Deck 9

Question 1

torpor

Answer 1

n. lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

Question 2

virulent

Answer 2

adj. extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter

Question 3

viable

Answer 3

adj. practical or workable; capable of maintaining life

Question 4

truncate

Answer 4

v. cut the top off

Question 5

tirade

Answer 5

n. extended scolding; denunciation; harangue

Question 6

tantamount

Answer 6

adj. equivalent in effect or value

Question 7

supplant

Answer 7

v. replace; usurp

Question 8

stolid

Answer 8

adj. unruffled; impassive

Question 9

soporific

Answer 9

adj. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness

Question 10

repugnant

Answer 10

adj. loathsome; hateful

Question 11

raze

Answer 11

v. destroy completely

Question 12

querulous

Answer 12

adj. fretful; whining

Question 13

quiescent

Answer 13

adj. at rest; dormant

Question 14

prattle

Answer 14

v. babble

Question 15

polemical

Answer 15

adj. aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious

Question 16

penury

Answer 16

n. severe poverty; stinginess

Question 17

pariah

Answer 17

n. social outcast

Question 18

mosaic

Answer 18

n. picture made of colorful small inlaid tiles

Question 19

nefarious

Answer 19

adj. very wicked

Question 20

mirth

Answer 20

n. merriment; laughter

Question 21

meander

Answer 21

v. wind or turn in its course

Question 22

lurid

Answer 22

adj. wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome

Question 23

labyrinth

Answer 23

n. maze

Question 24

jocular

Answer 24

adj. said or done in jest

Question 25

irreproachable

Answer 25

adj. blameless; impeccable

Question 26

indolent

Answer 26

adj. lazy

Question 27

indefatigable

Answer 27

adj. tireless

Question 28

ignominy

Answer 28

n. deep disgrace; shame or dishonor

Question 29

fitful

Answer 29

adj. spasmodic; intermittent

Question 30

fathom

Answer 30

v. comprehend; investigate

Question 31

evanescent

Answer 31

adj. fleeting; vanishing

Question 32

equanimity

Answer 32

n. calmness of temperament; composure

Question 33

emaciated

Answer 33

adj. thin and wasted

Question 34

elegy

Answer 34

n. poem or song expressing lamentation

Question 35

effervescence

Answer 35

n. inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation

Question 36

dupe

Answer 36

n. someone easily fooled

Question 37

distend

Answer 37

v. expand; swell out

Question 38

dilatory

Answer 38

adj. delaying

Question 39

desiccate

Answer 39

v. dry up

Question 40

corrode

Answer 40

v. destroy by chemical action

Question 41

conjecture

Answer 41

v. surmise; guess

Question 42

combustible

Answer 42

adj. easily burned

Question 43

charlatan

Answer 43

n. quack; pretender of knowledge

Question 44

carping

Answer 44

adj. finding fault

Question 45

buttress

Answer 45

v. support; prop up

Question 46

bleak

Answer 46

adj. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

Question 47

avarice

Answer 47

n. greediness for wealth

Question 48

antipathy

Answer 48

n. aversion; dislike

Question 49

anomaly

Answer 49

n. irregularity

Question 50

anachronistic

Answer 50

adj. having an error involving time in a story

Question 51

abase

Answer 51

v. lower; humiliate

Question 52

abut

Answer 52

v. border upon; adjoin

Question 53

aggressor

Answer 53

n. attacker

Question 54

annex

Answer 54

v. attach; take possession of

Question 55

arduous

Answer 55

adj. hard; strenuous

Question 56

beneficial

Answer 56

adj. helpful; useful

Question 57

breadth

Answer 57

n. width; extent

Question 58

catechism

Answer 58

n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

Question 59

clandestine

Answer 59

adj. secret

Question 60

compunction

Answer 60

n. remorse