List 13A ( Season 2 )

Question 1

(v.)To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

Answer 1

abet

Question 2

(v.) to affirm, declare confidently

Answer 2

aver

Question 3

(adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

Answer 3

blatant

Question 4

(v.) to bring up or begin to talk about ( a subject ); to announce, introduce, to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce ( a keg or cask ) in order to draw off liquid; (n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks

Answer 4

broach

Question 5

(v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure

Answer 5

buttress

Question 6

(n.) noisy revelry or merrymaking ( often with a suggestion of heavy drinking )

Answer 6

carousal

Question 7

(v.) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange n order for some specific purpose

Answer 7

collate

Question 8

(n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts

Answer 8

connoisseur

Question 9

(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Answer 9

disconsolate

Question 10

(v.) to weigh down or burden ( with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder

Answer 10

encumber

Question 11

Syn: assert, asseverate, avouch

Answer 11

aver

Question 12

Syn: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud

Answer 12

blatant

Question 13

Syn: bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up

Answer 13

buttress…lol

Question 14

Syn: drinking bout, drunken revel, binge

Answer 14

carousal

Question 15

Syn: sort out, cross-check, rearrange

Answer 15

collate

Question 16

Syn: authority, savant, pundit

Answer 16

connoisseur

Question 17

Syn: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless

Answer 17

disconsolate

Question 18

Syn: overload, saddle, hamper, clog

Answer 18

encumber

Question 19

Ant: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate

Answer 19

abet

Question 20

Ant: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

Answer 20

aver

Question 21

Ant: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

Answer 21

blatant

Question 22

Ant: undermine, weaken, impair

Answer 22

buttress

Question 23

Ant: ignoramus, philistine, yahoo

Answer 23

connoisseur

Question 24

Ant: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

Answer 24

disconsolate

Question 25

Ant: unburden, unload, relieve

Answer 25

encumber

Question 26

To allow a man in his condition behind the wheel of a car is to ___________ a potential crime

Answer 26

abet

Question 27

I will ___________ your fitness to do the work to any prospective employer who inquires

Answer 27

aver

Question 28

Your comments showed a _______ disregard for my feelings

Answer 28

blatant

Question 29

Though he did not like scrambled eggs, he opted not to ________ the subject for fear of insulting his hosts

Answer 29

broach

Question 30

He has read so widely and in such depth that he can produce facts to _______ any argument he advances

Answer 30

buttress

Question 31

Vikings are notorious for having enjoyed a ______ after each of their battle

Answer 31

carousal

Question 32

We decided to _____________ the recipes according to how complicated they are

Answer 32

collate

Question 33

She was a ___________ of both music and film

Answer 33

connoisseur

Question 34

Shakespeare's Macbeth hardly seems___________ when his wife dies, and bluntly says he has no time to grive

Answer 34

Disconsolate

Question 35

I feared that joining another club would __________ me with too many obligations

Answer 35

encumber

Question 36

(a)(bet)

Answer 36

(bet)

Question 37

(a)(ver)

Answer 37

(ver)

Question 38

(blat)(ant)

Answer 38

(blat)

Question 39

(bu)(tress)

Answer 39

(bu)

Question 40

(ca)(rou)(sal)

Answer 40

(rou)

Question 41

(co)(llate)

Answer 41

(Co)

Question 42

(conn)(noi)(sseur)

Answer 42

(sseur)

Question 43

(dis)(con)(sol)(ate)

Answer 43

(Con)

Question 44

(en)(cum)(ber)

Answer 44

(cum)

Question 45

Did we make it?

Answer 45

WE MADE IT