Deck 29

Question 1

facsimile

Answer 1

n. copy

Question 2

fluke

Answer 2

n. unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune

Question 3

gargantuan

Answer 3

adj. huge; enormous

Question 4

gruff

Answer 4

adj. rough-mannered

Question 5

icon

Answer 5

n. religious image; idol

Question 6

intellect

Answer 6

n. higher mental powers

Question 7

matriarch

Answer 7

n. woman who rules a family or larger social group

Question 8

mobile

Answer 8

adj. movable; not fixed

Question 9

neophyte

Answer 9

n. recent convert; beginner

Question 10

onerous

Answer 10

adj. burdensome

Question 11

parallelism

Answer 11

n. state of being parallel; similarity

Question 12

personable

Answer 12

adj. attractive

Question 13

porous

Answer 13

adj. full of pores; like a sieve

Question 14

primordial

Answer 14

adj. existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary

Question 15

pseudonym

Answer 15

n. pen name

Question 16

renown

Answer 16

n. fame

Question 17

revile

Answer 17

v. attack with abusive language; vilify

Question 18

scintillate

Answer 18

v. sparkle; flash

Question 19

slake

Answer 19

v. quench; sate

Question 20

stalemate

Answer 20

n. deadlock

Question 21

sunder

Answer 21

v. separate; part

Question 22

variegated

Answer 22

adj. many-colored

Question 23

burnish

Answer 23

v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

Question 24

codify

Answer 24

v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify

Question 25

condole

Answer 25

v. express sympathetic sorrow

Question 26

convert

Answer 26

n. one who has adopted a different religion or opinion

Question 27

dais

Answer 27

n. raised platform for guests of honor

Question 28

demure

Answer 28

adj. grave; serious; coy

Question 29

enthrall

Answer 29

v. capture; enslave

Question 30

fawning

Answer 30

adj. courting favor by cringing and flattering

Question 31

formidable

Answer 31

adj. inspiring fear or apprehension; difficult; awe-inspiring

Question 32

gentry

Answer 32

n. people of standing; class of people just below nobility

Question 33

imminent

Answer 33

adj. near at hand; impending(ready to take place)

Question 34

inception

Answer 34

n. start; beginning

Question 35

infiltrate

Answer 35

v. pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily

Question 36

introspective

Answer 36

adj. looking within oneself

Question 37

knotty

Answer 37

adj. intricate; difficult; tangled

Question 38

meek

Answer 38

adj. quiet and obedient; spiritless

Question 39

montage

Answer 39

n. photographic composition combining elements from different sources

Question 40

nondescript

Answer 40

adj. undistinctive; ordinary

Question 41

phlegmatic

Answer 41

adj. calm; not easily disturbed

Question 42

pragmatist

Answer 42

n. practical person

Question 43

progeny

Answer 43

n. children; offspring

Question 44

putrid

Answer 44

adj. foul; rotten; decayed

Question 45

recession

Answer 45

n. withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity

Question 46

reprieve

Answer 46

n. temporary stay

Question 47

roster

Answer 47

n. list

Question 48

sect

Answer 48

n. separate religious body; faction

Question 49

snicker

Answer 49

n. half-stifled laugh

Question 50

stint (v)

Answer 50

v. be thrifty; set limits

Question 51

surveillance

Answer 51

n. watching; guarding

Question 52

unconscionable

Answer 52

adj. unscrupulous; excessive

Question 53

verbatim

Answer 53

adv. word for word

Question 54

presage

Answer 54

v. foretell

Question 55

juncture

Answer 55

n. crisis; joining point

Question 56

lilliputian

Answer 56

adj. extremely small

Question 57

imponderable

Answer 57

adj. not able to be determined precisely

Question 58

fleece

Answer 58

v. rob; plunder

Question 59

dictum

Answer 59

n. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim

Question 60

circuitous

Answer 60

adj. roundabout