Deck 44

Question 1

vicissitude

Answer 1

upheaval; natural change; change in fortune

Question 2

vignette

Answer 2

a small, decorative design or drawing; a short literary sketch; a brief but expressive scene in a play or movie

Question 3

vilify

Answer 3

to say vile things about; to defame

Question 4

vindicative

Answer 4

to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify

Question 5

virtuoso

Answer 5

a masterful musician or practitioner in some other field

Question 6

virulent

Answer 6

extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate

Question 7

viscous

Answer 7

thick; gluey; sticky

Question 8

visionary

Answer 8

a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future

Question 9

vitiate

Answer 9

to make impure; to pollute

Question 10

vitriolic

Answer 10

caustic; full of bitterness

Question 11

vociferous

Answer 11

loud; noisy

Question 12

vogue

Answer 12

fashion, style

Question 13

volition

Answer 13

will, conscious choice

Question 14

waft

Answer 14

to float; to drift; to blow

Question 15

waive

Answer 15

to relinquish (a right) to forgo; to put aside for the time being

Question 16

wane

Answer 16

to decrease in strength or intensity; to fade away; to decline in power

Question 17

wanton

Answer 17

• malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; egregious

- shameless, impure

Question 18

warrant

Answer 18

• to justify; to provide grounds for; to guarantee

- an authorization or official permit

Question 19

willful

Answer 19

deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one’s way

Question 20

wistful

Answer 20

yearning; sadly longing

Question 21

wizended

Answer 21

shriveled; withered; shrunken

Question 22

woe

Answer 22

suffering; affliction; distress

Question 23

zeitgeist

Answer 23

the mood or spirit of the times

Question 24

pedant

Answer 24

a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and relies too much on academic learning

Question 25

beguile

Answer 25

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way; to captivate; to bewitch
• help (time) pass pleasantly; to entertain; to distract