Looking Backward Vocab

Question 1

wellnigh

Answer 1

xxadverb
1.
very nearly; almost:
It’s well-nigh bedtime.

Question 2

prodigious

Answer 2

xxadjective
1.
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.:
a prodigious research grant.
2.
wonderful or marvelous:
a prodigious feat.
3.
abnormal; monstrous.
4.
Obsolete, ominous.

Question 3

accustom

Answer 3

xxWord Origin
verb (used with object)
1.
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate:
to accustom oneself to cold weather.

Question 4

moderate (moder ATE)

Answer 4

xxverb (used with object), moderated, moderating.
8.
to reduce the excessiveness of; make less violent, severe, intense, or rigorous:
to moderate the sharpness of one’s words.
9.
to preside over or at (a public forum, meeting, discussion, etc.).

Question 5

daunted

Answer 5

xxm verb (used with object)
1.
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
to daunt one's adversaries.
2.
to lessen the courage of; dishearten:
Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.

Question 6

trite

Answer 6

xxadjective, triter, tritest.
1.
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
the trite phrases in his letter.
2.
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.:
The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
3.
Archaic. rubbed or worn by use.

Question 7

nonce

Answer 7

xxnoun
1.
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).

Question 8

epoch

Answer 8

xxnoun
1.
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will.
2.
the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything:
The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
3.
a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date:
His coming of age was an epoch in his life.

Question 9

ineffable destiny

Answer 9

xxadjective
1.
incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible:
ineffable joy.
2.
not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable:
the ineffable name of the deity.

Question 10

imposition

Answer 10

xx noun
1.
the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
2.
something imposed, as a burden or duty; an unusual or extraordinarily burdensome requirement or task.
3.
the act of imposing by or as if by authority.

Question 11

credulity

Answer 11

xxExamples Word Origin
noun
1.
willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.

Question 12

earnestly

Answer 12

xx adjective
1.
serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous:
an earnest worker.
2.
showing depth and sincerity of feeling:
earnest words; an earnest entreaty.
3.
seriously important; demanding or receiving serious attention.

Question 13

provisionally assume

Answer 13

xx adjective, Also, provisionary [pruh-vizh-uh-ner-ee] (Show IPA), (for defs 1, 2).
1.
providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary:
a provisional government.
2.
accepted or adopted tentatively; conditional; probationary.
3.
(usually initial capital letter) of or being the wing of the Irish Republican Army that follows a policy of violence.

Question 14

ferment

Answer 14

xxnoun
1.
Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
2.
Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme.

Question 15

immemorial

Answer 15

xx adjective
1.
extending back beyond memory, record, or knowledge:
from time immemorial.

Question 16

perpetuity

Answer 16

xx noun, plural perpetuities.
1.
the state or character of being perpetual (often preceded by in):
to desire happiness in perpetuity.
2.
endless or indefinitely long duration or existence; eternity.
3.
something that is perpetual.
4.
an annuity paid for life.

Question 17

preposterous

Answer 17

xx adjective
1.
completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish:
a preposterous tale.

Question 18

salves

Answer 18

xxnoun
1.
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
2.
anything that soothes, mollifies, or relieves.

Question 19

extenuation

Answer 19

xx Word Origin
noun
1.
the act of extenuating.
2.
the state of being extenuated.
3.
something that extenuates; a partial excuse:

Question 20

encumber

Answer 20

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to impede or hinder; hamper; retard:
Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action.
2.
to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous:
a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information.
3.
to burden or weigh down:
She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages.
4.
to burden with obligations, debt, etc

Question 21

contrivances

Answer 21

xx noun
1.
something contrived; a device, especially a mechanical one.
2.
the act or manner of contriving; the faculty or power of contriving.
3.
a plan or scheme; expedient.

Question 22

exasperating

Answer 22

xx verb (used with object), exasperated, exasperating.
1.
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely:
He was exasperated by the senseless delays.
2.
Archaic. to increase the intensity or violence of (disease, pain, feelings, etc.).

Question 23

ardent

Answer 23

xx adjective
1.
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
an ardent vow; ardent love.
2.
intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous:
an ardent theatergoer. an ardent student of French history.
3.
vehement; fierce:
They were frightened by his ardent, burning eyes.
4.
burning, fiery, or hot:
the ardent core of a star.

Question 24

incessant

Answer 24

xx adjective
1.
continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending:
an incessant noise.
Origin of incessant

Question 25

avocation

Answer 25

xxnoun
1.
something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, especially for pleasure; hobby:
Our doctor's avocation is painting.
2.
a person's regular occupation, calling, or vocation.
3.
Archaic. diversion or distraction.

Question 26

accord

Answer 26

xxverb (used without object)
1.
to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make agree or correspond; adapt.
3.
to grant; bestow:
to accord due praise.
4.
Archaic. to settle; reconcile.

Question 27

chimerical

Answer 27

xxadjective
1.
unreal; imaginary; visionary:
a chimerical terrestrial paradise.
2.
wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic:
a chimerical plan.

Question 28

sanguine

Answer 28

xxadjective
1.
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident:
a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
2.
reddish; ruddy:
a sanguine complexion.
3.
(in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
4.
bloody; sanguinary.
5.
blood-red; red.

Question 29

desponding

Answer 29

xxWord Origin
verb (used without object)
1.
to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
noun
2.
despondency.

Question 30

chimera

Answer 30

xxnoun, plural chimeras.
1.
(often initial capital letter) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
2.
any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, especially as depicted in decorative art.
3.
a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy:

Question 31

analogue

Answer 31

xxnoun
1.
something having analogy to something else.
2.
Biology. an organ or part analogous to another.
3.
Chemistry. one of a group of chemical compounds similar in structure but different in respect to elemental composition

Question 32

parabola

Answer 32

xxnoun, Geometry
1.
a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2= 2 px or x 2= 2 py.

Question 33

perihelion

Answer 33

xxnoun, plural perihelia [per-uh-hee-lee-uh, -heel-yuh] (Show IPA). Astronomy
1.
the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.

Question 34

aphelion

Answer 34

xxnoun, plural aphelia [uh-fee-lee-uh, uh-feel-yuh, ap-hee-lee-uh] (Show IPA)
1.
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a planet or a comet at which it is farthest from the sun.

Question 35

anarchists

Answer 35

xxnoun
1.
a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
2.
a person who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society and government, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed.
3.
a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom.

Question 36

animosity

Answer 36

xxnoun, plural animosities.
1.
a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action:
a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one’s neighbor.

Question 37

betrothed

Answer 37

xxadjective
1.
engaged to be married:
She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.
noun
2.
the person to whom one is engaged:
He introduced us to his betrothed.

Question 38

exasperated

Answer 38

xxverb (used with object), exasperated, exasperating.
1.
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely:
He was exasperated by the senseless delays.
2.
Archaic. to increase the intensity or violence of (disease, pain, feelings, etc.).

Question 39

objurgations

Answer 39

xxWord Origin
verb (used with object), objurgated, objurgating.
1.
to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.

Question 40

desultory

Answer 40

xxadjective
1.
lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful:
desultory conversation.
2.
digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random:

Question 41

emigrate

Answer 41

xxverb (used without object), emigrated, emigrating.
1.
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
to emigrate from Ireland to Australia.

Question 42

mourning costume

Answer 42

xx

Question 43

fagged out

Answer 43

xxverb (used with object), fagged, fagging.
1.
to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out):
The long climb fagged us out.
2.
British. to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.
3.
Nautical. to fray or unlay the end of (a rope).

Question 44

tenement houses

Answer 44

xxnoun
1.
Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
2.
Law.
any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.
tenements, freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property.

Question 45

inferred

Answer 45

xxverb (used with object), inferred, inferring.
1.
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
2.
(of facts, circumstances, statements, etc.) to indicate or involve as a conclusion; lead to.
3.
to guess; speculate; surmise.
4.
to hint; imply; suggest.

Question 46

hitherto

Answer 46

xxadverb
1.
up to this time; until now:
a fact hitherto unknown.
2.
to here.

Question 47

Caligula

Answer 47

xx
1.
(Gaius Caesar) a.d. 12–41, emperor of Rome 37–41.

Question 48

averred

Answer 48

xxverb (used with object), averred, averring.
1.
to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
2.
Law. to allege as a fact.

Question 49

benevolence

Answer 49

xxnoun
1.
desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness:
to be filled with benevolence toward one’s fellow creatures.
2.
an act of kindness; a charitable gift.
3.
English History. a forced contribution to the sovereign.

Question 50

agitate

Answer 50

xxverb (used with object), agitated, agitating.
1.
to move or force into violent, irregular action:
The hurricane winds agitated the sea.
2.
to shake or move briskly:
The machine agitated the mixture.
3.
to move to and fro; impart regular motion to.
4.
to disturb or excite emotionally; arouse; perturb:

Question 51

draught (pronounced draft)

Answer 51

xxnoun
1.
a drawing, sketch, or design.
2.
a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc.
3.
act of drawing; delineation.
4.
a current of air in any enclosed space, especially in a room, chimney, or stove.
5.
a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction.
6.
a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc.
7.
an act of drawing or pulling loads.

Question 52

toused

Answer 52

xxverb (used with object), toused, tousing.
1.
to handle roughly; dishevel.

Question 53

trance

Answer 53

xxnoun
1.
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
2.
a dazed or bewildered condition.
3.
a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing.
4.
an unconscious, cataleptic, or hypnotic condition.

