GC - final quiz

Question 1

Wherewithal

Answer 1

The necessary means (especially financial means)

Question 2

Contemplative

Answer 2

Deeply or seriously thoughtful

Question 3

Preeminent

Answer 3

Greatest in importance, degree, or significance

Question 4

Cantankerous

Answer 4

Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

Question 5

Relegate

Answer 5

Assign to a lower position

Question 6

Palatial

Answer 6

Relating to or being a large and stately residence

Question 7

Rousing

Answer 7

Capable of stirring enthusiasm or excitement

Question 8

Desolate

Answer 8

Providing no shelter or sustenance

Question 8

Nomad

Answer 8

A group of a people who have no permanent home

Question 9

Foolhardy

Answer 9

Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

Question 10

Diminutive

Answer 10

A word that is formed with a suffix to indicate smallness

Question 11

Centrifugal

Answer 11

Tending to move away from the middle

Question 12

Wheedle

Answer 12

Influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering

Question 13

Evasive

Answer 13

Deliberately vague or ambiguous

Question 14

Corrugated

Answer 14

Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

Question 15

Cajole

Answer 15

persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

Question 16

Pithy

Answer 16

Concise and full of meaning

Question 17

Scuttle

Answer 17

Move about or proceed hurriedly

Question 18

Vagrant

Answer 18

A wanderer with no established residence or means of support

Question 19

Cultivate

Answer 19

Adapt something wild to the environment

Question 20

Lori

Answer 20

First sibling to move to New York

Question 21

Eric

Answer 21

Jeanette’s first husband, came from a wealthy family

Question 22

Rex

Answer 22

Dies from a heart attack, doesn’t go to Jeanette’s grad

Question 23

Maureen

Answer 23

Stabs Rosemary, moves to California

Question 24

Jeannette

Answer 24

Attends Barnard, wife of John Taylor

Question 25

Brian

Answer 25

Achieves his dream of becoming a police officer, has a daughter Veronica (8 yrs old)

Question 26

Erma

Answer 26

Rex’s mom, SA’s Brian

Question 27

John Taylor

Answer 27

Jeannette’s current husband, has a daughter Jessica (15 yrs old, from first marriage)

Question 28

Uncle Stanley

Answer 28

Rex’s brother, SA’s Jeannette

Question 29

Rosemary

Answer 29

A squatter, gets stabbed by Maureen