HW#6 Problem Words

Question 0

Cathartic

Answer 0

Providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions

Question 1

Emollient

Answer 1

Having the quality of softening or smoothing skin;

Question 2

Incapacitated

Answer 2

Disable; debilitate

Question 3

Inconsequential

Answer 3

Not important or significant

Question 4

Virulent

Answer 4

Poisonous; toxic; vitriolic; malicious

Question 5

Deleterious

Answer 5

Causing harm or damage

Question 6

Bemoan

Answer 6

Lament; bewail; mourn

Question 7

Aggrandize

Answer 7

Increase the power, status or wealth of

Question 8

Nadir

Answer 8

Rock-bottom

Question 9

Medley

Answer 9

Assortment; miscellany

Question 10

Untoward

Answer 10

Unexpected; inappropriate; inconvenient

Question 11

Halcyon

Answer 11

Happy; blissful

Question 12

Seemly

Answer 12

Proper; descent

Question 13

Impolitic

Answer 13

Imprudent; unwise

Question 14

Genteel

Answer 14

Refined; polite

Question 15

Verve

Answer 15

Vigor; speech; enthusiasm

Question 16

Torpor

Answer 16

Inactivity; lethargy

Question 17

Torrid

Answer 17

Very hot and dry

Question 18

Insipid

Answer 18

Lacking flavor; in imaginative

Question 19

Piquant

Answer 19

Spicy; tangy

Question 20

Lionize

Answer 20

Treat as a celebrity

Question 21

Espousal

Answer 21

An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life

Question 22

Repression

Answer 22

Restraint; subduing

Question 23

Vicarious

Answer 23

Indirect; surrogate; derivative; secondary

Question 24

Unwitting

Answer 24

Unknowing; unconscious

Question 25

Miscreant

Answer 25

Criminal

Question 26

Polemicist

Answer 26

Engaged in debate

Question 27

Ironclad

Answer 27

Impossible to weaken; contradict or change

Question 28

Surreptitious

Answer 28

Secretive