List 3

Question 1

archipelago

Answer 1

group of islands

Question 2

bay

Answer 2

water surrounded by land on 3 sides

Question 3

callow

Answer 3

immature and inexperienced

Question 4

carnivore

Answer 4

meat eater

Question 5

cipher

Answer 5

code

Question 6

competence

Answer 6

skill and knowledge

Question 7

composure

Answer 7

poise

Question 8

connoisseur

Answer 8

appreciator and judge of art

Question 9

corpulent

Answer 9

fat

Question 10

daunt

Answer 10

to frighten and intimidate

Question 11

decibel

Answer 11

measure of sound

Question 12

decrepit

Answer 12

worn out and broken down

Question 13

derision

Answer 13

mockery

Question 14

disconsolate

Answer 14

unhappy

Question 15

drab

Answer 15

dull and colorless

Question 16

effusive

Answer 16

emotionally unrestrained

Question 17

entrepreneur

Answer 17

businessman

Question 18

erudition

Answer 18

knowledge acquired by study

Question 19

foolhardy

Answer 19

unthinking and rash

Question 20

fragile

Answer 20

easily broken

Question 21

gauche

Answer 21

clumsy

Question 22

gustatory

Answer 22

pertaining to the sense of taste

Question 23

herbivore

Answer 23

plant eater

Question 24

hobble

Answer 24

to walk with difficulty

Question 25

hone

Answer 25

to improve

Question 26

humdrum

Answer 26

dull

Question 27

impecunious

Answer 27

poor

Question 28

impromptu

Answer 28

improvised

Question 29

inadvertent

Answer 29

unintentional

Question 30

industrious

Answer 30

hard-working

Question 31

ingenuity

Answer 31

cleverness

Question 32

insipid

Answer 32

bland, lacking in flavor

Question 33

laryngitis

Answer 33

inflammation of the larynx

Question 34

magnanimity

Answer 34

generosity

Question 35

muffled

Answer 35

lower the volume

Question 36

pork

Answer 36

meat of a pig

Question 37

beef

Answer 37

meat of a cow

Question 38

mutton

Answer 38

meat of a sheep

Question 39

venison

Answer 39

meat of a deer

Question 40

eulogy

Answer 40

speech of praise at a funeral

Question 41

panegyric

Answer 41

speech of praise

Question 42

patron

Answer 42

supporter

Question 43

peninsula

Answer 43

land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Question 44

penury

Answer 44

poverty

Question 45

pride

Answer 45

group of lions

Question 46

regiment

Answer 46

military unit

Question 47

ruse

Answer 47

trick

Question 48

school

Answer 48

group of fish

Question 49

sever

Answer 49

to cut or separate

Question 50

silo

Answer 50

something that provides mass storage space

Question 51

static

Answer 51

unmoving

Question 52

stickler

Answer 52

a person who insists on something

Question 53

tiff

Answer 53

minor argument

Question 54

tirade

Answer 54

harangue, bitter speech

Question 55

valor

Answer 55

bravery

Question 56

vex

Answer 56

to annoy

Question 57

abstruse

Answer 57

difficult to understand

Question 58

accessible

Answer 58

able to be accessed

Question 59

acclaim

Answer 59

to applaud, announce with approval

Question 60

braggart

Answer 60

a person who brags

Question 61

brevity

Answer 61

being brief, conciseness

Question 62

buttress

Answer 62

something that provides support, props up

Question 63

capricious

Answer 63

hard to please

Question 64

censorious

Answer 64

critical

Question 65

censure

Answer 65

to criticize harshly

Question 66

coalesce

Answer 66

to combine and fuse

Question 67

coercion

Answer 67

use of force to get someone to obey

Question 68

delineate

Answer 68

to portray, to show, to depict

Question 69

denounce

Answer 69

belittle/ disapprove of

Question 70

deplore

Answer 70

belittle/ disapprove of

Question 71

eloquence

Answer 71

persuasive speech

Question 72

elusive

Answer 72

hard to grasp

Question 73

embellish

Answer 73

to adorn, ornament

Question 74

fastidious

Answer 74

hard to please, squeamish

Question 75

feasible

Answer 75

practical, possible

Question 76

fervor

Answer 76

ardor / zeal (a lot of feeling)

Question 77

gratuitous

Answer 77

given freely, uncalled for

Question 78

gregarious

Answer 78

sociable

Question 79

gullible

Answer 79

easily tricked

Question 80

hedonist

Answer 80

pleasure speaker

Question 81

hierarchy

Answer 81

government arranged by rank

Question 82

homogenous

Answer 82

of the same kind

Question 83

impair

Answer 83

to injure, hurt

Question 84

impede

Answer 84

to hinder, block, delay

Question 85

lethargic

Answer 85

drowsy, dull

Question 86

levity

Answer 86

lack of seriousness

Question 87

linger

Answer 87

to loiter, dawdle, perist

Question 88

methodical

Answer 88

systematic

Question 89

meticulous

Answer 89

excessively careful

Question 90

miserly

Answer 90

stingy

Question 91

novelty

Answer 91

newness

Question 92

nurture

Answer 92

to take care of

Question 93

obstinate

Answer 93

stubborn

Question 94

odious

Answer 94

hateful

Question 95

ominous

Answer 95

threatening

Question 96

peripheral

Answer 96

marginal

Question 97

perpetuate

Answer 97

to make something last by preserving it from extinction

Question 98

pervasive

Answer 98

spread throughout every part

Question 99

pessimist

Answer 99

person who looks at the negative

Question 100

phenomena (pl)

Answer 100

subjects of scientific investigation
phenomenon (singular)

Question 101

rebuttal

Answer 101

response with the opposite information

Question 102

recluse

Answer 102

a hermit, loner

Question 103

recount

Answer 103

to narrate / tell

Question 104

saturate

Answer 104

to soak thoroughly

Question 105

scanty

Answer 105

insufficient

Question 106

scrupulous

Answer 106

very careful

Question 107

tranquility

Answer 107

peace

Question 108

trite

Answer 108

hackneyed

Question 109

usurp

Answer 109

to seize power or rank

Question 110

vigor

Answer 110

strength and energy

Question 111

vilify

Answer 111

to censure, denounce