Deck2

Question 1

Axiom

Answer 1

premise; postulate; self-evident truth

Question 2

Banal

Answer 2

predictable; cliched; boring

Question 3

Belfry

Answer 3

bell tower; room in which a bell in hung

Question 4

Bevy

Answer 4

group

Question 5

Bifurcate

Answer 5

to divide into two parts

Question 6

Bilk

Answer 6

to cheat; defraud

Question 7

Blight

Answer 7

to afflict; destroy

Question 8

Blithe

Answer 8

joyful; cheerful; or without appropriate thought

Question 9

Bolster

Answer 9

to support; prop up

Question 10

Bombastic

Answer 10

pompous in speech and manner

Question 11

Bonhomie

Answer 11

good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer

Question 12

Boor

Answer 12

crude person, one lacking manners or taste

Question 13

Burgeon

Answer 13

to grow and flourish

Question 14

Burnish

Answer 14

to polish

Question 15

Cabal

Answer 15

a secret group seeking to overturn something

Question 16

Cacophony

Answer 16

harsh, jarring noise

Question 17

Calumny

Answer 17

a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation

Question 18

Canard

Answer 18

a lie

Question 19

Candid

Answer 19

impartial and honest in speech

Question 20

Capricious

Answer 20

changing one’s mind quickly and often

Question 21

Cartography

Answer 21

science or art of making maps

Question 22

Castigate

Answer 22

to punish or criticize harshly

Question 23

Catalyst

Answer 23

something that brings about a change in something else

Question 24

Catholic

Answer 24

universal broad and comprehensive

Question 25

Caustic

Answer 25

biting in wit

Question 26

Chaos

Answer 26

great disorder or confused situation

Question 27

Chauvinist

Answer 27

someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

Question 28

Chicanery

Answer 28

deception by means of craft or guile

Question 29

Circumspect

Answer 29

cautious; aware of potential consequences

Question 30

Cloying

Answer 30

sickly sweet; excessive

Question 31

Coalesce

Answer 31

to grow together to form a single whole

Question 32

Coffer

Answer 32

strongbox; large chest for money

Question 33

Cogent

Answer 33

convincing and well-reasoned

Question 34

Collusion

Answer 34

collaboration; complicity; conspiracy

Question 35

Condone

Answer 35

to overlook, pardon, or disregard

Question 36

Connoisseur

Answer 36

a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes

Question 37

Contrite

Answer 37

deeply sorrowful and repentatnt for a wrong

Question 38

Contumacious

Answer 38

rebellious

Question 39

Convoluted

Answer 39

intricate and complicated

Question 40

Corroborate

Answer 40

to support with evidence

Question 41

Cosset

Answer 41

to pamper; treat with great care

Question 42

Coterie

Answer 42

an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose

Question 43

Craven

Answer 43

lacking courage

Question 44

Credulous

Answer 44

too trusting; gullible

Question 45

Crescendo

Answer 45

steadily increasing in volume or force

Question 46

Cupidity

Answer 46

greed; strong desire

Question 47

Curmudgeon

Answer 47

cranky person, usually old

Question 48

Debutante

Answer 48

young woman making debut in high society

Question 49

Declivity

Answer 49

downward slope

Question 50

Decorous

Answer 50

proper; tasteful; socially correct