Deck 43

Question 1

ubiquitous

Answer 1

being everywhere at the same time

Question 2

uncanny

Answer 2

extraordinary; unimaginable; seemingly supernatural

Question 3

unctuous

Answer 3

oily, both literally and figuratively; insincere

Question 4

underlying

Answer 4

basic; fundamental; only noticeable under scrutiny

Question 5

underpinning

Answer 5

a system of supports beneath; a foundation or basis

Question 6

underscore

Answer 6

to underline, to emphasize

Question 7

underwrite

Answer 7

to sponsor; to subsidize; to insure

Question 8

unilateral

Answer 8

involving one side only; done on behalf of one side only; one-sided; not mutual

Question 9

unremitting

Answer 9

unceasing; ignorant; not aware

Question 10

unsury

Answer 10

lending money at an extremely high rate of interest

Question 11

usurp

Answer 11

to seize wrongfully

Question 12

vacillate

Answer 12

to be indecisive; to waver

Question 13

vapid

Answer 13

without liveliness; dull; spiritless

Question 14

vacuous

Answer 14

empty of content; lacking in ideas or intelligence

Question 15

vagary

Answer 15

whim; unpredictable action; wild notion

Question 16

venal

Answer 16

capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt

Question 17

verdant

Answer 17

covered with green plants; leafy; inexperienced

Question 18

veracity

Answer 18

truthfulness

Question 19

verisimilitude

Answer 19

similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing

Question 20

verity

Answer 20

the quality of being true; something true

Question 21

veracious

Answer 21

habitually truthful

Question 22

aver

Answer 22

to state with confidence, as though you know it to be the truth

Question 23

vernacular

Answer 23

everyday speech; slang; idiom

Question 24

vestige

Answer 24

• a remaining bit of something; a last trace

- appendix is a vestige: it used to have a function but now the organ does nothing

Question 25

viable

Answer 25

capable of living; workable