Hard Words 5

Question 1

Anodyne

Answer 1

something that calms or soothes pain

Question 2

Apogee

Answer 2

the highest point

Question 3

Apothegm

Answer 3

a terse, witty saying

Question 4

Appellation

Answer 4

a name

Question 5

Apposite

Answer 5

strikingly relevant and appropiate

Question 6

Apprise

Answer 6

to inform

Question 7

Craven

Answer 7

cowardly

Question 8

Credo

Answer 8

statement of belief or principle; creed

Question 9

Abstentious

Answer 9

self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink

Question 10

Froward

Answer 10

difficult to deal with; contrary

Question 11

Misconceived

Answer 11

wrongly or badly planned or judged

Question 12

Prescient

Answer 12

able to foresee the future

Question 13

Querulous

Answer 13

full of complaints

Question 14

Predilection

Answer 14

bias, proclivity

Question 15

Specious

Answer 15

superficially, plausible, pleasing

Question 16

Improvident

Answer 16

not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless

Question 17

Lithesome

Answer 17

lissome, easily flexed, nimble, or flexible

Question 18

Piquant

Answer 18

having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor

Question 19

Flout

Answer 19

to openly disregard

Question 20

Somber

Answer 20

dark or dull in tone or color; having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness

Question 21

Peremptory

Answer 21

insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusque or imperious way

Question 22

Lugubrious

Answer 22

looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 23

Assay

Answer 23

the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality; to attempt

Question 24

Germane

Answer 24

relating to a matter at hand, especially to subject under discussion

Question 25

Routed

Answer 25

defeated and cause to retreat in disorder

Question 26

Caterwaul

Answer 26

to make a very loud and unpleasant sound; to protest or complain nosily

Question 27

Bona Fide

Answer 27

genuine; real

Question 28

Pallid

Answer 28

(of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health; feeble or insipid

Question 29

Incontinently

Answer 29

without moral restraint (lewdly); without due or reasonable consideration

Question 30

Abnegation

Answer 30

the act of renouncing or rejecting something

Question 31

Perforce

Answer 31

used to express necessity or inevitability

Question 32

Deliquesce

Answer 32

(of organic matter) become liquid, typically during decomposition

Question 33

Contrivance

Answer 33

the use of skill to bring something about or create something; a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality

Question 34

Palpitation

Answer 34

a noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or illness

Question 35

Begrimed

Answer 35

blacked with ingrained dirt

Question 36

Presage

Answer 36

to foretell; indicate in advance

Question 37

Preternatural

Answer 37

beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural

Question 38

Prevaricate

Answer 38

to quibble; to evade the truth

Question 39

Probity

Answer 39

honesty; high-mindedness

Question 40

Propitiate

Answer 40

to win over; appease

Question 41

Propriety

Answer 41

correct conduct; fitness

Question 42

Provident

Answer 42

providing for future needs; frugal

Question 43

Puissant

Answer 43

powerful

Question 44

Punctilious

Answer 44

careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony

Question 45

Purport

Answer 45

to profess; suppose; claim

Question 46

Pusillanimous

Answer 46

cowardly

Question 47

Quiescent

Answer 47

inactive; still

Question 48

Quorum

Answer 48

number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

Question 49

Raconteur

Answer 49

witty, skillful storyteller

Question 50

Raiment

Answer 50

clothing