Deck4

Question 1

Epicure

Answer 1

person with refined taste in food and wine

Question 2

Equivocate

Answer 2

to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

Question 3

Erratic

Answer 3

wandering and unpredictable

Question 4

Ersatz

Answer 4

fake

Question 5

Erudite

Answer 5

learned; scholarly; bookish

Question 6

Eschew

Answer 6

to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)

Question 7

Esoteric

Answer 7

known or understood only by a few

Question 8

Estimable

Answer 8

admirable

Question 9

Ethos

Answer 9

beliefs or character of a group

Question 10

Eulogy

Answer 10

speech in praise of someone

Question 11

Euphemism

Answer 11

use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

Question 12

Euphony

Answer 12

pleasant, harmonious sound

Question 13

Exacerbate

Answer 13

to make worse

Question 14

Exculpate

Answer 14

to clear from blame; prove innocent

Question 15

Exigent

Answer 15

urgent; requiring immediate action

Question 16

Exonerate

Answer 16

to clear of blame

Question 17

Explicit

Answer 17

clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

Question 18

Exponent

Answer 18

one who champions or advocates

Question 19

Exprugate

Answer 19

to censor

Question 20

Fallow

Answer 20

dormant; unused

Question 21

Fanatical

Answer 21

acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

Question 22

Fatuous

Answer 22

stupid; foolishly self-satisfied

Question 23

Fawn

Answer 23

to grovel

Question 24

Fecund

Answer 24

fertile; fruitful; productive

Question 25

Fervid

Answer 25

intensely emotional; feverish

Question 26

Fetid

Answer 26

foul-smelling; putrid

Question 27

Flag

Answer 27

to decline in vigor; strength; or interest

Question 28

Florid

Answer 28

excessively decorated or embellished

Question 29

Foment

Answer 29

to arouse or incite

Question 30

Ford

Answer 30

to cross a body of water by wading

Question 31

Forestall

Answer 31

to prevent or delay; anticipate

Question 32

Fortuitous

Answer 32

happening by chance; fortunate

Question 33

Fractious

Answer 33

unruly; rebellious

Question 34

Frenetic

Answer 34

frantic; frenzied

Question 35

Frugality

Answer 35

tending to be thrifty or cheap

Question 36

Furtive

Answer 36

secret; stealthy

Question 37

Gambol

Answer 37

to dance or skip around playfully

Question 38

Garner

Answer 38

to gather and store

Question 39

Garrulous

Answer 39

tending to talk a lot

Question 40

Gestation

Answer 40

growth process from conception to birth

Question 41

Glib

Answer 41

fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual

Question 42

Glower

Answer 42

to glare or stare angrily and intensely

Question 43

Gradation

Answer 43

process occurring by regular degrees or stages; variation in color

Question 44

Gregarious

Answer 44

outgoing; sociable

Question 45

Grievous

Answer 45

causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing

Question 46

Grovel

Answer 46

to humble oneself in a demeaning way

Question 47

Guile

Answer 47

deceit; trickery

Question 48

Gullible

Answer 48

easily deceived

Question 49

Hapless

Answer 49

unfortunate; having bad luck

Question 50

Hegemony

Answer 50

the domination of one state or group over its allies