Hard Words 8

Question 1

Junta

Answer 1

a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power

Question 2

Delineate

Answer 2

represent or depict

Question 3

Desiccate

Answer 3

to dry completely

Question 4

Desuetude

Answer 4

state of disuse

Question 5

Desultory

Answer 5

random; disconnected; rambling

Question 6

Diaphanous

Answer 6

transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague

Question 7

Diatribe

Answer 7

bitter verbal attack

Question 8

Diffidence

Answer 8

shyness; lack of confidence

Question 9

Dirge

Answer 9

funeral hymn

Question 10

Disabuse

Answer 10

to free from a misconception

Question 11

Dissolution

Answer 11

the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body; dissipation, debauchery

Question 12

Dissemble

Answer 12

to pretend; disguise one’s motives

Question 13

Distend

Answer 13

to expand; swell out

Question 14

Distrait

Answer 14

inattentive; preoccupied

Question 15

Divest

Answer 15

to strip; deprive; rid

Question 16

Doggerel

Answer 16

poor verse

Question 17

Dross

Answer 17

waste; worthless matter; trivial matter

Question 18

Eclectic

Answer 18

selecting from various sources

Question 19

Effete

Answer 19

depleted of vitality; decadent

Question 20

Efficacy

Answer 20

efficiency; effectiveness

Question 21

Effrontery

Answer 21

shameless boldness; presumptuousness

Question 22

Elysian

Answer 22

blissful; delightful

Question 23

Emaciated

Answer 23

thin and wasted

Question 24

Emollient

Answer 24

soothing; mollifying

Question 25

Encomium

Answer 25

formal expression of praise