Deck 27

Question 1

aspirant

Answer 1

n. seeker after position or status

Question 2

insightful

Answer 2

adj. discerning; perceptive

Question 3

palliate

Answer 3

v. lessen the violence of (a disease); alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses

Question 4

barricade

Answer 4

n. hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle

Question 5

baffle

Answer 5

v. frustrate; perplex

Question 6

billowing

Answer 6

adj. swelling out in waves; surging

Question 7

chauvinist

Answer 7

n. blindly devoted patriot

Question 8

clientele

Answer 8

n. body of customers

Question 9

constituent

Answer 9

n. supporter

Question 10

daunt

Answer 10

v. intimidate; frighten

Question 11

contravene

Answer 11

v. contradict; oppose; infringe on or transgress

Question 12

alimony

Answer 12

n. payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce

Question 13

disaffected

Answer 13

adj. disloyal

Question 14

entrance

Answer 14

v. put under a spell; carry away with emotion

Question 15

filament

Answer 15

n. fine thread or fiber; threadlike structure within a lightbulb

Question 16

ghastly

Answer 16

adj. horrible

Question 17

imperial

Answer 17

adj. like an emperor; related to an empire

Question 18

itinerant

Answer 18

adj. wandering; traveling

Question 19

panacea

Answer 19

n. cure-all; remedy for all diseases

Question 20

passport

Answer 20

n. legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing him or her to travel abroad

Question 21

dauntless

Answer 21

adj. bold

Question 22

simulate

Answer 22

v. feign

Question 23

subjugate

Answer 23

v. conquer; bring under control

Question 24

warrant

Answer 24

v. justify; authorize

Question 25

wispy

Answer 25

adj. thin; slight; barely discernible

Question 26

abscond

Answer 26

v. depart secretly and hide

Question 27

affected

Answer 27

adj. artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress

Question 28

aquatic

Answer 28

adj. pertaining to water

Question 29

plummet

Answer 29

v. fall sharply

Question 30

beeline

Answer 30

n. direct, quick route

Question 31

boon

Answer 31

n. blessing; benefit

Question 32

caption

Answer 32

n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration

Question 33

choreography

Answer 33

n. art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances

Question 34

consolidation

Answer 34

n. unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger

Question 35

attribute (n)

Answer 35

n. essential quality

Question 36

destitute

Answer 36

adj. extremely poor

Question 37

drab

Answer 37

adj. dull; lacking color; cheerless

Question 38

embryonic

Answer 38

adj. undeveloped; rudimentary

Question 39

eschew

Answer 39

v. avoid

Question 40

defeatist

Answer 40

adj. attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome

Question 41

futile

Answer 41

adj. useless; hopeless; ineffectual

Question 42

graphic

Answer 42

adj. pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described

Question 43

host

Answer 43

n. great number; person entertaining guests; animal or plant from which a parasite gets its nourishment

Question 44

indeterminate

Answer 44

adj. uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

Question 45

flair

Answer 45

n. talent

Question 46

lexicon

Answer 46

n. dictionary

Question 47

mandatory

Answer 47

adj. obligatory; compulsory

Question 48

irresolute

Answer 48

adj. uncertain how to act; weak

Question 49

naivete

Answer 49

n. quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility

Question 50

obviate

Answer 50

v. prevent; make unneccessary

Question 51

misapprehension

Answer 51

n. error; misunderstanding

Question 52

peregrination

Answer 52

n. journey

Question 53

pliant

Answer 53

adj. flexible; easily influenced

Question 54

premeditate

Answer 54

v. plan in advance

Question 55

protean

Answer 55

adj. versatile; able to take on many shapes

Question 56

ramify

Answer 56

v. divide into branches or subdivisions

Question 57

relic

Answer 57

n. surviving remnant; memento

Question 58

retaliation

Answer 58

n. repayment in kind (usually for bad treatment)

Question 59

sate

Answer 59

v. satisfy to the full; cloy

Question 60

shroud

Answer 60

v. hide from view; wrap for burial