Deck 56

Question 1

probe

Answer 1

v. explore with tools

Question 2

quip

Answer 2

n. taunt

Question 3

quadruped

Answer 3

n. four-footed animal

Question 4

pugilist

Answer 4

n. boxer

Question 5

reek

Answer 5

v. emit (odor

Question 6

rave

Answer 6

n. overwhelmingly favorable review

Question 7

satire

Answer 7

n. form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly

Question 8

revulsion

Answer 8

n. sudden violent change of feeling; reaction

Question 9

scoff

Answer 9

v. mock; ridicule

Question 10

sectarian

Answer 10

adj. relating to a religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited

Question 11

sphinx-like

Answer 11

adj. enigmatic; mysterious

Question 12

sobriety

Answer 12

n. moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness

Question 13

sleight

Answer 13

n. dexterity

Question 14

stodgy

Answer 14

adj. stuffy; boringly conservative

Question 15

treatise

Answer 15

n. article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

Question 16

tractable

Answer 16

adj. docile; easily managed

Question 17

viper

Answer 17

n. poisonous snake

Question 18

vindicative

Answer 18

adj. out for revenge; malicious

Question 19

wrench

Answer 19

v. pull; strain; twist

Question 20

writhe

Answer 20

v. twist in coils; contort in pain

Question 21

yore

Answer 21

n. time past

Question 22

zany

Answer 22

adj. crazy; comic

Question 23

agnostic

Answer 23

n. one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

Question 24

alacrity

Answer 24

n. cheerful promptness

Question 25

attrition

Answer 25

n. gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harrassment

Question 26

atypical

Answer 26

adj. not normal

Question 27

bustle

Answer 27

v. move about energetically; teem

Question 28

brochure

Answer 28

n. pamphlet

Question 29

browbeat

Answer 29

v. bully; intimidate

Question 30

choleric

Answer 30

adj. hot-tempered

Question 31

conjugal

Answer 31

adj. pertaining to marriage

Question 32

conspicuous

Answer 32

adj. easily seen; noticeable; striking

Question 33

convex

Answer 33

adj. curving outward

Question 34

cuisine

Answer 34

n. style of cooking

Question 35

cubicle

Answer 35

n. small compartment partitioned off; small bed-chamber

Question 36

dapper

Answer 36

adj. neat and trim

Question 37

denigrate

Answer 37

v. blacken

Question 38

disjointed

Answer 38

adj. disconnected

Question 39

disinterested

Answer 39

adj. unprejudiced

Question 40

dint

Answer 40

n. means; effort

Question 41

doldrums

Answer 41

n. blues; listlessness; slack period

Question 42

emissary

Answer 42

n. agent; messenger

Question 43

evenhanded

Answer 43

adj. impartial; fair

Question 44

diurnal

Answer 44

adj. daily

Question 45

faculty

Answer 45

n. mental or bodily powers; teaching staff

Question 46

fecundity

Answer 46

n. fertility; fruitfulness

Question 47

fray

Answer 47

n. brawl

Question 48

gainsay

Answer 48

v. deny

Question 49

ideology

Answer 49

n. system of ideas of a group

Question 50

immobility

Answer 50

n. state of being unable to move

Question 51

lateral

Answer 51

adj. coming from the side

Question 52

libel

Answer 52

n. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person’s character

Question 53

matrix

Answer 53

n. point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols

Question 54

mellifluous

Answer 54

adj. sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious

Question 55

nettle

Answer 55

v. annoy; vex

Question 56

nostalgia

Answer 56

n. homesickness; longing for the past

Question 57

outspoken

Answer 57

adj. candid; blunt

Question 58

palpable

Answer 58

adj. tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable

Question 59

psyche

Answer 59

n. soul; mind

Question 60

wily

Answer 60

adj. cunning; artful