M-P

Question 1

myopic

Answer 1

(adj.) - short-sighted

Question 2

myriad

Answer 2

(adj.) - consisting of a very great number

Question 3

narrate

Answer 3

(v.) - to tell a story

Question 4

nebulous

Answer 4

(adj.) - indistinct, hazy

Question 5

nefarious

Answer 5

(adj.) - horribly villainous

Question 6

neologism

Answer 6

(n.) - the creation of new words, or a new word

Question 7

neonate

Answer 7

(n.) - a newborn baby

Question 8

noisome

Answer 8

(adj.) - foul, offensive, particularly to the sense of smell

Question 9

notoriety

Answer 9

(n.) - infamy, known in bad regard

Question 10

novel

Answer 10

(adj.) - strikingly new, unusual, or different

Question 11

noxious

Answer 11

(adj.) - harmful, toxic

Question 12

obdurate

Answer 12

(adj.) - unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

Question 13

obfuscate

Answer 13

(v.) - to render incomprehensible

Question 14

obsequious

Answer 14

(adj.) - excessively compliant or submissive

Question 15

odious

Answer 15

(adj.) - meriting strong displeasure

Question 16

officious

Answer 16

(adj.) - offering unwanted help or service

Question 17

olfactory

Answer 17

(adj.) - relating to the sense of smell

Question 18

ominous

Answer 18

(adj.) - foreboding or foreshadowing evil, portentous

Question 19

oration

Answer 19

(n.) - a dignified and formal speech

Question 20

ostracize

Answer 20

(v.) - to exclude from a community

Question 21

pacify

Answer 21

(v.) - to sooth, ease

Question 22

paragon

Answer 22

(n.) - model of perfection

Question 23

pariah

Answer 23

(n.) - an outcast

Question 24

parody

Answer 24

(n.) - a satirical imitation

Question 25

patent

Answer 25

(adj.) - clear, apparent

Question 26

pedagogue

Answer 26

(n.) - a schoolteacher

Question 27

pellucid

Answer 27

(adj.) - clear

Question 28

penchant

Answer 28

(n.) - a tendency, partiality, preference

Question 29

peregrinate

Answer 29

(v.) - to travel from place to place on foot

Question 30

perfunctory

Answer 30

(adj.) - showing little enthusiasm, done as duty

Question 31

permeate

Answer 31

(v.) - to spread out, to pervade

Question 32

persevere

Answer 32

(v.) - to persist, remain constant

Question 33

pertinacious

Answer 33

(adj.) - stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position

Question 34

peruse

Answer 34

(v.) - to examine carefully

Question 35

pervasive

Answer 35

(adj.) - to spread throughout

Question 36

petulance

Answer 36

(n.) - irritability, impoliteness

Question 37

physiognomy

Answer 37

(n.) - the art of judging human character from facial features

Question 38

pique

Answer 38

(v.) - to provoke or to cause indignation

Question 39

pithy

Answer 39

(adj.) - succinctly meaningful

Question 40

pittance

Answer 40

(n.)- - very small amount

Question 41

placate

Answer 41

(v.) - to soothe, appease

Question 42

placid

Answer 42

(adj.) - calm, tranquil

Question 43

plethora

Answer 43

(n.) - a great number, an abundance

Question 44

pliable

Answer 44

(adj.) - flexible, bendable

Question 45

poach

Answer 45

(v.) - to hunt or fish illegally

Question 46

poised

Answer 46

(adj.) - balanced, readied

Question 47

polygamy

Answer 47

(n.) - having more than one spouse at a time

Question 48

portentous

Answer 48

(adj.) - foreboding or foreshadowing evil, ominous

Question 49

portly

Answer 49

(adj.) - fat, chubby, round

Question 50

precarious

Answer 50

(adj.) - dangerously lacking in security or stability