Deck 18

Question 1

Grandiloquent

Answer 1

Pompous or extravagant in style, intended to impress; ostentatious

Question 2

Gelidity

Answer 2

The quality of being extremely cold or icy

Question 3

Boorish

Answer 3

Rough and bad-mannered; coarse

Question 4

Wastrel

Answer 4

A wasteful or good-for-nothing child

Question 5

Churl

Answer 5

An impolite or mean-spirited person

Question 6

Husbanded

Answer 6

To use economically; conserve

Question 7

Bastion

Answer 7

An institution, person or place strongly upholding a set of principles, attitudes or activities

Question 8

Somniferous

Answer 8

Tending to induce sleep; soporific

Question 9

Analeptic

Answer 9

A stimulant to restore a person’s health or strength

Question 10

Abrogated

Answer 10

Repeal or do away with; repudiate

Question 11

Effectuated

Answer 11

Put into force or operation

Question 12

Extolled

Answer 12

To praise enthusiastically

Question 13

Barrister

Answer 13

A lawyer entitled to practice as an advocate, especially in higher courts

Question 14

Ponderous

Answer 14

Slow and clumsy because of great weight

Question 15

Consternation

Answer 15

Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected