July 2013

Question 1

Cardigan (n.)
car-dee-gun

Answer 1

DEFINITIONS

Question 2

Muzzle (n. / v.)
mah-zzz-earl

Answer 2

DEFINITIONS

n. } the forward, projecting part of the head of an animal; the snout.

**n. } **a wire restraining over an animal’s snout to prevent biting or eating.

n. & v. } to/to be restrain[ed] on free movement and expression; to silence

Question 3

Palpate (v. /adj.)
pal-pate

Answer 3

DEFINITIONS

v. } to examine by touching and feeling an area of a body for medical purposes: Trokon does not look up, so I palpate the abdomen again, stepping my fingers over the edge of the masss, a smooth and hard barrier to my probing hands.

adj. } having a palp(s).

Question 4

Flank (n. / v.)
fleh-nk

Answer 4

DEFINITIONS

n. } the section of flesh on the body between the last rib and the hips; the side.

**n. } **a lateral part or side: the flank of a mountain; an attack on both flanks (left or right side of a military formation)

v. tr } to attack or threaten the side

v. tr } to be placed at the side of: two stone lions flanked the entrance; flanked the driveway with tall shrubs.

Question 5

Bastion (n.)
bass-jen

Answer 5

DEFINITIONS

n. } A fortress that is considered similar to a dence stronghold: you are a bastion of strength.

Question 6

Corrugate (n.)
coh-rue-gate

Answer 6

DEFINITIONS

n. } to shape into folds into parellel and alternating ridges: the ocean rippled and corrugated where sweeping cloud shadows touched it.

Question 7

Bustle (v.)
bust-tle

Question 8

Bygone

Question 9

Pinnacle (n. / v.)
peen-uh-kle

Answer 9

DEFINITIONS

n. } The highest point; summit; tall pointed formation: a moutain’s pinnacle

v. } to put something on a pinnacle

Question 10

Rejoice (v.)
ree-joice

Answer 10

DEFINITIONS

v. } to feel joyful: rejoiced at the news

Question 11

Gaiety (n.)
gay-uh-tee

Answer 11

DEFINITIONS

n. } a state of joyful exuberance or merriment: making preparations for the holiday gaieties

n. } actions that inspire merriment: Notwithstanding all my daughter says in gaiety of heart, she would sooner even relinquish the man she loves…

n. } bright colour or showiness of a dress; finery

Question 12

Vigil (n.)
vurr-jerl

Answer 12

DEFINITIONS

n. } a watch kept during normal sleeping hours

n. } the act or a period of observing; suveillance: So our vigil is mainly a witness to the public about abortion and that we are praying for its end.

n. } the eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise: A vigil is planned in his memory for Saturday

Question 13

Aggregate (n. / v. / adj.)
eh-gree-gate

Answer 13

DEFINITIONS

v. / n. / adj. } to gather in a mass, sum or whole: an empire is the aggregate of many states under one head; *aggregate sales in the market. *

adj. } composed of a mixture of minerals

Question 14

Affright (v. / n.)
uh-fright

Answer 14

DEFINITIONS

v. } to arouse fear in: and the day of mine affright is the day you turn away.

adj. } great fear; terror: she felt an instant impression that all had indeed been but a dream; and starting in affright, she exclaimed…

Question 15

Allege (v.)
uh-lege

Answer 15

DEFINITIONS

v. } to affirm without or before proof: but I think they prefer being double-minded over what they allege is narrow-minded.

Question 16

Brevity (n.)
breh-vee-tee

Answer 16

DEFINITIONS

v. } the quality or state of being brief in duration; conciseness: in fact, maybe you should read some Shakespeare and learn that brevity is the soul of wit.

Question 17

Reverie (n.)
reh-vuh-ree

Answer 17

DEFINITIONS

n. } a state of abstracted musing; daydream: I felt caught up in a reverie of years long past.

Question 18

Sagacious (adj.)
suh-gey-cious

Answer 18

DEFINITIONS

adj. } farsighted; keen intellectuall discernment (especially of human motives and actions); keen pratical sense: he was a man of large wealth, and well known as a sagacious financier.

Question 19

Baleful (adj.)
bail-full

Answer 19

DEFINITIONS

adj. } portending evil; ominous: baleful night is spread over timid mortals.

adj. } harmful or malignant intent or effect: He cast the men a baleful look and they all retreated without another word, their faces paling.

