Interesting Words 2

Question 1

Fecundity

Answer 1

The ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth.

Question 2

Profusion

Answer 2

An abundance or large quantity of something.

Question 3

Bravura

Answer 3

Great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity.

Question 4

Benighted

Answer 4

In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance.

Question 5

Squall

Answer 5

A sudden violent gust of wind or localised storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet.

Question 6

Abject

Answer 6

(of something bad) Experienced or present to the maximum degree.

Question 7

Convivial

Answer 7

(of an atmosphere or event) Friendly, lively and enjoyable.

Question 8

Extricate

Answer 8

To free (someone or something) from a constraint of difficulty.

Question 9

Prodigious

Answer 9

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size or degree.

Question 10

Nissen hut

Answer 10

One of those old WW2 semi-cylindrical sheds of corrugated iron.

Question 11

Tussock grass

Answer 11

Grass that grows in clumps, forming small mounds.

Question 12

Guacho

Answer 12

A skilled horsemen of Argentina or Uruguay.

Question 13

Deleterious

Answer 13

Causing harm or damage.

Question 14

Indomitable

Answer 14

Impossible to subdue or defeat.

Question 15

Invidious

Answer 15

(of an action or situation) Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others.

Question 16

Reticent

Answer 16

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.

Question 17

Sacrosant

Answer 17

(especially of a principle, place or routine) Regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.

Question 18

Lee

Answer 18

The sheltered side of something: the side away from the wind.

Question 19

Expedient

Answer 19

(of an action) Convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

Question 20

Paltry

Answer 20

(of an amount) Very small or meagre.

Question 21

Countenance

Answer 21

A person’s face or facial expression.

Question 22

Careworm

Answer 22

Tired and unhappy because of prolonged worry.

Question 23

Hawser

Answer 23

A thick rope used for mooring a ship.

Question 24

Swell waves

Answer 24

Regular, long period waves generated by distant weather systems.

Question 25

To be made fast

Answer 25

Immovable.

Question 26

Ice floe

Answer 26

Any type of ea ice not attached to land; drift ice.

Question 27

Lamentation

Answer 27

The passionate expression or grief of sorrow; weeping.

Question 28

Providential

Answer 28

Occurring at a favourable time; oppertune.

Question 29

Alacrity

Answer 29

Brisk and cheerful readiness.

Question 30

Laconic

Answer 30

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) Using very few words.

Question 31

Menagerie

Answer 31

A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.

Question 32

Menfolk

Answer 32

A group of men collectively, especially the men of a particular family or community.

Question 33

Enigmatic

Answer 33

Difficult to interpret or to understand; mysterious.

Question 34

Ambivalent

Answer 34

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Question 35

Irksome

Answer 35

Irritating; annoying.

Question 36

Ecstasy

Answer 36

An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

Question 37

Feigned

Answer 37

Simulated or pretended; insincere.

Question 38

Buttonhole

Answer 38

To attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will.

Question 39

Perusal

Answer 39

The action of reading or examining something.

Question 40

Especial

Answer 40

Better or greater than usual; special.

Question 41

Eke

Answer 41

Make an amount or supply of something last longer by using it consuming it frugally.

Question 42

Privation

Answer 42

A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.

Question 43

Promontory

Answer 43

A high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water.

Question 44

Vagary

Answer 44

An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behaviour.

Question 45

Clairvoyant

Answer 45

A person who claims to have supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond sensory contact.

Question 46

Obviate

Answer 46

To remove (a need or difficulty).

Question 47

Entreaty

Answer 47

An earnest of humble request.

Question 48

Assiduous

Answer 48

Showing great care and perseverance.

Question 49

Purloin

Answer 49

To steal (something).

Question 50

Impetus

Answer 50

The force or energy with which a body moves.