List 2

Question 1

Corpulent

Answer 1

large or bulky; portly; stout; fat

Question 2

Glib

Answer 2

readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so

Question 3

Pelisse

Answer 3

an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur

Question 4

Portentous

Answer 4

ominously significant or indicative: a portentous defeat

Question 5

Voluble

Answer 5

characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative

Question 6

Debauchery

Answer 6

excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperence

Question 7

Languid

Answer 7

lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow

Question 8

Abject

Answer 8

utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched

Question 9

Avid

Answer 9

enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen

Question 10

Potation

Answer 10

a drink, especially an alcoholic beverage

Question 11

Florid

Answer 11

flowery; excessively ornate; showy

Question 12

Tenement

Answer 12

a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city

Question 13

Irresolute

Answer 13

not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating

Question 14

Sultry

Answer 14

oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering

Question 15

Loath

Answer 15

unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse

Question 16

Dray

Answer 16

a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads

Question 17

Audacity

Answer 17

boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for person safety, conventional thought, or other restrctions

Question 18

Rusk

Answer 18

dry, and or stale bread

Question 19

Recalcitrant

Answer 19

stubbornly defiant or difficult to manage; resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; not susceptible to control or authority

Question 20

Torpor

Answer 20

sluggish inactivity or inertia

Question 21

Fatuity

Answer 21

complacent stupidity; foolishness

Question 22

Feral

Answer 22

of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal

Question 23

Caustic

Answer 23

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue

Question 24

Fortuitous

Answer 24

happening or produced by chance; accidental

Question 25

Quintessence

Answer 25

the pure and concentrated essence of a substance

Question 26

Samovar

Answer 26

a metal urn, used esp. by Russians for heating water for making tea

Question 27

Dalakian

Answer 27

of a characterized by an absence of intelligence or virtue; darkly evil and ignorant; empty, especially as of intellect, goodness, or purpose; philistine; used to indicate the lowest or darkest form of a thing

Question 28

Anemic

Answer 28

lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; listless; weak

Question 29

Phantasmagoria

Answer 29

a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or a deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination

Question 30

Boor

Answer 30

a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person