Question 54

equanimity

Answer 54

xxnoun
1.
mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.

Question 55

unduly

Answer 55

xxadverb
1.
excessively:
unduly worried.
2.
in an inappropriate, unjustifiable, or improper manner:
unduly critical.

Question 56

giddiness

Answer 56

xxadjective, giddier, giddiest.
1.
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
2.
attended with or causing dizziness:
a giddy climb.
3.
frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty:

Question 57

fancy

Answer 57

xxnoun, plural fancies.
1.
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
2.
the artistic ability of creating unreal or whimsical imagery, decorative detail, etc., as in poetry or drawing.
3.
a mental image or conception:
He had happy fancies of being a famous actor.
4.
an idea or opinion with little foundation; illusion:
Her belief that she can sing is a mere fancy.

Question 58

impotent

Answer 58

xxadjective
1.
not potent; lacking power or ability.
2.
utterly unable (to do something).
3.
without force or effectiveness.
4.
lacking bodily strength or physically helpless.
5.
(of a male) unable to attain or sustain a penile erection.

Question 59

lineaments

Answer 59

xxnoun
1.
Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour:
His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
2.
Usually, lineaments. distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics:
the lineaments of sincere repentance.
3.
Geology. a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure.

Question 60

ingenous

Answer 60

xxadjective
1.
characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction:
an ingenious machine.
2.
cleverly inventive or resourceful:
an ingenious press agent.
3.
Obsolete.
intelligent; showing genius.
ingenuous.

Question 61

supposition

Answer 61

xxnoun
1.
the act of supposing.
2.
something that is supposed

Question 62

eloquent

Answer 62

xxadjective
1.
having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech:
an eloquent orator.
2.
characterized by forceful and appropriate expression:
an eloquent speech.
3.
movingly expressive:

Question 63

circumstantiality

Answer 63

xxnoun, plural circumstantialities for 2, 3.
1.
the quality of being circumstantial; minuteness; fullness of detail.
2.
a circumstance; a detail.
3.
Psychiatry. a pattern of speech that seems to wander because of excessive detail but eventuallyreaches its goal idea.

Question 64

cravat

Answer 64

xxnoun
1.
necktie (defs 1, 2).
2.
a cloth, often made of or trimmed with lace, worn about the neck by men especially in the 17th century.
3.
Medicine/Medical.

Question 65

farrago

Answer 65

xxnoun, plural farragoes.
1.
a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley:
a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.

Question 66

imbecile

Answer 66

xxnoun
1.
Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt:
Don’t stand there like an imbecile. Open the door!.
2.
Psychology. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) a person of the second order in a former and discarded classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50.

Question 67

ascertain

Answer 67

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
to ascertain the facts.
2.
Archaic. to make certain, clear, or definitely known.

Question 68

jest

Answer 68

xxnoun
1.
a joke or witty remark; witticism.
2.
a bantering remark; a piece of good-natured ridicule; taunt.
3.
sport or fun:
to speak half in jest, half in earnest.

Question 69

daunted

Answer 69

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
to daunt one's adversaries.
2.
to lessen the courage of; dishearten:
Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.

Question 70

belvedere

Answer 70

xxnoun
1.
a building, or architectural feature of a building, designed and situated to look out upon a pleasing scene.
2.
a cigar, shorter and with thinner ends than a corona.
3.
(initial capital letter) a palace in Vatican City, Rome, used as an art gallery.

Question 71

sinuous

Answer 71

xxadjective
1.
having many curves, bends, or turns; winding:
a sinuous path.
2.
indirect; devious:
sinuous questions.
3.
characterized by a series of graceful curving motions:
a sinuous dance.
4.
Botany. sinuate, as a leaf.

Question 72

partaking

Answer 72

xxadjective
1.
having many curves, bends, or turns; winding:
a sinuous path.
2.
indirect; devious:
sinuous questions.
3.
characterized by a series of graceful curving motions:
a sinuous dance.
4.
Botany. sinuate, as a leaf.

Question 73

light repast

Answer 73

xxnoun
1.
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
to eat a light repast.
2.
a meal:
the evening repast.

Question 74

pugilists

Answer 74

xxnoun
1.
a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.

Question 75

hoaxing

Answer 75

xxnoun
1.
something intended to deceive or defraud:
The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
verb (used with object)
2.
to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink.

Question 76

abeyance

Answer 76

xxnoun
1.
temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension:
Let’s hold that problem in abeyance for a while.
2.
Law. a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder:
an estate in abeyance.

Question 77

ejaculated

Answer 77

xxverb (used with object), ejaculated, ejaculating.
1.
to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim.

Question 78

crude method of combustion

Answer 78

xx

Question 79

obsolete

Answer 79

xxadjective
1.
no longer in general use; fallen into disuse:
an obsolete expression.
2.
of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date:
an obsolete battleship.

Question 80

assented

Answer 80

xxverb (used without object)
1.
to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to):
to assent to a statement.
2.
to give in; yield; concede:
Assenting to his demands, I did as I was told.

Question 81

alacrity

Answer 81

xxnoun
1.
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:
We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
2.
liveliness; briskness.

Question 82

countenance

Answer 82

xxnoun
1.
appearance, especially the look or expression of the face:
a sad countenance.
2.
the face; visage.
3.
calm facial expression; composure.
4.
approval or favor; encouragement; moral support.

Question 83

intercourse

Answer 83

xxnoun
1.
dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
2.
interchange of thoughts, feelings, etc.

Question 84

naive

Answer 84

xxadjective
1.
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
2.
having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous:
She’s so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics.

Question 85

waifs

Answer 85

xxnoun
1.
a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
2.
something found, especially a stray animal, whose owner is not known.
3.
a very thin, often small person, usually a young woman.
4.
a stray item or article:
to gather waifs of gossip.
5.
Nautical, waft (def 8).

Question 86

conflagration

Answer 86

xxnoun
1.
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.

Question 87

disposition

Answer 87

xxnoun
1.
the predominant or prevailing tendency of one’s spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude:
a girl with a pleasant disposition.
2.
state of mind regarding something; inclination:
a disposition to gamble.
3.
physical inclination or tendency:
the disposition of ice to melt when heated.

Question 88

cowardice

Answer 88

xxnoun
1.
lack of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.

Question 89

dissipate

Answer 89

xxverb (used with object), dissipated, dissipating.
1.
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
2.
to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete:
to dissipate one’s talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.

Question 90

descent

Answer 90

xxnoun
1.
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position.
Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
2.
a downward inclination or slope.
Synonyms: decline, grade, declivity; slant.
3.
a passage or stairway leading down.

Question 91

petty concerns with small capital

Answer 91

xx

Question 92

tyranny

Answer 92

xxnoun, plural tyrannies.
1.
arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.
2.
the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
3.
a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.

Question 93

abhorrent

Answer 93

xxadjective
1.
causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome:
an abhorrent deed.
2.
utterly opposed, or contrary, or in conflict (usually followed by to):
abhorrent to reason.
3.
feeling extreme repugnance or aversion (usually followed by of):
abhorrent of waste.

Question 94

yoke

Answer 94

xxnoun, plural yokes for 1, 3–20, yoke for 2.
1.
a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.
Compare harness (def 1).
2.
a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke:
five yoke of oxen.
3.
something resembling a yoke or a bow of a yoke in form or use.

Question 95

servitude

Answer 95

xxnoun
1.
slavery or bondage of any kind:
political or intellectual servitude.
2.
compulsory service or labor as a punishment for criminals:
penal servitude.
3.
Law. a right possessed by one person to use another's property

Question 96

insatiable

Answer 96

xxadjective
1.
not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased:
insatiable hunger for knowledge.

Question 97

sordid

Answer 97

xxadjective
1.
morally ignoble or base; vile:
sordid methods.
2.
meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.
3.
dirty or filthy.
4.
squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down:
sordid housing.

Question 98

clamor

Answer 98

xxnoun
1.
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
2.
a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction:
the clamor of the proponents of the law.
3.
popular outcry:
The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation

Question 99

absorption

Answer 99

xxnoun
1.
the act of absorbing.
2.
the state or process of being absorbed.
3.
assimilation; incorporation:
the absorption of small farms into one big one.
4.
uptake of substances by a tissue, as of nutrients through the wall of the intestine.
5.
a taking in or reception by molecular or chemical action, as of gases or liquids.

Question 100

regime

Answer 100

xxnoun
1.
a mode or system of rule or government:
a dictatorial regime.
2.
a ruling or prevailing system.
3.
a government in power.
4.
the period during which a particular government or ruling system is in power.

Question 101

prodigious increase in efficiency

Answer 101

xx

Question 102

plutocracy like Carthage

Answer 102

xxnoun
1.
a mode or system of rule or government:
a dictatorial regime.
2.
a ruling or prevailing system.
3.
a government in power.
4.
the period during which a particular government or ruling system is in power.

Question 103

caprice

Answer 103

xxnoun
1.
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one’s mind or the weather.
2.
a tendency to change one’s mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness :
With the caprice of a despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty.
3.
Music. capriccio (def 1)

Question 104

axiom

Answer 104

xxnoun
1.
a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
2.
a universally accepted principle or rule.
3.
Logic, Mathematics. a proposition that is assumed without proof for the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.

Question 105

maleficent

Answer 105

xxadjective
1.
doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious:
maleficent destroyers of reputations.

