List 5

Question 1

One who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unknowledgeable; one who asserts that all claims to knowledge are uncertain

Answer 1

Agnostic

Question 2

A person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation; a formal ecclesiastical curse or ban

A person or thing greatly detested

A curse or imprecation generally

Answer 2

Anathema

Question 3

Capable of burning, corroding, or destroying tissue by chemical action

Cutting or sarcastic in utterance

Answer 3

Caustic

Question 4

A test, rule, or standard by which something is judged

Answer 4

Criterion

Question 5

A leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace in order to obtain power

Answer 5

Demagogue

Question 6

An indefinitely long time

Answer 6

Eon

Question 7

A name or title used to describe or characterize a person or thing

Answer 7

Epithet

Question 8

A temperament peculiar to an individual; any personal peculiarity or mannerism

Answer 8

Idiosyncrasy

Question 9

A supposed remedy for all diseases or ills

Answer 9

Panacea

Question 10

Excess; superabundant

Answer 10

Plethora

Question 11

Fictitious name, as one assumed by an author

Answer 11

Pseudonym

Question 12

Occurring in occasional or isolated instances

Answer 12

Sporadic

Question 13

Pan-

Answer 13

All

Question 14

DEMO

Answer 14

People

Question 15

PHIL

Answer 15

To love

Question 16

RUPT

Answer 16

To break

Question 17

-ice

Answer 17

State, quality, act of