List #7

Question 1

abide (v.)

Answer 1

to put up with, tolerate

Question 2

agoraphobia (n.)

Answer 2

an abnormal fear of open or public places

Question 3

antechamber (n.)

Answer 3

a waiting room

Question 4

benign (adj.)

Answer 4

non-threatening, innocuous

Question 5

cacophony (n.)

Answer 5

noise, discordant sound

Question 6

clairvoyant (adj.)

Answer 6

able to see things that others cannot

Question 7

conduit (n.)

Answer 7

a pipe, passage, channel

Question 8

defunct (adj.)

Answer 8

no longer used or existing

Question 9

disparage (v.)

Answer 9

to criticize, degrade, belittle

Question 10

enigma (n.)

Answer 10

a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand; a riddle

Question 11

extol (v.)

Answer 11

to praise

Question 12

flaccid (adj.)

Answer 12

limp

Question 13

gluttonous (adj.)

Answer 13

insatiable in appetite

Question 14

hierarchy (n.)

Answer 14

a ranking system of groups or individuals

Question 15

ingenious (adj.)

Answer 15

marked by special intelligence

Question 16

lachrymose (adj.)

Answer 16

tearful

Question 17

magnanimous (adj.)

Answer 17

generous, noble

Question 18

mercurial (adj.)

Answer 18

quick and changeable in temperament

Question 19

neologism (n.)

Answer 19

the creation of new words, or a new word

Question 20

paragon (n.)

Answer 20

model of perfection

Question 21

pithy (adj.)

Answer 21

succinctly meaningful

Question 22

prestidigitation (n.)

Answer 22

a sleight of hand

Question 23

quotidian (adj.)

Answer 23

daily, everyday

Question 24

render (v.)

Answer 24

to say, or to make

Question 25

saccharine (adj.)

Answer 25

overly sweet

Question 26

slander (n.)

Answer 26

a FALSE statement to damage the reputation of another

Question 27

suffice (v.)

Answer 27

to meet needs

Question 28

tenuous (adj.)

Answer 28

having little substance or strength

Question 29

umbrage (n.)

Answer 29

anger, offense, resentment

Question 30

vim (n.)

Answer 30

and energy, vigor.