Question 106

demagoguery

Answer 106

xxnoun
1.
a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
2.
(in ancient times) a leader of the people.

Question 107

insuperable

Answer 107

xxadjective
1.
incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted:
an insuperable barrier.

Question 108

rudiments

Answer 108

xxnoun
1.
Usually, rudiments.
the elements or first principles of a subject:
the rudiments of grammar.
a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something:
the rudiments of a plan.

Question 109

more arduous

Answer 109

xxadjective
1.
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult:
an arduous undertaking.
2.
requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous:
making an arduous effort.
3.
hard to climb; steep:
an arduous path up the hill.
4.
hard to endure; full of hardships; severe:
an arduous winter.

Question 110

a priori rule

Answer 110

xxdjective
1.
from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation.
Compare a posteriori (def 1).
2.
existing in the mind prior to and independent of experience, as a faculty or character trait.
Compare a posteriori (def 2).
3.
not based on prior study or examination; nonanalytic:
an a priori judgment.

Question 111

inducement

Answer 111

xxnoun
1.
the act of inducing.
2.
the state of being induced.
3.
something that induces, motivates, or persuades; incentive.

Question 112

repugnance

Answer 112

xxnoun
1.
the state of being repugnant.
2.
strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy.
3.
contradictoriness or inconsistency.

Question 113

congenial

Answer 113

xxadjective
1.
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character:
congenial surroundings.
2.
suited or adapted in spirit, feeling, temper, etc.; compatible:
a congenial couple.

Question 114

aspirants

Answer 114

xxnoun
1.
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
The aspirants for foundation grants had yet to prove themselves.
adjective
2.
aspiring or yearning for something important or of value.

Question 115

utterance

Answer 115

xxnoun
1.
an act of uttering; vocal expression.
2.
manner of speaking; power of speaking:
His very utterance was spellbinding.
3.
something uttered; a word or words uttered; a cry, animal's call, or the like.
4.
Linguistics. any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence: it may be coextensive with a sentence.

Question 116

chagrin

Answer 116

xxnoun
1.
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
verb (used with object), chagrined or chagrinned, chagrining or chagrinning.
2.
to vex by disappointment or humiliation:
The rejection of his proposal chagrined him deeply.
3.
Obsolete, shagreen (def 1)

Question 117

clew

Answer 117

xxnoun
1.
clue (def 1).
2.
Nautical. either lower corner of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
3.
a ball or skein of thread, yarn, etc.
4.
Usually, clews. the rigging for a hammock.
5.
Theater. a metal device holding scenery lines controlled by one weighted line.
6.
Classical Mythology. the thread by which Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth.

Question 118

constituted

Answer 118

xxverb (used with object), constituted, constituting.
1.
to compose; form:
mortar constituted of lime and sand.
2.
to appoint to an office or function; make or create:
He was constituted treasurer.
3.
to establish (laws, an institution, etc.).
4.
to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.).
5.
to create or be tantamount to:
Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.

Question 119

mental fulcrum

Answer 119

xxnoun, plural fulcrums, fulcra [foo l-kruh, fuhl-] (Show IPA)
1.
the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
2.
any prop or support.
3.
Zoology. any of various structures in an animal serving as a hinge or support.

Question 120

obscuration

Answer 120

xxWord Origin
noun
1.
the act of obscuring.
2.
the state of being obscured.

Question 121

mouldered

Answer 121

xxverb (used without object)
1.
to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away:
a house that had been left to molder.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to molder

Question 122

weltering sea

Answer 122

xxverb (used without object)
1.
to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
2.
to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often followed by about):
pigs weltering about happily in the mud.
3.
to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood.

Question 123

thither

Answer 123

xxadverb
1.
Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
adjective
2.
on the farther or other side or in the direction away from the person speaking; farther; more remote.

Question 124

objectness

Answer 124

xx

Question 125

poignant

Answer 125

xxadjective
1.
keenly distressing to the feelings:
poignant regret.
2.
keen or strong in mental appeal:
a subject of poignant interest.
3.
affecting or moving the emotions:
a poignant scene.

Question 126

laudable

Answer 126

xxadjective
1.
deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable:
Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
2.
Medicine/Medical Obsolete. healthy; wholesome; not noxious.

Question 127

maxim

Answer 127

xxnoun
1.
an expression of a general truth or principle, especially an aphoristic or sententious one:
the maxims of La Rochefoucauld.
2.
a principle or rule of conduct.

Question 128

save fear of want

Answer 128

xx

Question 129

indefatigable

Answer 129

xxadjective
1.
incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

Question 130

impertinent

Answer 130

xxadjective
1.
intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil:
a brash, impertinent youth.
2.
not pertinent or relevant; irrelevant:
an impertinent detail.
3.
Archaic. inappropriate, incongruous, or absurd.

Question 131

abashed

Answer 131

xxadjective
1.
ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted:
My clumsiness left me abashed.

Question 132

subdued

Answer 132

xxverb (used with object), subdued, subduing.
1.
to conquer and bring into subjection:
Rome subdued Gaul.
2.
to overpower by superior force; overcome.
3.
to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive.
4.
to repress (feelings, impulses, etc.)

Question 133

merriment

Answer 133

xxnoun
1.
cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.
2.
Obsolete. a cause of mirth; a jest, entertainment, etc.

Question 134

felicity

Answer 134

xxnoun, plural felicities.
1.
the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss:
marital felicity.
2.
an instance of this.
3.
a source of happiness.
4.
a skillful faculty:
felicity of expression.

Question 135

arbitrarily

Answer 135

xxadjective
1.
subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion:
an arbitrary decision.
2.
decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
3.
having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical:
an arbitrary government

Question 136

desultory

Answer 136

xxadjective
1.
lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful:
desultory conversation.
2.
digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random:
a desultory remark

Question 137

chattels

Answer 137

xxnoun
1.
Law. a movable article of personal property.
2.
any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.
3.
a slave.

Question 138

vehement

Answer 138

xxadjective
1.
zealous; ardent; impassioned:
a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
2.
characterized by rancor or anger; violent:
vehement hostility.
3.
strongly emotional; intense or passionate:
vehement desire.
4.
marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous:
vehement clapping.

Question 139

culpable

Answer 139

xxadjective
1.
deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.

Question 140

exigencies

Answer 140

xxnoun, plural exigencies.
1.
exigent state or character; urgency.
2.
Usually, exigencies. the need, demand, or requirement intrinsic to a circumstance, condition, etc.:
the exigencies of city life.
3.
a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy; emergency:
He promised help in any exigency

Question 141

gazetted

Answer 141

xxWord Origin
noun
1.
a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers):
The Phoenix Gazette.
2.
Chiefly British. an official government journal containing lists of government appointments and promotions, bankruptcies, etc.
verb (used with object), gazetted, gazetting.
3.
Chiefly British. to publish, announce, or list in an official government journal.

Question 142

emblematic

Answer 142

xxvadjective
1.
pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as an emblem; symbolic.

Question 143

incitements

Answer 143

xxnoun
1.
the act of inciting.
2.
the state of being incited.
3.
motive; incentive.

Question 144

invidious

Answer 144

xxadjective
1.
calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful:
invidious remarks.
2.
offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious:
invidious comparisons.
3.
causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy:
an invidious honor.
4.
Obsolete, envious.

Question 145

trifling

Answer 145

xxadjective
1.
of very little importance; trivial; insignificant:
a trifling matter.
2.
of small value, cost, or amount:
a trifling sum.
3.
frivolous; shallow; light:
trifling conversation.
4.
mean; worthless.

Question 146

spur

Answer 146

xxnoun
1.
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
2.
anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement.
3.
climbing iron.
4.
Ornithology. a stiff, usually sharp, horny process on the leg of various birds, especially the domestic rooster, or on the bend of the wing, as in jacanas and screamers.

Question 147

wholly

Answer 147

xxadverb
1.
entirely; totally; altogether; quite.
2.
to the whole amount, extent, etc.
3.
so as to comprise or involve all.

Question 148

overt remissness

Answer 148

xxadjective
1.
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
overt hostility.
2.
Heraldry. (of a device, as a purse) represented as open:
a purse overt.

adjective
1.
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one’s duty, business, etc.:
He’s terribly remiss in his work.
2.
characterized by negligence or carelessness.
3.
lacking force or energy; languid; sluggish.

Question 149

deferences

Answer 149

xxnoun
1.
respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
2.
respectful or courteous regard:
in deference to his wishes.

Question 150

embitters

Answer 150

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness:
Failure has embittered him.
2.
to make bitter or more bitter in taste

Question 151

preferment

Answer 151

xxnoun
1.
the act of preferring.
2.
the state of being preferred.
3.
advancement or promotion, especially in the church.
4.
a position or office affording social or pecuniary advancement

Question 152

weal

Answer 152

xxnoun
1.
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
the public weal; weal and woe.
2.
Obsolete. wealth or riches.
3.
Obsolete. the body politic; the state.

Question 153

emulation

Answer 153

xxnoun
1.
effort or desire to equal or excel others.
2.
Obsolete. jealous rivalry.

Question 154

philospihically absurd

Answer 154

xx

Question 155

exultataion

Answer 155

xxthe act of exulting; lively or triumphant joy, as over success or victory.

Question 156

lucid

Answer 156

xxadjective
1.
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
a lucid explanation.
2.
characterized by clear perception or understanding; rational or sane:
a lucid moment in his madness.
3.
shining or bright.
4.
clear; pellucid; transparent.

