Derivatives #101-125

Question 1

morbid

Answer 1

(adj) gruesome, grisly, gloomy

Question 2

altercation

Answer 2

(n) a heated or angry dispute

Question 3

timorous

Answer 3

(adj) full of fear, timid

Question 4

impervious

Answer 4

(adj) impermeable, unsusceptible

Question 5

trivial

Answer 5

(adj) of little value or importance

Question 6

voluptuous

Answer 6

(adj) full of pleasure, shapely, full-figured

Question 7

corroborate

Answer 7

(v) to strengthen, to lend proof of, to confirm

Question 8

precipice

Answer 8

(n) a cliff or ledge; a steep slope; a situation of great peril

Question 9

Demise

Answer 9

Sent down, ruin, collapse

Question 10

Assent

Answer 10

To agree, Agreement

Question 11

Presentiment

Answer 11

A before feeling, foreshadowing

Question 12

Matrilineal

Answer 12

Descending from the mother

Question 13

Acerbity

Answer 13

Fierceness, sharpness, bitterness

Question 14

Exacerbate

Answer 14

To make bitter, sharp or fierce, to increase the severity of

Question 15

Insignia

Answer 15

A distinguishing sign, mark, or emblem

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Solipsistic

Answer 16

Only the self exists

Question 17

Per se

Answer 17

In itself, of itself, intrinsically

Question 18

Antediluvian

Answer 18

“Before the flood” or really old

Question 19

Alimentary

Answer 19

Relating to nourishment or sustenance

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Injunction

Answer 20

A judicial order to stop doing something

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Inert

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Not moving, inactive

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Aural

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Having to do with hearing

Question 23

Jurisprudence

Answer 23

Study/knowledge of law

JD= doctor of law

Question 24

Mortgage

Answer 24

Loan on a home

“You pay until you die”

Question 25

Repartee

Answer 25

Banter, joking, jesting