List 6

Question 1

Puerile

Answer 1

juvenile; childishly foolish; immature or trivial

Question 2

Umbrage

Answer 2

offense; annoyance; displeasure

Question 3

Ephemeral

Answer 3

lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory; fleeting

Question 4

Blasphemy

Answer 4

impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things; an act of cursing or reviling God

Question 5

Droll

Answer 5

amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous

Question 6

Taciturn

Answer 6

temperamentally disinclined to talk; inclined to silence; reluctant to join in conversation

Question 7

Stentorian

Answer 7

extremely loud

Question 8

Enervate

Answer 8

to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken

Question 9

Wry

Answer 9

twisted, bent crooked; contrary; disdainfully ironic or amusing

Question 10

Moot

Answer 10

open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful

Question 11

Dogma

Answer 11

a system of principles or tenets, as of a church; a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down as by a church

Question 12

Demure

Answer 12

modest and reserved in manner or behavior; affectedly shy, modest or reserved

Question 13

Coterie

Answer 13

a group of people who associate closely; an exclusive group; clique

Question 14

Turgid

Answer 14

swollen, distended, bloated; inflated, overblown, or pompous

Question 15

Antebellum

Answer 15

Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War

Question 16

Sublime

Answer 16

elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.; impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration, etc.

Question 17

Livid

Answer 17

very angry, enraged; discolored by bruising

Question 18

Dissipation

Answer 18

a wasting by misuse; mental distraction; amusement; diversion; dissolute way of living, esp. excessive drinking of liquor; intemperance

Question 19

Loquacious

Answer 19

talking or tending to talk much or freely; chattering; garrulous

Question 20

Extricate

Answer 20

to free or release form entanglement; disengage; to liberate from combination as in a chemical process

Question 21

Dissemble

Answer 21

to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of

Question 22

Rankle

Answer 22

to cause persistent irritation or resentment; to become sore or inflamed; fester

Question 23

Aplomb

Answer 23

complete and confident composure or self-assurance; imperturbable

Question 24

Officious

Answer 24

volunteering one’s services where they are neither asked nor needed

Question 25

Sanguine

Answer 25

marked by a cheerfulness and optimism

Question 26

Enthrall

Answer 26

to captivate or charm; to hold spellbound; to enchant; to enslave or subjugate

Question 27

Travesty

Answer 27

literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject; a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model; any debased or grotesque likeness or imitation

Question 28

Histrionic

Answer 28

overly dramatic in behavior or speech; of or pertaining to acting; deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional

Question 29

Denigrate

Answer 29

to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame

Question 30

Ennui

Answer 30

a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom