Deck 35

Question 1

visceral

Answer 1

adj. felt in one’s inner organs

Question 2

virus

Answer 2

n. disease communicator

Question 3

vouchsafe

Answer 3

v. grant; choose to give in reply; permit

Question 4

vagrant

Answer 4

n. a homeless wanderer

Question 5

unruly

Answer 5

adj. disobedient; lawless

Question 6

vacuous

Answer 6

adj. empty; inane

Question 7

vagabond

Answer 7

n. wanderer; tramp

Question 8

unravel

Answer 8

v. disentangle; solve

Question 9

unrequited

Answer 9

adj. not reciprocated

Question 10

transition

Answer 10

n. going from one state of action to another

Question 11

trespass

Answer 11

v. unlawfully enter the boundaries of someone else’s property

Question 12

tribute

Answer 12

n. tax levied by a rule; mark of respect

Question 13

tendentious

Answer 13

adj. having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause

Question 14

tantalize

Answer 14

v. tease; torture with disappointment

Question 15

sparse

Answer 15

adj. not thick; thinly scattered; scanty

Question 16

singular

Answer 16

adj. unique; extraordinary; odd

Question 17

salvage

Answer 17

v. rescue from loss

Question 18

retribution

Answer 18

n. vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses

Question 19

retrench

Answer 19

v. cut down; economize

Question 20

remonstrance

Answer 20

n. protest; objection

Question 21

remnant

Answer 21

n. remainder

Question 22

regime

Answer 22

n. method or system of government

Question 23

regeneration

Answer 23

n. renewal or restoration (of a bodily part); spiritual rebirth

Question 24

rapacious

Answer 24

adj. excessively greedy; predatory

Question 25

proponent

Answer 25

n. supporter; backer; opposite of opponent

Question 26

predilection

Answer 26

n. partiality; preference

Question 27

plagiarize

Answer 27

v. steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own

Question 28

poignancy

Answer 28

n. quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion

Question 29

pejorative

Answer 29

adj. negative in connotation; having a belittling effect

Question 30

permeable

Answer 30

adj. penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

Question 31

pandemic

Answer 31

adj. widespread; affecting the majority of people

Question 32

officious

Answer 32

adj. meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services

Question 33

musky

Answer 33

adj. having the odor of musk

Question 34

navigable

Answer 34

adj. wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered

Question 35

milieu

Answer 35

n. environment; means of expression

Question 36

migratory

Answer 36

adj. wandering

Question 37

legend

Answer 37

n. explanatory list of symbols on a map

Question 38

linchpin

Answer 38

n. something that holds or links various parts together

Question 39

legacy

Answer 39

n. a gift made by a will

Question 40

limpid

Answer 40

adj. clear; transparent; lucid

Question 41

jargon

Answer 41

n. language used by a special group; technical terminology; gibberish

Question 42

jaded

Answer 42

adj. fatigued; surfeited

Question 43

irony

Answer 43

n. hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean

Question 44

insulated

Answer 44

adj. set apart; isolated

Question 45

innuendo

Answer 45

n. hint; insinuation

Question 46

innovative

Answer 46

adj. novel; introducing a change

Question 47

incubate

Answer 47

v. hatch; scheme

Question 48

indignity

Answer 48

n. offensive or insulting treatment

Question 49

impertinent

Answer 49

adj. insolent; rude

Question 50

importune

Answer 50

v. beg persistently

Question 51

hoary

Answer 51

adj. white with age

Question 52

hurtle

Answer 52

v. crash; rush

Question 53

grimace

Answer 53

n. a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.

Question 54

gall (n)

Answer 54

n. bitterness; nerve

Question 55

finesse

Answer 55

n. delicate skill

Question 56

expository

Answer 56

adj. explanatory; serving to explain

Question 57

exude

Answer 57

v. discharge; give forth

Question 58

embark

Answer 58

v. commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey

Question 59

enamored

Answer 59

adj. in love

Question 60

dismember

Answer 60

v. cut into small parts