Question 20

Balmy (adj.)
balm-ee

Answer 20

DEFINITIONS

adj. } having the quality or soothing fragrance of a balm: balmy weather

adj. } mild and pleasant: a balmy breeze

Question 21

Bandy (v. / n.)
band-ee

Answer 21

DEFINITIONS

v. } to toss or throw back and forth

v. } to give and receive; exchange

v. } to discuss something in a casual or frivolous manner: bandy an idea about

adj. } bowed or bent in an outward curve: bandy legs

Question 22

Baneful (adj.)
bane-full

Answer 22

DEFINITIONS

adj. } causing harm, ruin or death

adj. } having poisonous qualities: baneful consequences

Question 23

Gouge (n. / v.)
go-jh

Answer 23

DEFINITIONS

n. } a chisel with a rounded, troughlike blade

v. } to cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge: he gouge a small pattern in the sand with his cane

v. } to force out the eye of (a person) with one’s thumb

Question 24

Prowl (v. / n.)
prah-ow

Answer 24

DEFINITIONS

v. } to roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark

v. } to rove furtively or with predatory intent: cats prowling through the neighbourhood

idiom. } on the prowl - looking for something: on the h for better jobs

Question 25

Thistle (n.)
tis-tles

Answer 25

Question 26

Dilapidate (v.)
dye-lah-pee-date

Answer 26

DEFINITIONS

v. } to bring or fall into a state of partial ruin, decay or disrepair: If you are left alone, that quality of education you are boasting about will crumble and dilapidate.

Question 27

Apparition (n.)
uh-peh-puh-ree-shen

Answer 27

DEFINITIONS

n. } a ghostly figure: This strange apparition is no sooner left behind than two or three more, some smaller, some larger, come into sight; and so on all the way to Cairo.

n. } a sudden or unusual sight: the state of being visible: she knew instantly that the apparition was a sign of destiny

Question 28

Epithet (n.)
eh-pee-tet

Answer 28

DEFINITIONS

n. } an adjective, word or phrase used to characterise a person (e.g. rosy-fingered; … the Great)

n. } a trem used as a descriptive substitute for the name or a title of the person (e.g. The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln)

Question 29

Abysmal (adj.)
eh-bees-mull

Answer 29

DEFINITIONS

adj. } resembling an abyss in depth; unfathomable: takes photos of children who live and work in abysmal conditions in Bangladesh.

adj. } immeasurable; limitless: abysmal misery

Question 30

Adamantine (adj.)
eh-dah-men-tine

Answer 30

DEFINITIONS

adj. } having the hardness of a diamond

adj. } unyielding; inflexible: If there is one dominant trait that emerges from this account, it is adamantine willpower.

Question 31

Countenance (n. / v.)
count-tuh-nance

Answer 31

DEFINITIONS

n. } appearace, especially facial expressions:* the question left him with a puzzle* countenance**.

n. / v. } an expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support: the collge administration will not countenance cheating.

Question 32

Beatific (adj.)
bee-tee-fick

Answer 32

DEFINITIONS

adj. } showing or producing joy or blessedness: a beatific smile; a beatific vision

Question 33

Flimsy (adj. / n.)
fuh-lim-see

Answer 33

DEFINITIONS

adj. } light, thin and insubstantial: a flimsy fabric

adj. } lacking solidity or strength: a filmsy table

adj. } lacking plausibility; unconvincing: a filmsy excuse

n. } something written on thin paper

Question 34

Bellicose (adj.)
beh-lee-coast

Answer 34

DEFINITIONS

adj. } warlike or hostle in manner: What I hate about this that it reinforces the idea that being bellicose is being strong.

Question 35

Beguile (v.)
bee-guarl

Answer 35

DEFINITIONS

v. } to deceive; delude: So simple that a child can love it, yet sophiscated enough to beguile adults

v. } to take away from:

v. } to distract the attention: I find it hard to work in my office, because my family, the phone, my email and the internet constantly beguile me away from work.

v. } to pass (time) pleasantly: he had no toys, nothing with which to beguile the long and tedious hours

v. } to amuse or charm; delight: Cougar Town rarely fails to beguile…

Question 36

Benignant (adj.)
bee-night-unt

Answer 36

DEFINITIONS

adj. } favourable; beneficial: a benignant sovereign

adj. } kind and gracious: the benignant influences of Christianity on the mind

Question 37

Beset (v.)
bee-set

Answer 37

DEFINITIONS

v. } to attack from all sides

v. } to trouble persistently; harass: the country was beset with economics and cultural changes

v. } to surround: the mountains which beset it round

v. } to stud, as with jewels: your father’s street-arab career is beset with disappointments.

Question 38

Besotted (adj.)
bee-sotted

Answer 38

DEFINITIONS

adj. } infatuated

adj. } intellectually or morally blinded: you may be sme kind of besotted seer who can see certain things, but you can’t see everything!

adj. } intoxicated: besotted addiction

Question 39

Befit (v.)
bee-fit

Answer 39

DEFINITIONS

adj. } to be suitable or appropriate: formal attire that befits the occasion.

Question 40

Zeal (n.)
zeel

Answer 40

DEFINITIONS

n. } enthusiastic devotion to pursuit anything; passion: their zeal is expressed by, zealous representation

Question 41

Bestial (adj.)
bes-tee-el

Answer 41

DEFINITIONS

adj. } beastly

adj. } marked by brutality: was that a kind of bestial derision that he detected in those blank grey eyes?

adj. } lacking in intelligence or reason: man’s bestial instincts

Question 42

Peradventure (adv. / n.)
pear-ah-vent-ure

Answer 42

DEFINITIONS

n. } chance or certainty; doubt: beyond peradventure

Question 43

Bibulous (adj.)
bye-bue-lust

Answer 43

DEFINITIONS

adj. } marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink: a bibulous poets; a bibulous evening
adj. } very absorbent, like paper or soil: As this worked out to nearly three bottles a day, only a very large family—or an exceedingly bibulous small one—or an exceedingly bibulous small one

Question 44

Bigot (n.)
bee-gert

Answer 44

DEFINITIONS

n. } One who is devoted to his or her own opinions or prejudices that they are intolerant of other people’s opinions.

