Deck 13

Question 1

saturnine

Answer 1

gloomy, sluggish

Question 2

palatial

Answer 2

large and ornate; like a palace

Question 3

abscond

Answer 3

to go away hastily or secretly; to hide

Question 4

nexus

Answer 4

a connection

Question 5

indubitably

Answer 5

unquestionably; surely

Question 6

halcyon

Answer 6

tranquil; happy

Question 7

precept

Answer 7

a rule or direction of moral conduct

Question 8

deprecate

Answer 8

to express disapproval of; to protest against

Question 9

ostensible

Answer 9

apparent, supposed, alleged

Question 10

parsimonious

Answer 10

frugal; stingy

Question 11

hoary

Answer 11

whitened by age

Question 12

palpable

Answer 12

touchable; clear; obvious

Question 13

adjure

Answer 13

to solemnly order

Question 14

pariah

Answer 14

an outcast

Question 15

adversary

Answer 15

an enemy, foe

Question 16

pellucid

Answer 16

transparent

Question 17

penurious

Answer 17

stingy; miserly

Question 18

perdition

Answer 18

eternal damnation of the soul

Question 19

galvanize

Answer 19

to stimulate as if by electric shock; to startle; to excite

Question 20

perniciious

Answer 20

causing destruction or death

Question 21

fret

Answer 21

to make rough or disturb

Question 22

depredation

Answer 22

a plundering or laying waste

Question 23

endue

Answer 23

to provide

Question 24

phlegmatic

Answer 24

sluggish and dull

Question 25

raze

Answer 25

to scrap or shave off; to obliterate or tear down completely