Question 157

barbarous

Answer 157

xxadjective
1.
uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
2.
savagely cruel or harsh:
The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment.
3.
full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant:
an evening of wild and barbarous music.
4.
not conforming to classical standards or accepted usage, as language.
5.
foreign; alien.

Question 158

indignation

Answer 158

xxnoun
1.
strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.

Question 159

residuum

Answer 159

xxnoun, plural residua [ri-zij-oo-uh] (Show IPA)
1.
the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
2.
Also, residue. Chemistry. a quantity or body of matter remaining after evaporation, combustion, distillation, etc.
3.
any residual product.
4.
Law. the residue of an estate.

Question 160

yearn

Answer 160

xxverb (used without object)
1.
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
to yearn for a quiet vacation.
2.
to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted:
They yearned over their delicate child.

Question 161

contriving

Answer 161

xxverb (used with object), contrived, contriving.
1.
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:
The author contrived a clever plot.
2.
to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage:
He contrived to gain their votes.
3.
to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
verb (used without object), contrived, contriving.
4.
to form designs; plan.
5.
to plot.

Question 162

heed his counsel

Answer 162

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to give careful attention to:
He did not heed the warning.
verb (used without object)
2.
to give attention; have regard.
noun

noun, plural counsel for 3.
1.
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
2.
interchange of opinions as to future procedure; consultation; deliberation.
3.
Law. (used with a singular or plural verb) the advocate or advocates engaged in the direction of a cause in court; a legal adviser or counselor :
Is counsel for the defense present?
3.
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).

Question 163

Abencerrages

Answer 163

xx

Question 164

aLHAMBRA

Answer 164

XX

Question 165

Nautch girls

Answer 165

xx

Question 166

voluptuous

Answer 166

xxadjective
1.
full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment:
a voluptuous life.
2.
derived from gratification of the senses:
voluptuous pleasure.
3.
directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensual pleasure:
voluptuous desires.

Question 167

brazen

Answer 167

xxadjective
1.
shameless or impudent:
brazen presumption.
2.
made of brass.
3.
like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.

Question 168

latticed

Answer 168

xxadjective
1.
having a lattice or latticework.
2.
Biology, clathrate.

Question 169

harem

Answer 169

xxnoun
1.
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
2.
the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.
3.
Animal Behavior. a social group of females, as elephant seals, accompanied or followed by one fertile male who denies other males access to the group.

Question 170

Moorish chivalry

Answer 170

xxnoun, plural chivalries for 6.
1.
the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms.
2.
the rules and customs of medieval knighthood.
3.
the medieval system or institution of knighthood.
4.
a group of knights.
5.
gallant warriors or gentlemen:
fair ladies and noble chivalry

Question 171

desert

Answer 171

xxadjective
6.
of, relating to, or like a desert.
Synonyms: desolate; barren, infertile; arid.
7.
occurring, living, or flourishing in the desert:
a desert tribe; a desert palm.
8.
designed or suitable for wear in the desert, as cool, protective clothing:
a big, wide-brimmed desert hat.

Question 172

martial delirium

Answer 172

xxnoun, plural deliriums, deliria [dih-leer-ee-uh] (Show IPA)
1.
Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
2.
a state of violent excitement or emotion.

martial
[mahr-shuh l] 
Spell Syllables
Synonyms Examples Word Origin
adjective
1.
inclined or disposed to war; warlike:
The ancient Romans were a martial people.
2.
of, suitable for, or associated with war or the armed forces:
martial music.
3.
characteristic of or befitting a warrior:
a martial stride.

Question 173

swart nobles

Answer 173

xxadjective, swarthier, swarthiest.
1.
(of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.

Question 174

scimetars

Answer 174

xxnoun
1.
a curved, single-edged sword of Oriental origin.

Question 175

Reveille

Answer 175

xxnoun
1.
a signal, as of a drum or bugle, sounded early in the morning to awaken military personnel and to alert them for assembly.
2.
a signal to arise.

Question 176

superfluous

Answer 176

xxadjective
1.
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
2.
unnecessary or needless.
3.
Obsolete. possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant.

Question 177

requisite

Answer 177

xxadjective
1.
required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable:
the requisite skills of an engineer.
noun
2.
something requisite; a necessary quality, thing, etc

Question 178

posterity

Answer 178

xxExamples Word Origin
noun
1.
succeeding or future generations collectively:
Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
2.
all descendants of one person:
His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity.

Question 179

folly

Answer 179

xxnoun, plural follies for 2–6.
1.
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
2.
a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity:
the folly of performing without a rehearsal.
3.
a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
4.
Architecture. a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to a view, commemorate a person or event, etc.: found especially in England in the 18th century.

Question 180

amity

Answer 180

xxnoun
1.
friendship; peaceful harmony.
2.
mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.

Question 181

engendered

Answer 181

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to produce, cause, or give rise to:
Hatred engenders violence.
2.
to beget; procreate.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be produced or caused; come into existence:
Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.

Question 182

staples

Answer 182

xxnoun
1.
a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
2.
a principal commodity in a mercantile field; goods in steady demand or of known or recognized quality.
3.
a basic or necessary item of food:
She bought flour, sugar, salt, and other staples.

Question 183

emigration

Answer 183

xxnoun
1.
an act or instance of emigrating.
2.
a body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
3.
Physiology, diapedesis.

Question 184

wonderment

Answer 184

xxnoun
1.
wondering or wonder.
2.
a cause or occasion of wonder.

Question 185

idle

Answer 185

xxadjective, idler, idlest.
1.
not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing:
idle workers.
2.
not spent or filled with activity:
idle hours.
3.
not in use or operation; not kept busy:
idle machinery.
4.
habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; lazy.
5.
of no real worth, importance, or significance:
idle talk.

Question 186

consequent

Answer 186

xxdjective
1.
following as an effect or result; resulting (often followed by on, upon, or to):
a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.
2.
following as a logical conclusion:
a consequent law.
3.
following or progressing logically:
consequent reasoning.

Question 187

pathetic

Answer 187

xxadjective
1.
causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable:
a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
2.
affecting or moving the feelings.
3.
pertaining to or caused by the feelings.
4.
miserably or contemptibly inadequate:
In return for our investment we get a pathetic three percent interest.

Question 188

Circe and the sirens

Answer 188

xxnoun
1.
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
2.
a dangerously or irresistibly fascinating woman.

Question 189

ramifying

Answer 189

xxverb (used with object), verb (used without object), ramified, ramifying.
1.
to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.

Question 190

coherent

Answer 190

xxExamples Word Origin
adjective
1.
logically connected; consistent:
a coherent argument.
2.
having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious:
a coherent design.
3.
cohering; sticking together:
a coherent mass of sticky candies.

Question 191

capriciousness

Answer 191

xxadjective
1.
subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic:
He’s such a capricious boss I never know how he’ll react.
2.
Obsolete. fanciful or witty.

Question 192

scorn

Answer 192

xxnoun
1.
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
2.
an object of derision or contempt.
3.
a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.

Question 193

phetic

Answer 193

xx

Question 194

strenuous

Answer 194

xxadjective
1.
characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.:
a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
2.
demanding or requiring vigorous exertion; laborious:
To think deeply is a strenuous task.
3.
vigorous, energetic, or zealously active:
a strenuous person; a strenuous intellect

Question 195

travail

Answer 195

xxnoun
1.
painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
2.
pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.
3.
the pain of childbirth.

Question 196

beheld

Answer 196

xxverb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of behold.

Question 197

apparatus

Answer 197

xxnoun, plural apparatus, apparatuses.
1.
a group or combination of instruments, machinery, tools, materials, etc., having a particular function or intended for a specific use:
Our town has excellent fire-fighting apparatus.
2.
any complex instrument or mechanism for a particular purpose.
3.
any system or systematic organization of activities, functions, processes, etc., directed toward a specific goal:
the apparatus of government; espionage apparatus.
4.
Physiology. a group of structurally different organs working together in the performance of a particular function:
the digestive apparatus.

Question 198

annunciator

Answer 198

xxnoun
1.
an announcer.
2.
a signaling apparatus, generally used in conjunction with a buzzer, that displays a visual indication when energized by electric current.

Question 199

transient

Answer 199

xxadjective
1.
not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
2.
lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary:
transient authority.
3.
staying only a short time:
the transient guests at a hotel.
4.
Philosophy, transeunt.

Question 200

devoid

Answer 200

xxadjective
1.
not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).
verb (used with object)
2.
to deplete or strip of some quality or substance:
imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.

Question 201

superciliousness

Answer 201

[soo-per-sil-ee-uh s] 
Spell Syllables
Synonyms Examples Word Origin
adjective
1.
haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Question 202

deprecatory

Answer 202

xxadjective
1.
of the nature of or expressing disapproval, protest, or depreciation.
2.
apologetic; making apology.

Question 203

obsiquiousness

Answer 203

xxadjective
1.
characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning:
an obsequious bow.
2.
servilely compliant or deferential:
obsequious servants.
3.
obedient; dutiful.

Question 204

contentedly

Answer 204

xxadjective
1.
satisfied; content.

Question 205

menial position

Answer 205

xxadjective
1.
lowly and sometimes degrading:
menial work.
2.
servile; submissive:
menial attitudes.
3.
pertaining to or suitable for domestic servants; humble:
menial furnishings.
noun
4.
a domestic servant.
5.
a servile person

Question 206

implication of contempt

Answer 206

xxnoun
1.
something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood:
to resent an implication of dishonesty.

noun
1.
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
2.
the state of being despised; dishonor; disgrace.

