Deck 40

Question 1

ruffian

Answer 1

n. bully; scoundrel

Question 2

rue

Answer 2

v. regret; lament; mourn

Question 3

salutary

Answer 3

adj. tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome

Question 4

savor

Answer 4

v. enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality

Question 5

savant

Answer 5

n. learned scholar

Question 6

scurrilous

Answer 6

adj. vulgar; coarse; foul-mouthed; obscene

Question 7

seep

Answer 7

v. ooze; trickle

Question 8

seemly

Answer 8

adj. proper; appropriate

Question 9

sham

Answer 9

v. pretend

Question 10

sinewy

Answer 10

adj. tough; strong and firm

Question 11

sinecure

Answer 11

n. well-paid position with little responsibility

Question 12

solicitous

Answer 12

adj. worried; concerned

Question 13

slothful

Answer 13

adj. lazy

Question 14

sovereign

Answer 14

adj. efficacious; supreme or paramount; self-governing

Question 15

steep

Answer 15

v. soak; saturate

Question 16

strew

Answer 16

v. spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter

Question 17

stratum

Answer 17

n. layer of earth’s surface; layer of society

Question 18

supposition

Answer 18

n. hypothesis; the act of supposing

Question 19

swerve

Answer 19

v. deviate; turn aside sharply

Question 20

transgression

Answer 20

n. violation of law; sin

Question 21

unequivocal

Answer 21

adj. plain; obvious; unmistakable

Question 22

unearth

Answer 22

v. dig up

Question 23

tyro

Answer 23

n. beginner; novice

Question 24

undulating

Answer 24

adj. moving with a wavelike motion

Question 25

vertigo

Answer 25

n. severe dizziness

Question 26

vertex

Answer 26

n. summit

Question 27

veneer

Answer 27

n. thin layer; cover

Question 28

vortex

Answer 28

n. whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged

Question 29

voracious

Answer 29

adj. ravenous

Question 30

shackle

Answer 30

v. chain; fetter

Question 31

random

Answer 31

adj. without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard

Question 32

quiver (n)

Answer 32

n. case for arrows

Question 33

molten

Answer 33

adj. melted

Question 34

moribund

Answer 34

adj. dying

Question 35

murky

Answer 35

adj. dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague

Question 36

natty

Answer 36

adj. neatly or smartly dressed

Question 37

malfeasance

Answer 37

n. wrongdoing

Question 38

marked

Answer 38

adj. noticeable or pronounced; targeted for vengeance

Question 39

filibuster

Answer 39

v. to block legislation by making long speeches

Question 40

flinch

Answer 40

v. hesitate, shrink

Question 41

ethereal

Answer 41

adj. light; heavenly; usually refined

Question 42

equinox

Answer 42

n. period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn

Question 43

emancipate

Answer 43

v. set free

Question 44

empirical

Answer 44

adj. based on experience

Question 45

disapprobation

Answer 45

n. disapproval; condemnation

Question 46

detraction

Answer 46

n. slandering; aspersion(a lessening of reputation)

Question 47

descant

Answer 47

v. discuss fully

Question 48

derogatory

Answer 48

adj. expressing a low opinion

Question 49

complicity

Answer 49

n. participation; involvement

Question 50

cognizance

Answer 50

n. knowledge

Question 51

clip

Answer 51

n. section of filmed material

Question 52

cession

Answer 52

n. yielding to another; ceding

Question 53

caustic

Answer 53

adj. burning; sarcastically biting

Question 54

carnal

Answer 54

adj. fleshy

Question 55

bowdlerize

Answer 55

v. expurgate (simplify)

Question 56

bluster

Answer 56

v. blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully

Question 57

audit

Answer 57

n. examination of accounts

Question 58

asylum

Answer 58

n. place of refuge or shelter; protection

Question 59

assail

Answer 59

v. assault

Question 60

apposite

Answer 60

adj. appropriate; fitting