Deck 3

Question 1

Exultant

Answer 1

triumphantly happy

Question 2

Onerous, Arduous

Answer 2

requiring great effort, burdensome, difficult

Question 3

Portent

Answer 3

forewarning

Question 4

Augury

Answer 4

omen

Question 5

Prophetic

Answer 5

predictive (e.g. prophetic signs)

Question 6

Anachronism

Answer 6

something belonging to a different period of time

Question 7

Prosaic

Answer 7

prose-like, unpoetic

Question 8

Aggrandize

Answer 8

to make grander/increase the power, wealth, or social status of something

Question 9

Vituperate

Answer 9

to blame or insult, to criticize, revile, upbraid, scold

Question 10

Buffet

Answer 10

v. to strike against forcefully

Question 11

Contrite

Answer 11

remorseful

Question 12

Despot

Answer 12

an oppressor or ruler with absolute power

Question 13

Insurgent

Answer 13

rebellious, mutinous

Question 14

Impecunious

Answer 14

penniless

Question 15

Capitulate

Answer 15

accept defeat/surrender

Question 16

Histrionic

Answer 16

melodramatic (negative)

Question 17

Extemporaneous

Answer 17

without preparation (neutral)

Question 18

Erudition

Answer 18

learning

Question 19

Adroit

Answer 19

very skillful

Question 20

Giddy, Vertiginous

Answer 20

causing or characterized by vertigo or dizziness

Question 21

Desultory

Answer 21

lacking in plan, enthusiasm, or purpose

Question 22

Effluviate

Answer 22

to give off an odor

Question 23

Descry

Answer 23

to catch sight of

Question 24

Avuncular

Answer 24

acting like an uncle

Question 25

Rancorous

Answer 25

characterized by bitterness or resentment