Deck 30

Question 1

abominable

Answer 1

adj. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

Question 2

accost

Answer 2

v. approach and speak first to a person

Question 3

allegiance

Answer 3

n. loyalty

Question 4

anthropocentric

Answer 4

adj. regarding human beings as the center of the universe

Question 5

averse

Answer 5

adj. reluctant; disinclined

Question 6

bestial

Answer 6

adj. beast-like; brutal

Question 7

bumptious

Answer 7

adj. self-assertive

Question 8

cede

Answer 8

v. yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally

Question 9

clout

Answer 9

n. great influence (especially political or social)

Question 10

concord

Answer 10

n. harmony; agreement between people or things

Question 11

convene

Answer 11

v. assemble

Question 12

curmudgeon

Answer 12

n. churlish, miserly individual

Question 13

demean

Answer 13

v. degrade; humiliate

Question 14

dissimulate

Answer 14

v. pretend; conceal by feigning

Question 15

ennui

Answer 15

n. boredom

Question 16

excise

Answer 16

v. cut away; cut out

Question 17

fanfare

Answer 17

n. call by bugles or trumpets

Question 18

forensic

Answer 18

adj. suitable to debate or courts of law

Question 19

generate

Answer 19

v. cause; produce; create

Question 20

halting

Answer 20

adj. hesitant; faltering

Question 21

illimitable

Answer 21

adj. infinite

Question 22

incandescent

Answer 22

adj. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat

Question 23

intimate

Answer 23

v. hint; suggest

Question 24

killjoy

Answer 24

n. grouch; spoilsport

Question 25

loquacious

Answer 25

adj. talkative

Question 26

meager

Answer 26

adj. scanty; inadequate(lacking desirable qualities)

Question 27

monarchy

Answer 27

n. government under a single ruler

Question 28

nocturnal

Answer 28

adj. done at night

Question 29

optional

Answer 29

adj. not obligatory

Question 30

parochial

Answer 30

adj. narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes

Question 31

petrify

Answer 31

v. turn to stone

Question 32

potentate

Answer 32

n. monarch; sovereign

Question 33

prodigious

Answer 33

adj. marvelous; enormous

Question 34

puny

Answer 34

adj. insignificant; tiny; weak

Question 35

rebuke

Answer 35

n. refutation

Question 36

replenish

Answer 36

v. fill up again

Question 37

rigid

Answer 37

adj. stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending

Question 38

scuttle

Answer 38

v. sink; run with short, rapid steps

Question 39

slovenly

Answer 39

adj. untidy; careless in work habits

Question 40

stem from

Answer 40

v. arise from

Question 41

ultimate

Answer 41

adj. final; not susceptible to further analysis

Question 42

venom

Answer 42

n. poison; hatred

Question 43

wean

Answer 43

v. accustom a baby to not nurse; give up a cherished activity

Question 44

adapt

Answer 44

v. alter; modify

Question 45

adverse

Answer 45

adj. unfavorable; hostile

Question 46

agenda

Answer 46

n. items of business at a meeting

Question 47

blase

Answer 47

adj. bored with pleasure or dissipation

Question 48

boisterous

Answer 48

adj. violent; rough; noisy

Question 49

bravado

Answer 49

n. swagger; assumed air of defiance

Question 50

canter

Answer 50

n. slow gallop

Question 51

catalyst

Answer 51

n. agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

Question 52

consecrate

Answer 52

v. dedicate; sanctify

Question 53

contemporary

Answer 53

n. person belonging to the same period

Question 54

debacle

Answer 54

n. sudden downfall; complete disaster

Question 55

decoy

Answer 55

n. lure or bait

Question 56

deft

Answer 56

adj. neat; skillful

Question 57

fracas

Answer 57

n. brawl, melee

Question 58

fulcrum

Answer 58

n. support on which a lever rests

Question 59

galvanize

Answer 59

v. stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize

Question 60

prolong

Answer 60

v. make longer; draw out; lengthen