Deck 42

Question 1

opportune

Answer 1

adj. timely; well-chosen

Question 2

overbearing

Answer 2

adj. bossy and arrogant

Question 3

pan

Answer 3

v. criticize harshly

Question 4

paraphrase

Answer 4

v. restate a passage in one’s own words while retaining thought of author

Question 5

pastiche

Answer 5

n. piece of writing or music made up of borrowed bits and pieces; hodgepodge

Question 6

pedantic

Answer 6

adj. showing off learning; bookish(unimaginative)

Question 7

peruse

Answer 7

v. read with care

Question 8

placebo

Answer 8

n. harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

Question 9

postulate

Answer 9

n. essential premise; underlying assumption

Question 10

predicament

Answer 10

n. tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma

Question 11

presentiment

Answer 11

n. feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear; premonition

Question 12

qualms

Answer 12

n. misgivings; uneasy fate

Question 13

punctilious

Answer 13

adj. laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; minutely attentive to fine points (careful)

Question 14

realm

Answer 14

n. kingdom; field or sphere

Question 15

reconnaissance

Answer 15

n. survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering

Question 16

regal

Answer 16

adj. royal

Question 17

riddle

Answer 17

v. pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout

Question 18

salubrious

Answer 18

adj. promoting good health; healthful

Question 19

scuffle

Answer 19

v. struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry

Question 20

slither

Answer 20

v. slip or slide

Question 21

stealth

Answer 21

n. slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness

Question 22

stratify

Answer 22

v. divide into classes; be arranged into strata

Question 23

supplicate

Answer 23

v. petition humbly; pray to grant a favor

Question 24

swelter

Answer 24

v. to be oppressed by heat

Question 25

therapeutic

Answer 25

adj. curative

Question 26

tyranny

Answer 26

n. oppression; cruel government

Question 27

unprepossessing

Answer 27

adj. unattractive

Question 28

engross

Answer 28

v. occupy fully

Question 29

equilibrium

Answer 29

n. balance

Question 30

effrontery

Answer 30

n. shameless boldness

Question 31

emanate

Answer 31

v. issue forth

Question 32

blanch

Answer 32

v. bleach; whiten

Question 33

auxiliary

Answer 33

adj. helper, additional or subsidiary

Question 34

climactic

Answer 34

adj. relating to the highest point

Question 35

cognitive

Answer 35

adj. having to do with knowing or perceiving; related to the mental processes

Question 36

construe

Answer 36

v. explain; interpret

Question 37

confine

Answer 37

v. shut in; restrict

Question 38

copious

Answer 38

adj. plentiful

Question 39

cupidity

Answer 39

n. greed

Question 40

cumulative

Answer 40

adj. growing by addition

Question 41

deadpan

Answer 41

adj. wooden; impersonal

Question 42

deadlock

Answer 42

n. standstill; stalemate

Question 43

delude

Answer 43

v. deceive

Question 44

disabuse

Answer 44

v. correct a false impression; undeceive

Question 45

discrete

Answer 45

adj. separate; unconnected

Question 46

diverge

Answer 46

v. vary; go in different directions from the same point

Question 47

engender

Answer 47

v. cause; produce

Question 48

extrovert

Answer 48

n. person interested mostly in external objects and actions

Question 49

fallible

Answer 49

adj. liable to err

Question 50

fell (adj)

Answer 50

adj. cruel; deadly

Question 51

gavel

Answer 51

n. hammer-like tool; mallet

Question 52

gibe

Answer 52

v. mock; taunt; scoff at

Question 53

gorge (v)

Answer 53

v. stuff oneself

Question 54

gorge (n)

Answer 54

n. small, steep-walled canyon

Question 55

haggle

Answer 55

v. argue about prices

Question 56

hindrance

Answer 56

n. block; obstacle

Question 57

humid

Answer 57

adj. damp

Question 58

imperious

Answer 58

adj. domineering; haughty (commanding)

Question 59

import

Answer 59

n. importance; meaning

Question 60

idolatry

Answer 60

n. worship of idols; excessive admiration