Group 8

Question 1

pan·e·gyr·ic

Answer 1

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.

Question 2

un·stint·ing

Answer 2

Given or giving without restraint; unsparing: “he was unstinting in his praise”.

Question 3

sub·lime

Answer 3

Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe: “ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous”.

Question 4

fat·u·ous

Answer 4

Silly and pointless.

Question 5

teratoid

Answer 5

A mutant; Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development.

Question 6

bon·ny

Answer 6

Attractive; beautiful.

Question 7

dec·o·rous

Answer 7

In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

Question 8

glib

Answer 8

Fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.

Question 9

fac·ile

Answer 9

Appearing neat and comprehensive by ignoring the complexities of an issue; superficial.

Question 10

mag·nan·i·mous

Answer 10

Very generous or forgiving, esp. toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.

Question 11

doughty

Answer 11

Brave and persistent.

Question 12

for·lorn

Answer 12

Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely: “forlorn figures at bus stops”.

Question 13

tel·e·ol·o·gy

Answer 13

The explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes. The doctrine of design and purpose in the material world.

Question 14

pre·ter·nat·u·ral

Answer 14

Beyond what is normal or natural.

Question 15

ed·i·fy

Answer 15

Instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.

Question 16

men·di·cant

Answer 16

Given to begging.

Question 17

cadge

Answer 17

Ask for or obtain (something to which one is not entitled): “he eats whenever he can cadge a meal”; “they cadge, but timidly”.

Question 18

sat·ur·nine

Answer 18

Slow and gloomy: “a saturnine temperament”.

Question 19

an·o·dyne

Answer 19

Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; uncontentious or inoffensive, often deliberately so: “anodyne New Age music”. Also a pain-killing drug or medicine.

Question 20

mon·o·coque

Answer 20

An aircraft or vehicle structure in which the chassis is integral with the body.

Question 21

pav·o·nine

Answer 21

Of or like a peacock.

Question 22

in·ure

Answer 22

Accustom (someone) to something, esp. something unpleasant.

Question 23

tep·id

Answer 23

Only slightly warm; lukewarm.

Question 24

ax·i·o·mat·ic

Answer 24

Self-evident or unquestionable.

Question 25

ty·ro

Answer 25

A beginner or novice.

Question 26

ef·fu·sive

Answer 26

Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner: "an effusive welcome".

Question 27

em·bel·lish

Answer 27

Make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, esp. ones that are not true.

Question 28

pro·sa·ic

Answer 28

Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty. Commonplace; unromantic.

Question 29

prose

Answer 29

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

Question 30

ser·pen·tine

Answer 30

Of or like a serpent or snake: "serpentine coils".

Question 31

thewy

Answer 31

Muscular; brawny

Question 32

sinewy

Answer 32

Fibrous: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.

Question 33

su·per·flu·ous

Answer 33

Unnecessary, esp. through being more than enough.

Question 34

pneu·mat·ic

Answer 34

Containing or operated by air or gas under pressure.

Question 35

flocculent

Answer 35

Having a fluffy character or appearance.

Question 36

a·poc·ry·phal

Answer 36

Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

Question 37

red·o·lent

Answer 37

Strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something): "names redolent of history and tradition". Strongly smelling of something: "the church was old, dark, and redolent of incense".

Question 38

a·droit

Answer 38

Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.

Question 39

burke

Answer 39

To murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence; to suppress or get rid of by some indirect maneuver

Question 40

rar·e·fied

Answer 40

Esoterically distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people.

Question 41

trib·u·la·tion

Answer 41

A cause of great trouble or suffering.

Question 42

ver·i·si·mil·i·tude

Answer 42

The appearance of being true or real.

Question 43

be·guile

Answer 43

Trick (someone) into doing something.

Question 44

at·a·vis·tic

Answer 44

Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral: "atavistic fears and instincts".

Question 45

me·phit·ic

Answer 45

Foul-smelling; noxious.