Fab 26-50

Question 1

inveigle

Answer 1

to persuade by ingenuity or flattery, to entice, to obtain by flattery or ingenuity

Question 2

modicum

Answer 2

a small quantity or portion

Question 3

aridity

Answer 3

dryness, barrenness

Question 4

mollify

Answer 4

to soften; allay someone’s rage

Question 5

cacophony

Answer 5

unpleasant, harsh, discordant sound

Question 6

capacious

Answer 6

able to contain much

Question 7

discursive

Answer 7

passing from one subject to another

Question 8

schadenfreude

Answer 8

a malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others

Question 9

palaver

Answer 9

idle talk, to talk idly

Question 10

buttress

Answer 10

projecting support of wall or building; support; prop

Question 11

disparaging

Answer 11

depreciating, lessening in rank

Question 12

solicitous

Answer 12

showing care, attention, care, full of anxious desire, eagerness, apprehension

Question 13

disheveled

Answer 13

disarranged, untidy; tousled; rumpled

Question 14

sesquipedalian

Answer 14

given to or characterized by the use of long words, having many syllables

Question 15

soirée

Answer 15

evening party; gathering

Question 16

Disseminate

Answer 16

Scatter, broadcast, spread

Question 17

somnambulist

Answer 17

One who walks and performs other actions during sleep

Question 18

soporific

Answer 18

Causing sleepiness

Question 19

doleful

Answer 19

sad, sorrowful, mourning

Question 20

Specious

Answer 20

Apparently, just or correct, actually not so

Question 21

Flout

Answer 21

mock; insult; Scoff

Question 22

Overweening

Answer 22

Over bearing; excessive

Question 23

Dulcet

Answer 23

Melodious, soft, soothing

Question 24

Spurious

Answer 24

Not genuine, counterfeit

Question 25

Ebullient

Answer 25

boiling up, bubbling, effervescent