DECK 22

Question 1

MALADY

Answer 1

disease; something bad (mal)

Question 2

BLIGHT

Answer 2

a diseased condition; a curse

Question 3

AFFLICTION

Answer 3

causes suffering

Question 4

ELEGY

Answer 4

a poem relating to or lamenting death

Question 5

EPITAPH

Answer 5

an inscription on a gravestone

Question 6

DOLDRUMS

Answer 6

a state of unhappiness

Question 7

ADVERSITY

Answer 7

hardship

Question 8

SEMANTICS

Answer 8

the study of the meanings of words

Question 9

GENEALOGY

Answer 9

the study of ancestry

Question 10

ONCOLOGY

Answer 10

the study of tumors and/or cancer

Question 11

PARIAH

Answer 11

an outcast

Question 12

RELEGATE

Answer 12

to banish or demote in rank

Question 13

PROLIFERATE

Answer 13

to grow rapidly; to produce offspring at a rapid rate

Question 14

DISTEND

Answer 14

to swell or increase in size

Question 15

PROPAGATE

Answer 15

to cause to multiply; to publicize

Question 16

SATURATE

Answer 16

to fill completely

Question 17

ADDENDUM

Answer 17

something added; a supplement to a book

Question 18

POSTSCRIPT

Answer 18

a message added after the completion of a letter [“P.S.”] - can be used to refer to something that comes after the ending

Question 19

ACQUIT

Answer 19

To find someone not guilty

Question 20

EPOCH

Answer 20

A period of time in history or a person’s life

Question 21

CONTRIVED

Answer 21

Obviously planned

Question 22

FALLOW

Answer 22

Unused

Uncultivated land

Question 23

ARABLE

Answer 23

Used or suitable for growing crops