Lesson 10

Question 1

Agrarian

Answer 1

Having to do with farming or agriculture

Question 2

Burgeon

Answer 2

To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish

Question 3

Cataclysm

Answer 3

A sudden and violent change; a catastrophe

Question 4

Culinary

Answer 4

Having to do with cooking

Question 5

Denigrate

Answer 5

To attack the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner

Question 6

Gourmet

Answer 6

A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality

Question 7

Grandiloquent

Answer 7

Using lofty or pompous speech or expression

Question 8

Hybrid

Answer 8

1. Offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties
2. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition

Question 9

Manifold

Answer 9

Having many different kinds, forms, or parts

Question 10

Palatable

Answer 10

Acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste

Question 11

Panacea

Answer 11

Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all

Question 12

Plebeian

Answer 12

Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined

Question 13

Scourge

Answer 13

1. Something that cause great pain and suffering; a social evil
2. To punish severely, especially by whipping; to devastate

Question 14

Stalemate

Answer 14

A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock

Question 15

Temperate

Answer 15

Mild, moderate; restrained