Lesson 21

Question 0

Meritorious

Answer 0

Deserving of an award or honor

Question 1

Confute

Answer 1

To argue or point out error; disapprove

Question 2

Mezzanine

Answer 2

The lowest balcony in a theater; a partial story between main stories in a building

Question 3

Tribulation

Answer 3

An affiliation, trouble, or difficult experience

Question 4

Recumbent

Answer 4

Resting or lying down

Question 5

Dynasty

Answer 5

A succession of rulers from the same family or group

Question 6

Purport

Answer 6

To claim; to have or to give false impression of being

Question 7

Forte

Answer 7

An area of expertise or strength

Question 8

Kleptomania

Answer 8

A continual urge to steal regardless of economic motive

Question 9

Renown

Answer 9

State of being well known and honored; fame; popularity

Question 10

Ineffable

Answer 10

Too scared or great to be described; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible

Question 11

Fortitude

Answer 11

Strength in adversity; determination

Question 12

Botch

Answer 12

To ruin through clumsiness; to bungle

Question 13

Perennial

Answer 13

Lasting indefinitely; enduring; perpetual

Question 14

Brinkmanship

Answer 14

Pushing dangerous situations to the edge of disaster rather than conceding