Question 207

condescending

Answer 207

xxadjective
1.
showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority:
They resented the older neighbors’ condescending cordiality.

Question 208

rendevous

Answer 208

xxnoun, plural rendezvous [rahn-duh-vooz; French rahn-de-voo] (Show IPA)
1.
an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
2.
the meeting itself.
3.
a place designated for a meeting or assembling, especially of troops or ships.

Question 209

vindicatinf

Answer 209

xxverb (used with object), vindicated, vindicating.
1.
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like:
to vindicate someone’s honor.
2.
to afford justification for; justify:
Subsequent events vindicated his policy.
3.
to uphold or justify by argument or evidence:
to vindicate a claim.

Question 210

transcendent

Answer 210

xxadjective
1.
going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
2.
superior or supreme.
3.
Theology. (of the Deity) transcending the universe, time, etc.
Compare immanent (def 3).

Question 211

evading

Answer 211

xxverb (used with object), evaded, evading.
1.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
to evade one's pursuers.
Synonyms: avoid, dodge.
Antonyms: face, confront.
2.
to get around by trickery:
to evade rules.
3.
to avoid doing or fulfilling:
to evade an obligation.

Question 212

dicker

Answer 212

xxverb (used without object)
1.
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
2.
to barter.
3.
to try to arrange matters by mutual bargaining:
They dickered for hours over some of the finer points of the contract.

Question 213

succumbed

Answer 213

xxverb (used without object)
1.
to give way to superior force; yield:
to succumb to despair.
2.
to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.

Question 214

alcoves

Answer 214

xxnoun
1.
a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:
a dining alcove.
2.
a recess in a room for a bed, bookcases, or the like.
3.
any recessed space, as a bower in a garden.

Question 215

enviable

Answer 215

xxadjective
1.
worthy of envy; very desirable:
an enviable position.

Question 216

Berrian’s novels

Answer 216

xx

Question 217

Nesmyth’s

Answer 217

xx

Question 218

Oates

Answer 218

xx

Question 219

illimitable vista

Answer 219

xxadjective
1.
not limitable; limitless; boundless.

noun
1.
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
2.
such an avenue or passage, especially when formally planned.
3.
a far-reaching mental view:
vistas of the future.

Question 220

faculties

Answer 220

xxnoun, plural faculties.
1.
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
a faculty for making friends easily.
2.
one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech:
Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.
3.
an inherent capability of the body:
the faculties of sight and hearing.
4.
exceptional ability or aptitude:
a president with a faculty for management.

Question 221

mediaeval renaissance

Answer 221

xx

Question 222

faint

Answer 222

xxadjective, fainter, faintest.
1.
lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.:
a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
2.
feeble or slight:
faint resistance; faint praise; a faint resemblance.
3.
feeling weak, dizzy, or exhausted; about to lose consciousness:
faint with hunger.
4.
lacking courage; cowardly; timorous:
Faint heart never won fair maid.
5.
Law. unfounded:
a faint action.

Question 223

defray

Answer 223

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.):
The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.

Question 224

practice of economy

Answer 224

xx

Question 225

trammels

Answer 225

xxnoun
1.
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
the trammels of custom.
2.
an instrument for drawing ellipses.
3.
Also called tram. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine.
4.
trammel net.
5.
a fowling net.

Question 226

crude and flippant

Answer 226

xxadjective, cruder, crudest.
1.
in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural:
crude sugar.
2.
lacking in intellectual subtlety, perceptivity, etc.; rudimentary; undeveloped.
3.
lacking finish, polish, or completeness:
a crude summary.
4.
lacking culture, refinement, tact, etc.:
crude behavior.

adjective
1.
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity:
The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
2.
Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.
3.
Archaic. glib; voluble.

Question 227

tinctured with prejudice and bitterness

Answer 227

xxnoun
1.
Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
2.
a slight infusion, as of some element or quality:
A tincture of education had softened his rude manners.
3.
a trace; a smack or smattering; tinge :
a tincture of irony.
4.
Heraldry. any of the colors, metals, or furs used for the fields, charges, etc., of an escutcheon or achievement of arms.

Question 228

indemnification

Answer 228

xxnoun
1.
the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
2.
something that serves to indemnify; compensation.

Question 229

abnegation

Answer 229

xxnoun
1.
the act or an instance of abnegating, or denying oneself some rights, conveniences, etc.:
It was a time of austerity and abnegation.
2.
the act of relinquishing or giving up a right, possession, etc.:
abnegation of parental responsibilities.

Question 230

Penthesilia

Answer 230

xx

Question 231

unbeknown

Answer 231

xxWord Origin
adjective
1.
unknown; unperceived; without one’s knowledge (usually followed by to).

Question 232

discredit the efficacy of your own cure

Answer 232

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to injure the credit or reputation of; defame:
an effort to discredit honest politicians.
2.
to show to be undeserving of trust or belief; destroy confidence in:
Later research discredited earlier theories.
3.
to give no credence to; disbelieve:
There was good reason to discredit the witnes

noun, plural efficacies.
1.
capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness:
a remedy of great efficacy.

Question 233

surreptitious

Answer 233

xxadjective
1.
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine:
a surreptitious glance.
2.
acting in a stealthy way.
3.
obtained by subreption; subreptitious.

Question 234

belittle

Answer 234

xxverb (used with object), belittled, belittling.
1.
to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.

Question 235

precarious

Answer 235

xxadjective
1.
dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control; uncertain; unstable; insecure:
a precarious livelihood.
2.
dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another:
He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.
3.
exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky:
the precarious life of an underseas diver.

Question 236

without conceit

Answer 236

xxnoun
1.
an excessively favorable opinion of one’s own ability, importance, wit, etc.
2.
something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea:
He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.
3.
imagination; fancy.
4.
a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.

Question 237

prodigiously multiplied efficiency

Answer 237

xx

Question 238

tutelage

Answer 238

xxnoun
1.
the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship.
2.
instruction; teaching; guidance:
His knowledge of Spanish increased under private tutelage.
3.
the state of being under a guardian or a tutor.

Question 239

endowments

Answer 239

xxnoun
1.
the act of endowing.
2.
the property, funds, etc., with which an institution or person is endowed.
3.
Usually, endowments. an attribute of mind or body; a gift of nature.

Question 240

tyranny

Answer 240

xxnoun, plural tyrannies.
1.
arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.
2.
the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
3.
a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.
4.
oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
5.
undue severity or harshness.

Question 241

anachronism

Answer 241

xxnoun
1.
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:
The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
2.
an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one:
To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism.

Question 242

infringements

Answer 242

xxnoun
1.
a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
2.
an act of infringing.

Question 243

private vs. capital initiative

Answer 243

xx

Question 244

incredulous

Answer 244

xxadjective
1.
not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
2.
indicating or showing unbelief:
an incredulous smile.

Question 245

trifling

Answer 245

xxadjective
1.
of very little importance; trivial; insignificant:
a trifling matter.
2.
of small value, cost, or amount:
a trifling sum.
3.
frivolous; shallow; light:
trifling conversation.
4.
mean; worthless.

Question 246

emulation

Answer 246

xxnoun
1.
effort or desire to equal or excel others.
2.
Obsolete. jealous rivalry.

Question 247

inspectorate

Answer 247

xxnoun
1.
the office or function of an inspector.
2.
a body of inspectors.
3.
a district under an inspector.

Question 248

insolence

Answer 248

xxnoun
1.
contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
2.
the quality or condition of being insolent.

Question 249

dereliction

Answer 249

xxnoun
1.
deliberate or conscious neglect; negligence; delinquency:
dereliction of duty.
2.
the act of abandoning something.
3.
the state of being abandoned.
4.
Law. a leaving dry of land by recession of the water line.

Question 250

sift

Answer 250

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
2.
to scatter or sprinkle through or by means of a sieve :
to sift sugar onto cake.
3.
to separate by or as if by a sieve.
4.
to examine closely:
The detectives are still sifting the evidence.

Question 251

superannuated

Answer 251

xxWord Origin
adjective
1.
retired because of age or infirmity.
2.
too old for use, work, service, or a position.
3.
antiquated or obsolete:
superannuated ideas.

Question 252

piquancy

Answer 252

xxadjective
1.
agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart:
a piquant aspic.
2.
agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive:
a piquant glance.
3.
of an interestingly provocative or lively character:
a piquant wit.
4.
Archaic. sharp or stinging, especially to the feelings.

Question 253

quaintness

Answer 253

xxadjective, quainter, quaintest.
1.
having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque:
a quaint old house.
2.
strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way:
a quaint sense of humor.
3.
skillfully or cleverly made.
4.
Obsolete. wise; skilled.

Question 254

irksome

Answer 254

xxadjective
1.
annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome:
irksome restrictions.
2.
Obsolete. causing weariness or disgust.

Question 255

idiosyncracies

Answer 255

xxSynonyms Word Origin
noun, plural idiosyncrasies.
1.
a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
2.
the physical constitution peculiar to an individual.
3.
a peculiarity of the physical or the mental constitution, especially susceptibility toward drugs, food, etc.
Compare allergy (def 1).

Question 256

unperturbed

Answer 256

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
2.
to throw into great disorder; derange.
3.
Astronomy. to cause perturbation in the orbit of (a celestial body).

