Deck 17

Question 1

Crack

Answer 1

First rate; excellent

Question 2

Credence

Answer 2

Something giving a claim to belief or confidence

Question 3

Crucible

Answer 3

A severe, searching test or trial

Question 4

Daft

Answer 4

Senseless, stupid, foolish, insane, crazy

Question 5

Dally

Answer 5

To waste time, loiter, delay

Act playfully

Question 6

Defeasible

Answer 6

Capable of being annulled or terminated

Question 7

Deluge

Answer 7

Flood

Overrun, overwhelm

Question 8

Demarcate

Answer 8

Determine/mark boundaries/limits

To separate distinctly

Question 9

Depose

Answer 9

Remove from office/position

Testify or affirm under oath, especially in a written statement

Question 10

Depredate

Answer 10

To plunder or lay waste to; pillage; ravage

Question 11

Derogate

Answer 11

To stray in character or conduct; degenerate

To disparage or belittle

Question 12

Desuetude

Answer 12

State of being no longer used or practiced

Question 13

Detractor

Answer 13

To take away a part, as from quality/value/reputation

To draw away or divert; distract

Question 14

Dexterous

Answer 14

Skillful or adroit in use of hands or body

Question 15

Dionysian

Answer 15

Recklessly uninhibited; unrestrained; undisciplined

Question 16

Disenfranchisement

Answer 16

To deprive of a privilege or right (to vote, to send reps to elected body)

Question 17

Disincentive

Answer 17

Something that discourages or deters

Question 18

Dispensation

Answer 18

Dispensing, distribution
Order, system, or arrangement; administration/management
Doing away with or doing without something

Question 19

Dissimulation

Answer 19

To conceal (one’s real feelings) by pretence

Question 20

Divagate

Answer 20

To wander; stray

To digress in speech