Question 45

Contempt (n.)
con-tempt

Answer 45

DEFINITIONS

n. } the attitude or regarding someone as inferior and worthless: in hindsight, my contempt is actually mixed with pity.

n. } the state of being despised or dishonoured

Question 46

Recriminate (v.)
reh-cree-mee-nayt

Answer 46

DEFINITIONS

v } to counter one accusation with another

Question 47

Hindsight (n.)
hai-nn-sight

Answer 47

DEFINITIONS

n. } perception of significance and nature of events after they have occurred; afterthought: does she sees things any differently in hindsight?

Question 48

Apparel (n. / v.)
eh-peh-rell

Answer 48

DEFINITIONS

n. } clothing, especially outer garments

n. } a covering or adornment: trees with their apparel of foliage

v. } to clothe or adorn

Question 49

Indolence (n.)
in-duh-lance

Answer 49

DEFINITIONS

n. } habitual laziness; sloth: I viewed with regret the many hours I have spent in indolence…

Question 50

Blanch (v.)
blah-anch

Answer 50

DEFINITIONS

v. } to take the colour from; bleach:

v. } to whiten (a plant, metal):

v. } to scald (almonds, food) in order to loosen the skin

v. } to cause or turn white or pale: their faces blanched in terror

Question 51

Blatant (adj.)

Answer 51

DEFINITIONS

adj. } unpleasantly loud and noisy:

adj. } totally or offensively obstrusive: a blatant lie

Question 52

Discourse (n. / v.)
dis-course

Answer 52

DEFINITIONS

n. } verbal expression in speech or writing

n. } conversation: how it shapes our discourse is a worthy topic of consideration.

n. } to speak or write formally and at length: academic discourse

v. } to engage in conversation or discuss

Question 53

Audacity (n.)

Answer 53

DEFINITIONS

n. } fearless daring: his audacity was the only thing that saved me: his amused smile put me on my mettle, and I ripped out a perfectly good scallop before I answered.

n. } bold or insolent of restraints.

Question 54

Blazon (v. / n.)

Answer 54

DEFINITIONS

v. } to describe a coat of arms in proper terms: blazoned shield

v. } to adorn or embellish with or as if with a coat of arms: the stars and moons and suns blazoned on that sacred wall

v. } to proclaim widely

n. } a coat of arms

Question 55

Bleak (adj. / n.)

Answer 55

DEFINITIONS

adj. } gloomy and somber: life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult.
adj. } providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect
adj. } cold and cutting, raw: bleak winds of Notyh Atlantic
adj. } exposed to elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes

Question 56

Condolence (n.)

Answer 56

DEFINITIONS

n. } sympathy with a person who has experienced pain, grief or misfortune: paid a visit of condolence to the grieving family

Question 57

Blight (n. / v.)

Answer 57

DEFINITIONS

n. } numerous plant diseases resulting into sudden wilting

n. } an extremely adverse environmental condition, such as air pollution.

v. } to cause a plant to blight

v. } to have a deleterious effect on

Question 58

Partisan (n. / adj.)
par-tee-sen

Answer 58

DEFINITIONS

n. } a memmber of an organised body of fighters who attack or harrass an enemy, especially within occupied territory.

adj. } to have characteristics of a partisan

Question 59

Blithe (adj.)

Answer 59

DEFINITIONS

adj. } carefree and lighthearted

adj. } lacking or showing a lack of due concern: spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation

Question 60

Rustic (adj. / n.)

Answer 60

DEFINITIONS

adj. } of relating to typical country life or country people:* the peasant girl, who was quite a rustic from the fields*

adj. } lacking refinement or elegance

adj. } charmingly simple or unsophisicated: These aromatic leaves of the sweet-fern are frequently used in rustic practice to stop bleeding

adj. } made of unfinished or roughly finished wood: rustic furniture

adj. } having a rough or textured appearance: rustic wooden chair

Question 61

Bluster (v. / n.)

Answer 61

DEFINITIONS

v. / n. } to blow in loud, violent gust; tumutuous; blowing boisterously:

v. / n. } to speak in a arrogant and bullying manner: We act with bluster and ego and forsake integrity.

v. / n. } to force or bully wit swaggering threats:* Beneath your bluster is a lack of respect for the truth.*

Question 62

Boon (n. / adj.)

Answer 62

DEFINITIONS

n. } a benefit bestowed, especially one bestowed upon request

n. } a timely blessing or benefit: a brisk breeze is a boon to sailors.

adj. } convival; jolly; favourable: a boon companion to all