Question 257

enfranchised

Answer 257

xxverb (used with object), enfranchised, enfranchising.
1.
to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting.
2.
to endow (a city, constituency, etc.) with municipal or parliamentary rights.
3.
to set free; liberate, as from slavery.

Question 258

panem et circenses

Answer 258

xxLatin, literally “bread and circuses,” supposedly coined by Juvenal and describing the cynical formula of the Roman emperors for keeping the masses content with ample food and entertainment.

Question 259

predicament

Answer 259

xxnoun
1.
an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
2.
a class or category of logical or philosophical predication.
3.
Archaic. a particular state, condition, or situation.

Question 260

constitutional

Answer 260

xxadjective
1.
of or relating to the constitution of a state, organization, etc.
2.
subject to the provisions of such a constitution:
a constitutional monarchy.
3.
provided by, in accordance with, or not prohibited by, such a constitution:
the constitutional powers of the president; a law held to be constitutional by the Supreme Court.
4.
belonging to or inherent in the character or makeup of a person’s body or mind:
a constitutional weakness for sweets

Question 261

atavism

Answer 261

xxnoun
1.
Biology.
the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations.
an individual embodying such a reversion.
2.
reversion to an earlier type; throwback.

Question 262

Calvinist

Answer 262

xxnoun
1.
the doctrines and teachings of John Calvin or his followers, emphasizing predestination, the sovereignty of God, the supreme authority of the Scriptures, and the irresistibility of grace.
Compare Arminianism.
2.
adherence to these doctrines.

Question 263

Jonah’s gourd

Answer 263

xxTreasury of Scripture
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

the Lord.

Question 264

bestial

Answer 264

xxWord Origin
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast :
the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
2.
without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman:
bestial treatment of prisoners.
3.
beastlike in gratifying one’s sensual desires; carnal; debased.

Question 265

atrocities

Answer 265

xxnoun, plural atrocities.
1.
the quality or state of being atrocious.
2.
an atrocious act, thing, or circumstance.

Question 266

kleptomaniacs

Answer 266

xxnoun, Psychology
1.
a person who has kleptomania.
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or characteristic of kleptomania or a kleptomaniac.

Question 267

motiveless

Answer 267

xxnoun
1.
something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
2.
the goal or object of a person's actions:
Her motive was revenge.
3.
(in art, literature, and music) a motif.

Question 268

venal

Answer 268

xxadjective
1.
willing to sell one’s influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
a venal judge.
2.
able to be purchased, as by a bribe:
venal acquittals.
3.
associated with or characterized by bribery:
a venal administration; venal agreements.

Question 269

tenure

Answer 269

xxnoun
1.
the holding or possessing of anything:
the tenure of an office.
2.
the holding of property, especially real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered.
3.
the period or term of holding something.
4.
status granted to an employee, usually after a probationary period, indicating that the position or employment is permanent.

Question 270

magistrates

Answer 270

xxnoun
1.
a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
2.
a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace or the judge of a police court, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes.

Question 271

obsolete

Answer 271

xxadjective
1.
no longer in general use; fallen into disuse:
an obsolete expression.
2.
of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date:
an obsolete battleship.
3.
(of a linguistic form) no longer in use, especially, out of use for at least the past century.
Compare archaic.
4.
effaced by wearing down or away.

Question 272

casuistry

Answer 272

xxnoun, plural casuistries.
1.
specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.
2.
the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct.

Question 273

unfeigned

Answer 273

xxadjective
1.
not feigned; sincere; genuine.

Question 274

expound

Answer 274

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to set forth or state in detail:
to expound theories.
2.
to explain; interpret.

Question 275

interminable

Answer 275

xxadjective
1.
incapable of being terminated; unending:
an interminable job.
2.
monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant:
I can't stand that interminable clatter.
3.
having no limits:
an interminable desert.

Question 276

intricacy

Answer 276

xxnoun, plural intricacies.
1.
intricate character or state.
2.
an intricate part, action, etc:
intricacies of the law.
Origin of intricacy

Question 277

pursuits

Answer 277

xxnoun
1.
the act of pursuing :
in pursuit of the fox.
2.
an effort to secure or attain; quest:
the pursuit of happiness.
3.
any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily:
literary pursuits.

Question 278

pundits

Answer 278

xxnoun
1.
a learned person, expert, or authority.
2.
a person who makes comments or judgments, especially in an authoritative manner; critic or commentator.
3.
pandit.

Question 279

vaguely intelligible

Answer 279

xx

Question 280

adjuducate

Answer 280

xxuh-joo-di-keyt]
Spell Syllables
Examples Word Origin
verb (used with object), adjudicated, adjudicating.
1.
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
2.
to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.
verb (used without object), adjudicated, adjudicating.
3.
to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon)

Question 281

churlishness

Answer 281

xxadjective
1.
like a churl; boorish; rude:
churlish behavior.
2.
of a churl; peasantlike.
3.
niggardly; mean.
4.
difficult to work or deal with, as soil.

Question 282

boorish

Answer 282

xxadjective
1.
of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.

Question 283

superfluous

Answer 283

xxadjective
1.
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
2.
unnecessary or needless.
3.
Obsolete. possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant.

Question 284

judiciary

Answer 284

xxnoun, plural judiciaries.
1.
the judicial branch of government.
2.
the system of courts of justice in a country.
3.
judges collectively.

Question 285

apex

Answer 285

xxnoun, plural apexes, apices  [ey-puh-seez, ap-uh-] (Show IPA)
1.
the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
2.
climax; peak; acme:
His election to the presidency was the apex of his career.
3.
Astronomy, solar apex.

Question 286

upwrong

Answer 286

xx

Question 287

witticism

Answer 287

xxnoun
1.
a witty remark or sentence.

Question 288

demurred

Answer 288

xxverb (used without object), demurred, demurring.
1.
to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object:
They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
2.
Law. to interpose a demurrer.
3.
Archaic. to linger; hesitate.

Question 289

rampart

Answer 289

xxnoun
1.
Fortification.
a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet.
such an elevation together with the parapet.
2.
anything serving as a bulwark or defense.
verb (used with object)
3.
to furnish with or as if with a rampart.

Question 290

furtively

Answer 290

xxadjective
1.
taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret:
a furtive glance.
2.
sly; shifty:
a furtive manner.

Question 291

pensive

Answer 291

xxadjective
1.
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:
a pensive mood.
2.
expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness:
a pensive adagio.

Question 292

benumbed

Answer 292

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to make numb; deprive of sensation:
benumbed by cold.
2.
to render inactive; deaden or stupefy.

Question 293

infinitesimal

Answer 293

xxadjective
1.
indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute:
infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
2.
immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity:
to an infinitesimal degree.
3.
of, relating to, or involving infinitesimals.

Question 294

compulsory education

Answer 294

xxCompulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of persons, imposed by law.

Question 295

malodorous

Answer 295

xxadjective
1.
having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad:
a malodorous swamp.

Question 296

palatial

Answer 296

xxadjective
1.
of, relating to, or resembling a palace :
a palatial home.
2.
befitting or suitable for a palace; stately; magnificent:
a palatial tapestry.

Question 297

nauseous

Answer 297

xxadjective
1.
affected with nausea; nauseated :
to feel nauseous.
2.
causing nausea; sickening; nauseating.
3.
disgusting; loathsome:
a nauseous display of greed.

Question 298

solacing

Answer 298

xxnoun, Also called solacement
1.
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
2.
something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief:
The minister’s visit was the dying man’s only solace

Question 299

brutishness

Answer 299

xxadjective
1.
brutal; cruel.
2.
gross; coarse.
3.
carnal; sensual.
4.
uncivilized.
5.
bestial; like an animal.

Question 300

inkling

Answer 300

xxnoun
1.
a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation:
They hadn’t given us an inkling of what was going to happen.
2.
a vague idea or notion; slight understanding:
They didn’t have an inkling of how the new invention worked.

Question 301

imparting

Answer 301

xxim·part
imˈpärt/Submit
verb
gerund or present participle: imparting
make (information) known; communicate.
“teachers had a duty to impart strong morals to their students”
synonyms: communicate, pass on, convey, transmit, relay, relate, recount, tell, make known, make public, report, announce, proclaim, herald, spread, disseminate, circulate, promulgate, broadcast; More

Question 302

oases

Answer 302

xxnoun, plural oases [oh-ey-seez] (Show IPA)
1.
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
2.
something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc.:
The library was an oasis of calm in the hectic city.

Question 303

pestilent

Answer 303

xxpes·ti·lent
ˈpestələnt/Submit
adjective
destructive to life; deadly.
"pestilent diseases"
informaldated
causing annoyance; troublesome.
"he regarded journalists as a pestilent race"
archaic
harmful or dangerous to morals or public order; pernicious.
"the pestilent sect of Luther"

Question 304

insensate

Answer 304

xxin·sen·sate
inˈsenˌsāt,-sit/Submit
adjective
lacking physical sensation.
"a patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate"
lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling.
"a positively insensate hatred"
completely lacking sense or reason.
"insensate jabbering"

Question 305

cipher

Answer 305

xxci·pher
ˈsīfər/Submit
noun
1.
a secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
"he was writing cryptic notes in a cipher"
synonyms:	code, secret writing, cryptograph, cryptogram
"information in cipher"
2.
dated
a zero; a figure 0.
synonyms:	zero, 0, nil, naught/nought
"a row of ciphers"

Question 306

moonshine

Answer 306

xx

Question 307

slough

Answer 307

xxnoun
1.
an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
2.
a hole full of mire, as in a road.
3.
Also, slew, slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like.
4.
a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.

