Deck 50

Question 1

clemency

Answer 1

n. disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather

Question 2

cogitate

Answer 2

v. think over

Question 3

abdicate

Answer 3

v. renounce; give up

Question 4

affinity

Answer 4

n. kinship

Question 5

accelerate

Answer 5

v. move faster

Question 6

anathema

Answer 6

n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

Question 7

arbiter

Answer 7

n. a person with power to decide a dispute; judge

Question 8

aquiline

Answer 8

adj. curved, hooked

Question 9

beget

Answer 9

v. father; produce; give rise to

Question 10

babble

Answer 10

v. chatter idly

Question 11

boundless

Answer 11

adj. unlimited; vast

Question 12

chaste

Answer 12

adj. pure; virginal; modest

Question 13

catholic

Answer 13

adj. broadly sympathetic; liberal

Question 14

colossal

Answer 14

adj. huge

Question 15

cleft

Answer 15

n. split

Question 16

complaisant

Answer 16

adj. trying to please; obliging

Question 17

credence

Answer 17

n. belief

Question 18

defection

Answer 18

n. desertion

Question 19

detergent

Answer 19

n. cleansing agent

Question 20

cull

Answer 20

v. pick out; reject

Question 21

dapper

Answer 21

adj. neat and trim

Question 22

decelerate

Answer 22

v. slow down

Question 23

distort

Answer 23

v. twist out of shape

Question 24

enervate

Answer 24

v. weaken

Question 25

expiate

Answer 25

v. make amends for (a sin)

Question 26

evocative

Answer 26

adj. tending to call up (emotions, memories)

Question 27

gadfly

Answer 27

n. animal-biting fly; an irritating person

Question 28

forswear

Answer 28

v. renounce; abandon

Question 29

forte

Answer 29

n. strong point or special talent

Question 30

humane

Answer 30

adj. marked by kindness or consideration

Question 31

gusto

Answer 31

n. enjoyment; enthusiasm

Question 32

impenitent

Answer 32

adj. not repentant

Question 33

implicit

Answer 33

adj. understood but not stated

Question 34

iniquitous

Answer 34

adj. wicked; immoral; unrighteous

Question 35

inebriated

Answer 35

adj. habitually intoxicated; drunk

Question 36

irretrievable

Answer 36

adj. impossible to recover or regain; irreparable

Question 37

interloper

Answer 37

n. a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others; intruder

Question 38

laceration

Answer 38

n. torn, ragged wound

Question 39

manifesto

Answer 39

n. declaration; statement of policy

Question 40

mischance

Answer 40

n. ill luck

Question 41

multiform

Answer 41

adj. having many forms

Question 42

nonplus

Answer 42

v. bring to halt by confusion; perplex

Question 43

outstrip

Answer 43

v. surpass; outdo

Question 44

perforate

Answer 44

v. pierce; put a hole through

Question 45

prototype

Answer 45

n. original work used as a model by others

Question 46

pristine

Answer 46

adj. characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled

Question 47

rampant

Answer 47

adj. growing in profusion; unrestrained

Question 48

relinquish

Answer 48

v. give up something with reluctance; yield

Question 49

reminiscence

Answer 49

n. recollection

Question 50

recidivism

Answer 50

n. habitual return to crime

Question 51

retinue

Answer 51

n. following; attendants

Question 52

substantial

Answer 52

adj. ample; solid; in essentials

Question 53

supercilious

Answer 53

adj. arrogant; condescending; patronizing

Question 54

tempestuous

Answer 54

adj. stormy; impassioned; violent

Question 55

protocol

Answer 55

n. diplomatic etiquette(original draft)

Question 56

privation

Answer 56

n. hardship; want

Question 57

unmitigated

Answer 57

adj. unrelieved or immoderate; absolute

Question 58

upshot

Answer 58

n. outcome

Question 59

tutelage

Answer 59

n. guardianship; training

Question 60

entice

Answer 60

v. lure; attract; tempt