Deck 26

Question 1

apprenticeship

Answer 1

n. time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker

Question 2

bungle

Answer 2

v. mismanage; blunder

Question 3

transmute

Answer 3

v. change; convert to something different

Question 4

caldron

Answer 4

n. large kettle

Question 5

chicanery

Answer 5

n. trickery; deception

Question 6

clairvoyant

Answer 6

adj., n. having foresight; fortuneteller

Question 7

petty

Answer 7

adj. trivial; unimportant; very small

Question 8

cloying

Answer 8

adj. distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental

Question 9

archetype

Answer 9

n. prototype; primitive pattern

Question 10

convention

Answer 10

n. social or moral custom; established practice

Question 11

coronation

Answer 11

n. ceremony of crowning a queen or king

Question 12

disembark

Answer 12

v. go ashore; unload cargo from a ship

Question 13

disparate

Answer 13

adj. basically different; unrelated

Question 14

eclipse

Answer 14

v. darken; extinguish; surpass

Question 15

egress

Answer 15

n. exit

Question 16

coiffure

Answer 16

n. hairstyle

Question 17

fervid

Answer 17

adj. ardent

Question 18

graduated

Answer 18

adj. arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

Question 19

grotesque

Answer 19

adj. fantastic; comically hideous

Question 20

illuminate

Answer 20

v. brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten

Question 21

impassive

Answer 21

adj. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical

Question 22

inquisitor

Answer 22

n. questioner (especially harsh); investigator

Question 23

farce

Answer 23

n. broad comedy; mockery

Question 24

lout

Answer 24

n. clumsy person

Question 25

maelstrom

Answer 25

n. whirlpool

Question 26

miniscule

Answer 26

adj. extremely small

Question 27

misrepresent

Answer 27

v. give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as a representative

Question 28

pact

Answer 28

n. agreement; treaty

Question 29

panoramic

Answer 29

adj. related to an unobstructed and comprehensive view

Question 30

insurmountable

Answer 30

adj. overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable

Question 31

preeminent

Answer 31

adj. outstanding; superior

Question 32

pretext

Answer 32

n. excuse

Question 33

prodigy

Answer 33

n. marvel; highly gifted child

Question 34

prominent

Answer 34

adj. conspicuous; notable; sticking out

Question 35

purchase

Answer 35

n. firm grasp or footing

Question 36

pillage

Answer 36

v. plunder

Question 37

reiterate

Answer 37

v. repeat

Question 38

render

Answer 38

v. deliver; provide; represent

Question 39

spat

Answer 39

n. squabble; minor dispute

Question 40

squalor

Answer 40

n. filth; degradation; dirty, neglected state

Question 41

quarry

Answer 41

v. dig into

Question 42

soluble

Answer 42

adj. able to be dissolved; able to be explained

Question 43

stereotype

Answer 43

n. fixed and unvarying representation

Question 44

stringent

Answer 44

adj. severe; rigid; constricted

Question 45

sluggard

Answer 45

n. lazy person

Question 46

suffragist

Answer 46

n. advocate of voting rights (for women)

Question 47

throes

Answer 47

n. violent anguish

Question 48

tortuous

Answer 48

adj. winding; full of curves

Question 49

suborn

Answer 49

v. persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)

Question 50

trivial

Answer 50

adj. unimportant; trifling

Question 51

unsightly

Answer 51

adj. ugly

Question 52

validate

Answer 52

v. confirm; ratify

Question 53

vital

Answer 53

adj. vibrant and lively; critical; living, breathing

Question 54

waffle

Answer 54

v. speak equivocally (not direct) about an issue

Question 55

licentious

Answer 55

adj. amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained

Question 56

abhor

Answer 56

v. detest; hate

Question 57

affluence

Answer 57

n. abundance; wealth

Question 58

alias

Answer 58

n. an assumed name

Question 59

buccaneer

Answer 59

n. pirate

Question 60

causal

Answer 60

adj. implying a cause-and-effect relationship