidulous

Answer 2

adj. slightly sour; sharp; caustic

Question 3

allocate

Answer 3

v. assign

Question 4

ascertain

Answer 4

v. find out for certain

Question 5

avocation

Answer 5

n. secondary or minor occupation

Question 6

betroth

Answer 6

v. become engaged to marry

Question 7

burgeon

Answer 7

v. grow forth; send out buds

Question 8

celibate

Answer 8

adj. unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse

Question 9

coalition

Answer 9

n. partnership; league; union

Question 10

condense

Answer 10

v. make more compact or dense; shorten or abridge; reduce into a denser form

Question 11

conversant

Answer 11

adj. familiar with

Question 12

cynical

Answer 12

adj. skeptical or distrustful of human motives

Question 13

demolition

Answer 13

n. destruction

Question 14

dilemma

Answer 14

n. problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives

Question 15

dissonance

Answer 15

n. discord

Question 16

ecstasy

Answer 16

n. rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion

Question 17

ensemble

Answer 17

n. group of (supporting) players; organic unity; costume

Question 18

execrable

Answer 18

adj. very bad

Question 19

forgo

Answer 19

v. give up; do without

Question 20

genre

Answer 20

n. particular variety of art or literature

Question 21

harass

Answer 21

v. to annoy by repeated attacks

Question 22

imbalance

Answer 22

n. lack of balance or symmetry

Question 23

incarnation

Answer 23

n. act of assuming a human body and human nature

Question 24

infer

Answer 24

v. deduce; conclude

Question 25

kleptomaniac

Answer 25

n. person who has a compulsive desire to steal

Question 26

ludicrous

Answer 26

adj. ridiculous; laughable; absurd

Question 27

mediocre

Answer 27

adj. ordinary; commonplace

Question 28

monolithic

Answer 28

adj. solidly uniform; unyielding

Question 29

nominal

Answer 29

adj. in name only; trifling

Question 30

ordain

Answer 30

v. decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine

Question 31

philanderer

Answer 31

n. faithless lover; flirt

Question 32

practical

Answer 32

adj. based on experience; useful

Question 33

purse

Answer 33

v. pucker; contract into wrinkles

Question 34

recapitulate

Answer 34

v. summarize

Question 35

repository

Answer 35

n. storehouse

Question 36

riveting

Answer 36

adj. absorbing; engrossing

Question 37

secession

Answer 37

n. withdrawal

Question 38

slur

Answer 38

n. insult to one’s character or reputation; slander

Question 39

stigmatize

Answer 39

v. brand; mark as wicked

Question 40

tightwad

Answer 40

n. excessively frugal person; miser

Question 41

unassuming

Answer 41

adj. modest

Question 42

venturesome

Answer 42

adj. bold

Question 43

wheedle

Answer 43

v. cajole; coax; deceive by flattery

Question 44

pacify

Answer 44

v. soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue

Question 45

nauseate

Answer 45

v. cause to become sick; fill with disgust

Question 46

masochist

Answer 46

n. person who enjoys his own pain

Question 47

impetus

Answer 47

n. incentive; stimulus; moving force

Question 48

hibernal

Answer 48

adj. wintry

Question 49

gouge

Answer 49

v. tear out

Question 50

flippant

Answer 50

adj. lacking proper seriousness

Question 51

dishearten

Answer 51

v. discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

Question 52

deciduous

Answer 52

adj. falling off as of leaves

Question 53

counterpart

Answer 53

n. a thing that completes another; things very much alike

Question 54

conglomeration

Answer 54

n. mass of material sticking together

Question 55

canto

Answer 55

n. division of a long poem

Question 56

blunder

Answer 56

n. error

Question 57

astral

Answer 57

adj. relating to the stars

Question 58

amenities

Answer 58

n. convenient features; courtesies

Question 59

adulterate

Answer 59

v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

Question 60

abbreviate

Answer 60

v. shorten