Hard Words 9

Question 1

Equable

Answer 1

steady; unvarying; serene

Question 2

Equanimity

Answer 2

composure; calmness

Question 3

Equivocate

Answer 3

to intentionally use vague language

Question 4

Esoteric

Answer 4

hard to understand; known only to a few

Question 5

Essay

Answer 5

to try; subject to a test

Question 6

Estimable

Answer 6

admirable; possible to estimate

Question 7

Etiology

Answer 7

causes or origins

Question 8

Evince

Answer 8

to show plainly; be an indication of

Question 9

Exact

Answer 9

to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

Question 10

Exculpate

Answer 10

to clear of blame; vindicate

Question 11

Execrable

Answer 11

detestable; abhorrent

Question 12

Exigency

Answer 12

crisis; urgent development

Question 13

Expatiate

Answer 13

to speak or write at length

Question 14

Expiate

Answer 14

to atone for

Question 15

Explicate

Answer 15

to explain; interpret; clarify

Question 16

Extant

Answer 16

in existence; not lost

Question 17

Extirpate

Answer 17

to root up; to destroy

Question 18

Factotum

Answer 18

a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman

Question 19

Fatuous

Answer 19

foolishly self-satisfied

Question 20

Fauna

Answer 20

animals of a period or region

Question 21

Felicitous

Answer 21

suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

Question 22

Fallow

Answer 22

plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

Question 23

Fetid

Answer 23

having a bad smell

Question 24

Filibuster

Answer 24

use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law

Question 25

Flag

Answer 25

to droop; grow weak