Deck 6

Question 0

Atone

Answer 0

Pay for

He could never atone for his sins.

Question 1

Atelier

Answer 1

Studio; workshop

Question 2

Atrocity

Answer 2

Extreme wickedness; cruel deeds

Question 3

Atrophy

Answer 3

Weakening or degeneration; wasted; emaciated

Polio victims need physiotherapy to prevent atrophy of the muscles.

Question 4

Attenuate

Answer 4

Become weaker in strength or value; reduce in strenth

The generals hoped to attenuate the enemy lines.

Question 5

Attest

Answer 5

Give witness to or testify

I can attest the good service he has given.

Question 6

Attribution

Answer 6

Gradual wearing out

They decided to rely on a war of attribution.

Question 7

Audacious

Answer 7

Bold; daring

Question 8

Auger

Answer 8

Tool for boring holes in wood

Question 9

Augment

Answer 9

Increase or become bigger

Question 10

Augur

Answer 10

Foretell; be a sign of something in the future

The rain in the beginning of the year augurs a good late year harvest.

Question 11

August

Answer 11

Very impressive

The Versailles place creates very august surroundings.

Question 12

Aureole

Answer 12

Bright disc around the head of saint; halo

Question 13

Auspicious

Answer 13

Of good omen

With my finding a new job, the year has begun quite auspiciously.

Question 14

Austere

Answer 14

Morally strict; severely simple

The monks lead an austere, ascetic life.

Question 15

Authoritarian

Answer 15

Characteristic of an absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; a person behaving in a tyrannical manner

Question 16

Autonomous

Answer 16

Self-governing

This island is on an autonomous colony that doesn’t receive orders from the sovereign country.

Question 17

Auxiliary

Answer 17

Acting as an assistant; functioning in supporting capacity

Incase of an emergency, an auxiliary power station was built.

Question 18

Avarice

Answer 18

Greed for gain

His avarice for quick gains was his biggest flaw.

Question 19

Aver

Answer 19

Assert, affirm

I wish to aver that I am certain of success.

Question 20

Avert

Answer 20

To turn your eyes away from

Question 21

Avid

Answer 21

Eager and enthusiastic

John is an avid reader.

Question 22

Avocation

Answer 22

Side-business; minor occupation

Question 23

Avow

Answer 23

To declare openly

He has now finally avowed his involvement in the fraud.

Question 24

Awe

Answer 24

A feeling of profound respect for someone or something

Question 25

Awry

Answer 25

Away from the correct or expected course; turned or twisted to one side

Question 26

Axiom

Answer 26

Self-evident truth that does not require any proof

Question 27

Banal

Answer 27

Repeated often

Question 28

Bandy

Answer 28

Back and forth, usually in discussion

The idea was bandied around the table for hours before finally being dropped.

Question 29

Bane

Answer 29

To cause ruin or destruction

The drought has been a bane for this village.