Deck 30

Question 1

odious

Answer 1

hateful; evil; vile

Question 2

officious

Answer 2

annoyingly eager to help or give advice

Question 3

olfactory

Answer 3

pertaining to the sense of smell

Question 4

oligarchy

Answer 4

government by only a very few people

Question 5

onerous

Answer 5

burdensome; oppressive

Question 6

opaque

Answer 6

impossible to see through; impossible to understand

Question 7

opprobrious

Answer 7

damning; extremely critical; disgraceful

Question 8

opprobrium

Answer 8

reproach, scorn, or disgrace

Question 9

ordinance

Answer 9

law; regulation; decree

Question 10

orthodox

Answer 10

conventional; adhering to established principles or doctrines

Question 11

oscillate

Answer 11

to swing back and forth; to pulsate; to waver between beliefs or ideas

Question 12

osmosis

Answer 12

gradual or subtle absorption

Question 13

ostensible

Answer 13

apparent (but misleading); professed

Question 14

ostentatious

Answer 14

excessively conspicuous; showing off

Question 15

overture

Answer 15

opening move; preliminary offer

Question 16

oxymoron

Answer 16

a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are used together

Question 17

painstaking

Answer 17

extremely careful; taking pains

Question 18

palatable

Answer 18

pleasant to the taste; agreeable to the feelings

Question 19

palliate

Answer 19

to relieve or alleviate something without getting rid of the problem, to assuage, to mitigate

Question 20

pallor

Answer 20

paleness, whiteness

Question 21

palpable

Answer 21

capable of being touched; obvious; tangible

Question 22

paltry

Answer 22

insignificant; worthless

Question 23

panaceea

Answer 23

something that cures everything

Question 24

pandemic

Answer 24

prevalent throughout a large area

Question 25

panegyric

Answer 25

elaborate praise; eulogy