Deck 14

Question 1

epigram

Answer 1

a witty or satirical poem or statement

Question 2

polemic

Answer 2

controversial

Question 3

remonstrate

Answer 3

to protest or object to

Question 4

homily

Answer 4

solemn moral talk; sermon

Question 5

proselytize

Answer 5

to try to convert a person from one belief/religion to another

Question 6

prefatory

Answer 6

introductory

Question 7

bombast

Answer 7

pompous speech; pretentious words

Question 8

progeny

Answer 8

line or descent

Question 9

malefactors

Answer 9

one who commits a crime

Question 10

puerile

Answer 10

childlike; silly

Question 11

suffuse

Answer 11

to overspread

Question 12

ferment

Answer 12

to excite or agitate

Question 13

recumbent

Answer 13

resting

Question 14

cant

Answer 14

insincere or hypothetical statements of high ideal; jargon of a particular group or occupation

Question 15

renascence

Answer 15

a new life; rebirth

Question 16

erroneous

Answer 16

untrue; inaccurate

Question 17

pecuniary

Answer 17

pertaining to money

Question 18

retroaction

Answer 18

a reverse action

Question 19

pittance

Answer 19

a small amount

Question 20

ribald

Answer 20

vulgar joking

Question 21

risible

Answer 21

amusing

Question 22

roseate

Answer 22

rose-colored

Question 23

glib

Answer 23

smooth and slippery; speaking or spoken in a smooth manner

Question 24

savant

Answer 24

one who is learned, a scholar

Question 25

scurrilous

Answer 25

using vulgarity