Deck 9

Question 1

caprice

Answer 1

a sudden, unpredictable, or whimsical change

Question 2

biennial

Answer 2

occurring every two years

Question 3

dank

Answer 3

damp and chilly

Question 4

charlatan

Answer 4

a person who pretends to have knowledge

Question 5

inimical

Answer 5

hostile; unfriendly

Question 6

disputatious

Answer 6

argumentative; inclined to disputes

Question 7

cavil

Answer 7

to bicker unnecessarily

Question 8

beholden

Answer 8

indebted to

Question 9

choleric

Answer 9

ill-tempered; easily angered

Question 10

conjoin

Answer 10

to combine

Question 11

discomfit

Answer 11

to frustrate the expectations of

Question 12

cohort

Answer 12

a group; a band

Question 13

comeliness

Answer 13

beauty, attractiveness in appearance or behavior

Question 14

conclave

Answer 14

any private meeting or closed assembly

Question 15

contentious

Answer 15

quarrelsome

Question 16

fecund

Answer 16

productive

Question 17

troth

Answer 17

belief, faith, fidelity

Question 18

amortize

Answer 18

to liquidate (a debt) at fixed intervals

Question 19

mendacious

Answer 19

not truthful, lying

Question 20

adept

Answer 20

skilled, practiced

Question 21

dint

Answer 21

force, exertion

Question 22

wheedle

Answer 22

to influence or persuade by flattery

Question 23

abaft

Answer 23

on or toward the rear of a ship

Question 24

dais

Answer 24

a raised platform at one end of the room

Question 25

carte blanche

Answer 25

unlimited authority