Question 308

assailing

Answer 308

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
2.
to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.:
to assail one’s opponent with slander.
3.
to undertake with the purpose of mastering:
He assailed his studies with new determination.
4.
to impinge upon; make an impact on; beset:
His mind was assailed by conflicting arguments. The light assailed their eyes.

Question 309

bedlam

Answer 309

xxnoun
1.
a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
2.
Archaic. an insane asylum or madhouse.

Question 310

injurious

Answer 310

xxadjective
1.
harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect:
injurious eating habits.
2.
doing or involving injury or wrong, as to another:
injurious behavior.
3.
insulting; abusive; defamatory; offensive:
an injurious statement.

Question 311

scarcity

Answer 311

xxnoun, plural scarcities.
1.
insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
2.
rarity; infrequency.

Question 312

shrewd

Answer 312

xxadjective, shrewder, shrewdest.
1.
astute or sharp in practical matters:
a shrewd politician.
2.
keen; piercing.
3.
artful (def 1).
4.
Archaic. malicious.
5.
Obsolete, bad1.
6.
Obsolete, shrewish.

Question 313

prostrating

Answer 313

xxverb (used with object), prostrated, prostrating.
1.
to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
2.
to lay flat, as on the ground.
3.
to throw down level with the ground.
4.
to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness.
5.
to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion.

Question 314

obstinancy

Answer 314

xxnoun, plural obstinacies for 5.
1.
the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
2.
unyielding or stubborn adherence to one’s purpose, opinion, etc.
3.
stubborn persistence:
The garrison fought on with incredible obstinacy.
4.
resistance to cure, relief, or treatment, as a disease.
5.
an instance of being obstinate; an obstinate act, viewpoint, etc.

Question 315

cataclysms

Answer 315

xxnoun
1.
any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature.
2.
Physical Geography. a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth’s surface.
3.
an extensive flood; deluge.

Question 316

indiscreeet

Answer 316

xxadjective
1.
not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection:
an indiscreet remark.

Question 317

adagio

Answer 317

xxadverb
1.
Music. in a leisurely manner; slowly.
adjective
2.
Music. slow.
noun, plural adagios.
3.
Music. an adagio movement or piece.
4.
Dance.
a sequence of well-controlled, graceful movements performed as a display of skill.
a duet by a man and a woman or mixed trio emphasizing difficult technical feats.
(especially in ballet) a love-duet sequence in a pas de deux.

Question 318

utter fatuity

Answer 318

xxnoun, plural fatuities.
1.
complacent stupidity; foolishness.
2.
something foolish; bêtise.

Question 319

roseate tinge

Answer 319

xxadjective
1.
tinged with rose; rosy:
a roseate dawn.
2.
bright or promising:
a roseate future.
3.
incautiously optimistic:
a roseate forecast for holiday sales.

verb (used with object), tinged, tingeing or tinging.
1.
to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
2.
to impart a slight taste or smell to.

Question 320

laggards

Answer 320

xxnoun
1.
a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
adjective
2.
moving, developing, or responding slowly; sluggish; dilatory; backward

Question 321

celibates

Answer 321

xxnoun
1.
a person who abstains from sexual relations.
2.
a person who remains unmarried, especially for religious reasons.
adjective
3.
observing or pertaining to sexual abstention or a religious vow not to marry.
4.
not married.noun
1.
a person who abstains from sexual relations.
2.
a person who remains unmarried, especially for religious reasons.
adjective
3.
observing or pertaining to sexual abstention or a religious vow not to marry.
4.
not married.

Question 322

ecclesiastical

Answer 322

xxExamples Word Origin
adjective
1.
of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.

Question 323

beseems

Answer 323

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to be fit for or worthy of; become:
conduct that beseems a gentleman.
verb (used without object)
2.
to be suitable or fitting.

Question 324

vouchsafed

Answer 324

xxverb (used with object), vouchsafed, vouchsafing.
1.
to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension:
to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
2.
to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness:
They vouchsafed his return to his own country.

Question 325

travesties

Answer 325

xxnoun, plural travesties.
1.
a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
2.
a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.
3.
any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:
a travesty of justice.

Question 326

parable

Answer 326

xxnoun
1.
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
2.
a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.

Question 327

hindered

Answer 327

xxverb (used with object)
1.
to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede:
The storm hindered our progress.
2.
to prevent from doing, acting, or happening; stop:
to hinder a man from committing a crime.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be an obstacle or impediment.

Question 328

impertinent

Answer 328

xxadjective
1.
intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil:
a brash, impertinent youth.
2.
not pertinent or relevant; irrelevant:
an impertinent detail.
3.
Archaic. inappropriate, incongruous, or absurd.
4.
Obsolete. (of persons) trivial, silly, or absurd.

Question 329

enfranchisement

Answer 329

xxverb (used with object), enfranchised, enfranchising.
1.
to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting.
2.
to endow (a city, constituency, etc.) with municipal or parliamentary rights.
3.
to set free; liberate, as from slavery.

Question 330

chrysalis

Answer 330

xxnoun, plural chrysalises, chrysalides [kri-sal-i-deez] (Show IPA)
1.
the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.

Question 331

melancholy

Answer 331

xxa gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
2.
sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
3.
Archaic.
the condition of having too much black bile, considered in ancient and medieval medicine to cause gloominess and depression.
black bile.

Question 332

were wont to bear

Answer 332

xx

Question 333

accentuate

Answer 333

xxverb (used with object), accentuated, accentuating.

to give emphasis or prominence to.

to mark or pronounce with an accent.

Question 334

subterranean

Answer 334

xx
adjective, Also, subterraneous

existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.

existing or operating out of sight or secretly; hidden or secret.

noun

a person or thing that is subterranean.

a subterrane.

Question 335

roguish

Answer 335

xxadjective

pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.

playfully mischievous:
a roguish smile.

Question 336

torpid

Answer 336

xxadjective

inactive or sluggish.

slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.

dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.

Question 337

amiable

Answer 337

xxjective

having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable:
an amiable disposition.

friendly; sociable:
an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering.

agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.

Obsolete. lovable or lovely.

Question 338

clique

Answer 338

xx
noun

a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.

verb (used without object), cliqued, cliquing.

Informal. to form, or associate in, a clique.

Question 339

syndicates

Answer 339

xxnoun

a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations:
The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.

a combination of bankers or capitalists formed for the purpose of carrying out some project requiring large resources of capital, as the underwriting of an issue of stock or bonds.

Journalism.  a.an agency that buys articles, stories, columns, photographs, comic strips, or other features and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals in different localities. 
Compare boilerplate (def 2a). 

b.a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers; newspaper chain.

Question 340

Boodle alderman

Answer 340

xxnoun

the lot, pack, or crowd:
Send the whole boodle back to the factory.

a large quantity of something, especially money:
He’s worth a boodle.

a bribe or other illicit payment, especially to or from a politician; graft.

4. noun, plural aldermen.

a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.

(in England) one of the members, chosen by the elected councilors, in a borough or county council.

Early English History. a.a chief.
b.(later) the chief magistrate of a county or group of counties.

Northern U.S. Slang. a pot belly.

stolen goods; loot; booty; swag.

Question 341

grist

Answer 341

xx

Are flammable and inflammable the same?

[

noun

grain to be ground.

ground grain; meal produced from grinding.

a quantity of grain for grinding at one time; the amount of meal from one grinding.

Older Use. a quantity or lot.

Question 342

larcenies

Answer 342

xx
noun, plural larcenies. Law.

the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker’s own use.

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Question 343

microcosm

Answer 343

xxnoun

a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm ).

anything that is regarded as a world in miniature.

human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe.

Question 344

fatuous

Answer 344

xxadjective

foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.

unreal; illusory.

Question 345

self-complacency

Answer 345

xxadjective

pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.

Question 346

Mephistophelese

Answer 346

xxnoun

Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.

Question 347

profound

Answer 347

xxnoun

Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.

Question 348

reverie

Answer 348

xx
noun

a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing:
lost in reverie.

a daydream.

a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea:
reveries that will never come to fruition.

Music. an instrumental composition of a vague and dreamy character.

Origin of reverie Expand

Middle English

Old French

1325-1375
1325-75; Middle English

Question 349

squalor

Answer 349

xxnoun

the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.

Question 350

malodorousness

Answer 350

xxive

having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad:
a malodorous swamp.

Question 351

glaring disparities

Answer 351

xx

Question 352

pathos

Answer 352

xxnoun

the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.

2. pity.

Obsolete, suffering.

Question 353

babel

Answer 353

xxnoun

an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.

(usually lowercase) a confused mixture of sounds or voices.

(usually lowercase) a scene of noise and confusion.

Question 354

mutual depreciation

Answer 354

xx

Question 355

clamor of conflicting boasts

Answer 355

xx

Question 356

adjurations

Answer 356

xx
Word Origin

noun

an earnest request; entreaty.

a solemn or desperate urging or counseling:
an adjuration for all citizens of the beleaguered city to take shelter.

Question 357

stupendous system of brazen beggary

Answer 357

xx

Question 358

prodigality

Answer 358

xxnoun, plural prodigalities for 2, 3.

the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.

an instance of it.

lavish abundance.

