Deck 7 (high frequency + hot prospects)

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

v. subside; decrease, lessen

Question 2

aggregate

Answer 2

v. gather; accumulate

Question 3

acrid

Answer 3

adj. sharp; bitterly pungent

Question 4

acrimonious

Answer 4

adj. bitter in words or manner

Question 5

audacious

Answer 5

adj. daring; bold

Question 6

blighted

Answer 6

adj. suffering from a disease; destroyed

Question 7

certitude

Answer 7

n. certainty

Question 8

complementary

Answer 8

adj. serving to complete something

Question 9

corrugated

Answer 9

adj. wrinkled; ridged

Question 10

discourse

Answer 10

n. formal discussion; conversation

Question 11

disperse

Answer 11

v. scatter

Question 12

deleterious

Answer 12

adj. harmful

Question 13

equitable

Answer 13

adj. fair; impartial

Question 14

expedite

Answer 14

v. accelerate

Question 15

explicit

Answer 15

adj. totally clear; definite; outspoken

Question 16

fallow

Answer 16

n. uncultivated land

Question 17

florid

Answer 17

adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery

Question 18

glacial

Answer 18

adj. like a glacier; extremely cold

Question 19

impregnable

Answer 19

adj. invulnerable

Question 20

insolvent

Answer 20

adj. bankrupt; unable to repay one’s debts

Question 21

lassitude

Answer 21

n. languor; weariness

Question 22

mercurial

Answer 22

adj. capricious; changing; fickle

Question 23

parody

Answer 23

n. humorous imitation; spook; takeoff; travesty

Question 24

profligate

Answer 24

adj. dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral

Question 25

recant

Answer 25

v. disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement

Question 26

resplendent

Answer 26

adj. dazzling; glorious; brilliant

Question 27

savory

Answer 27

adj. tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable

Question 28

spurious

Answer 28

adj. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical

Question 29

tenacity

Answer 29

n. firmness; persistence

Question 30

unprecedented

Answer 30

adj. novel; unparalleled

Question 31

voluble

Answer 31

adj. fluent; glib; talkative

Question 32

witticism

Answer 32

n. witty saying; wisecrack

Question 33

ornate

Answer 33

adj. excessively or elaborated decorated

Question 34

ineffable

Answer 34

adj. unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech

Question 35

ebullient

Answer 35

adj. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

Question 36

emend

Answer 36

v. correct; correct by a critic

Question 37

assuage

Answer 37

v. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

Question 38

avert

Answer 38

v. prevent; turn away

Question 39

cliche

Answer 39

n. phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

Question 40

dehydrate

Answer 40

v. remove water from; dry out

Question 41

foolhardy

Answer 41

adj. rash

Question 42

impecunious

Answer 42

adj. without money

Question 43

intractable

Answer 43

adj. unruly; stubborn; unyielding

Question 44

odious

Answer 44

adj. hateful; vile

Question 45

nuance

Answer 45

n. shade or difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction

Question 46

rant

Answer 46

v. rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech

Question 47

raucous

Answer 47

adj. harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous

Question 48

illicit

Answer 48

adj. illegal

Question 49

threadbare

Answer 49

adj. worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor

Question 50

trifling

Answer 50

adj. trivial; unimportant

Question 51

sedentary

Answer 51

adj. requiring sitting

Question 52

parsimony

Answer 52

n. stinginess; excessive frugality

Question 53

pernicious

Answer 53

adj. very destructive

Question 54

laconic

Answer 54

adj. brief and to the point

Question 55

incidental

Answer 55

adj. not essential; minor

Question 56

excerpt

Answer 56

n. selected passage (written or musical)

Question 57

efface

Answer 57

v. rub out

Question 58

depose

Answer 58

v. dethrone; remove from office

Question 59

converge

Answer 59

v. approach; tend to meet; come together

Question 60

bequeath

Answer 60

v. leave to someone by a will; hand down