Deck 31

Question 1

Upend

Answer 1

To set on an end

To affect or upset drastically

Question 2

Upstanding

Answer 2

Honest, respectable

Standing up, erect

Question 3

Urbane

Answer 3

Suave, courteous, and refined in manner

Question 4

Utilitarian

Answer 4

Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

Question 5

Utility

Answer 5

Being useful, profitable, or beneficial

Being functional rather than attractive

Question 6

Vapid

Answer 6

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; uninteresting, dull, boring

Question 7

Vice

Answer 7

Immoral or wicked behavior

Question 8

Vitreous

Answer 8

Like glass in appearance or physical properties

Question 9

Volley

Answer 9

Number of bullets, arrows, projectiles discharged at one time
Series of utterances directed at someone in quick succession

Question 10

Wanderlust

Answer 10

Strong desire to travel

Question 11

Wax (v.)

Answer 11

Moon: progressively larger part of surface illuminated
Become larger or stronger
Begin to speak/write about something in specified way

Question 12

Well-heeled

Answer 12

Wealthy

Question 13

Wend

Answer 13

Go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route

Question 14

Wracked

Answer 14

Cause extreme physical or mental pain to; subject to extreme stress

Question 15

Wry

Answer 15

Using dry, mocking humor

(Of a person’s face) twisted into expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance

Question 16

“Accepted as Gospel”

Answer 16

To believe something is completely true

Question 17

“At loggerheads”

Answer 17

Engaged in a head-on dispute

Question 18

“Fellow Feeling”

Answer 18

Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Question 19

“Flights of Fancy”

Answer 19

Ideas or thoughts that are full of imagination and not realistic

Question 20

“Gain currency”

Answer 20

Become current; become established