Question 359

whit worse

Answer 359

xx

Question 360

accosted

Answer 360

xx
Examples
Word Origin

adjective, Heraldry.

(of animals) represented as side by side:
two dolphins accosted.

Question 361

no vestige

Answer 361

xxnoun

a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence:
A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.

a surviving evidence or remainder of some condition, practice, etc.:
These superstitions are vestiges of an ancient religion.

a very slight trace or amount of something:
Not a vestige remains of the former elegance of the house.

Biology. a degenerate or imperfectly developed organ or structure that has little or no utility, but that in an earlier stage of the individual or in preceding evolutionary forms of the organism performed a useful function.

Question 362

thronging

Answer 362

xx
verb (used without object)

to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd.

verb (used with object)

to crowd or press upon; jostle.

to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd:
He thronged the picture with stars.

to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.

to fill by crowding or pressing into:
They thronged the small room.

Question 363

conceit

Answer 363

xxnoun

an excessively favorable opinion of one’s own ability, importance, wit, etc.

something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea:
He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.

imagination; fancy.

a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.

an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, especially of a strained or far-fetched nature.

the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, especially in poetry.

Question 364

apt enough

Answer 364

xx

Question 365

debauching

Answer 365

xx
verb (used with object)

to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.

to corrupt or pervert; sully:
His honesty was debauched by the prospect of easy money.

Archaic. to lead away, as from allegiance or duty.

verb (used without object)

to indulge in debauchery.

noun

a period of wanton or sensual self-indulgence.

an uninhibited spree or party; orgy:
a wild debauch.

Question 366

spectre

Answer 366

xx
spec-ter or (especially British) spectre

[spek-ter]

Spell Syllables

noun

a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.

some object or source of terror or dread:
the specter of disease or famine.

Question 367

Ishmael

Answer 367

xx

Question 368

rookeries

Answer 368

XXnoun, plural rookeries.

a breeding place or colony of gregarious birds or animals, as penguins and seals.

a colony of rooks.

a place where rooks congregate to breed.

a crowded tenement house.

Question 369

FETID AIR

Answer 369

XXadjective

having an offensive odor; stinking.

Question 370

reeked

Answer 370

xx
verb (used without object)

to smell strongly and unpleasantly.

to be strongly pervaded with something unpleasant or offensive.

to give off steam, smoke, etc.

to be wet with sweat, blood, etc.

verb (used with object)

to give off; emit; exude.

to expose to or treat with smoke.

Question 371

effluvia

Answer 371

zznoun, plural effluvia [ih-floo-vee-uh] (Show IPA), effluviums.

a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.

Question 372

starving bands of mongrel curs

Answer 372

xx

Question 373

woful

Answer 373

xxadjective

full of woe; wretched; unhappy:
a woeful situation.

affected with, characterized by, or indicating woe :
woeful melodies.

of wretched quality; sorry; poor:
a woeful collection of paintings.

Question 374

Inferno

Answer 374

xx

Question 375

callous

Answer 375

xx
adjective

made hard; hardened.

insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic:
They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.

having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to make or become hard or callous.

Question 376

festering

Answer 376

xx
verb (used without object)

to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.

to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh.

to putrefy or rot.

to rankle, as a feeling of resentment.

verb (used with object)

to cause to rankle:
Malice festered his spirit.

noun

an ulcer; a rankling sore.

a small, purulent, superficial sore.

Question 377

wretchedness

Answer 377

xxadjective, wretcheder, wretchedest.

very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.

characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow.

despicable, contemptible, or mean:
a wretched miser.

poor, sorry, or pitiful; worthless:
a wretched job of sewing.

Question 378

sepulchres

Answer 378

xxsepulchres
noun

a tomb, grave, or burial place.

Also called Easter sepulcher. Ecclesiastical. a.a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs.
b.a structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with due ceremonies on Good Friday and taken out at Easter in commemoration of Christ’s entombment and Resurrection.

verb (used with object)

to place in a sepulcher; bury.

Question 379

hic jacet of a soul

Answer 379

xx

Question 380

reproach

Answer 380

xxverb (used with object)

to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.

to upbraid.

to be a cause of blame or discredit to.

Question 381

gainsaid

Answer 381

xxverb (used with object), gainsaid, gainsaying.

to deny, dispute, or contradict.

to speak or act against; oppose.

Question 382

contrition

Answer 382

xxnoun

sincere penitence or remorse.

Theology. sorrow for and detestation of sin with a true purpose of amendment, arising from a love of God for His own perfections (perfect contrition) or from some inferior motive, as fear of divine punishment (imperfect contrition)

Question 383

pestilential rookeries

Answer 383

xx

Question 384

Golgotha

Answer 384

xx

Question 385

sombre

Answer 385

xxadjective

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
a somber passageway.

dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color:
a somber dress.

gloomy, depressing, or dismal:
a somber mood.

extremely serious; grave:
a somber expression on his face.

Question 386

suckle poverty

Answer 386

xx

Question 387

chaffering

Answer 387

xx
noun

bargaining; haggling.

verb (used without object)

to bargain; haggle:
to chaffer over a price.

to bandy words; chatter:
to chaffer about nothing in particular.

verb (used with object)

to bandy (words).

Obsolete. to trade or deal in; barter.

Question 388

bethought

Answer 388

xxverb (used with object), bethought, bethinking.

to think; consider (used reflexively):
He bethought himself a moment.

to remind (oneself): 
to bethink oneself of family obligations.

to remember; recall (used reflexively):
She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.

Question 389

berating

Answer 389

xxverb (used with object), berated, berating.

to scold; rebuke:
He berated them in public.

Question 390

viands

Answer 390

XXnoun

an article of food.

viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.

Question 391

albeit

Answer 391

xx

to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.

to complain murmuringly; grumble.

to make a low, rumbling sound.

verb (used with object)

to utter indistinctly or in a low tone:
to mutter complaints.

noun

the act or utterance of a person who mutters.

Question 392

arid

Answer 392

xxadjective

being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land;
an arid climate.

barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture:
arid farmland.

lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune:
an arid treatment of an exciting topic.

Synonyms: dull, tedious, dreary, vapid, uninspired, uninspiring; pedantic.

Antonyms: lively, interesting, exciting, spirited, imaginative.

Question 393

watercourses

Answer 393

xxnoun

a stream of water, as a river or brook.

the bed of a stream that flows only seasonally.

a natural channel conveying water.

a channel or canal made for the conveyance of water.

Question 394

divert

Answer 394

xxverb (used with object)

to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.

British. to route (traffic) on a detour.

to draw off to a different course, purpose, etc.

to distract from serious occupation; entertain or amuse.

Question 395

cunning

Answer 395

xxnoun adjective

lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring:
her perennial beauty.

(of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years.

lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream.

perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent.

Question 396

perennial

Answer 396

xxadjective

lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring:
her perennial beauty.

(of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years.

lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream.

perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent.

Question 397

fervency

Answer 397

xxnoun

warmth or intensity of feeling; ardor; zeal; fervor.

Question 398

akin

Answer 398

xxadjective

of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.

allied by nature; having the same properties:
Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.

having or showing an affinity; kindred:
They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.

Question 399

only aversion

Answer 399

xx

Question 400

reprobation

Answer 400

xxadjective

of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.

allied by nature; having the same properties:
Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.

having or showing an affinity; kindred:
They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.

Question 401

enmity

Answer 401

xxnoun, plural enmities.

a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.

Question 402

vehemence

Answer 402

xxnoun

the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.

vigorous impetuosity; fury:
the vehemence of his attack

Question 403

inarticulate

Answer 403

xxadjective

lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech:
an inarticulate public speaker.

unable to use articulate speech:
inarticulate with rage.

not articulate; not uttered or emitted with expressive or intelligible modulations:
His mouth stuffed, he could utter only inarticulate sounds.

not fully expressed or expressible:
a voice choked with inarticulate agony.

Anatomy, Zoology. not jointed; having no articulation or joint.

Question 404

insensate

Answer 404

xxadjective

not endowed with sensation; inanimate:
insensate stone.

without human feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel; brutal.

without sense, understanding, or judgment; foolish.

Question 405

cynically incredulous

Answer 405

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Question 406

vassalage

Answer 406

xxnoun

the state or condition of a vassal.

homage or service required of a vassal.

a territory held by a vassal.

vassals collectively.

dependence, subjection, or servitude.

Question 407

ferment

Answer 407

xxnoun

Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.

Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme.

3. fermentation.

agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult:
The new painters worked in a creative ferment. The capital lived in a political ferment.

Question 408

insurrection

Answer 408

xxnoun

an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.

Question 409

portend

Answer 409

xx
verb (used with object)

to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
The street incident may portend a general uprising.

to signify; mean.

Origin of portend

Question 410

yeast

Answer 410

xxnoun

any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

any of several yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces, used in brewing alcoholic beverages, as a leaven in baking breads, and in pharmacology as a source of vitamins and proteins.
Compare bottom yeast, brewer’s yeast, top yeast.

spume; foam.

ferment; agitation.

something that causes ferment or agitation.

Question 411

presage

Answer 411

xxnoun

a presentiment or foreboding.

something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication.

prophetic significance; augury.

foresight; prescience.

Archaic. a forecast or prediction.

Question 412

portentous

Answer 412

xxadjective

of the nature of a portent; momentous.

ominously significant or indicative:
a portentous defeat.

marvelous; amazing; prodigious.