Manhattan 4

Question 1

parley

Answer 1

discussion, negotiation

Question 2

parry

Answer 2

deflect or avoid,
ward off (a weapon or attack) with a countermove.

Question 3

paucity

Answer 3

scarcity, the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

Question 4

peccadillo

Answer 4

small sin or fault

Question 5

pedant

Answer 5

person who pays extra attention to book learning and rules

Question 6

peddle

Answer 6

illegal selling

Question 7

pejorative

Answer 7

derogatory

Question 8

pellucid

Answer 8

transparent

Question 9

penumbra

Answer 9

outer part of a shadow from an eclipse

Question 10

penury

Answer 10

extreme poverty

Question 11

perfidious

Answer 11

disloyal, deceitful and untrustworthy.

Question 12

perspicacious

Answer 12

having penetrating insight or good discernment

Question 13

phalanx

Answer 13

formation of soldiers carrying shields

Question 14

phlegmatic

Answer 14

apathetic

Question 15

plausible

Answer 15

believable

Question 16

polyglot

Answer 16

speaking or composed of many languages

Question 17

potentate

Answer 17

ruler

Question 18

prattle

Answer 18

babble

Question 19

pre- empt

Answer 19

prevent

Question 20

precarious

Answer 20

unstable

Question 21

precursor

Answer 21

something that comes before

Question 22

presumptuous

Answer 22

too bold or forward

Question 23

prevaricate

Answer 23

stray form truth

Question 24

proclivity

Answer 24

inclination, natural tendency

Question 25

profligate

Answer 25

completely and shamelessly immoral

Question 26

propensity

Answer 26

natural tendency

Question 27

propitiate

Answer 27

attempt to reconcile with, win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them.

Question 28

propitious

Answer 28

favorable

Question 29

propriety

Answer 29

conforming to good manner

Question 30

proscribe

Answer 30

prohibit

Question 31

pugilism

Answer 31

boxing, fighting with the fists

Question 32

pulchritude

Answer 32

physical beauty

Question 33

pusillanimous

Answer 33

cowardly, timid

Question 34

quandary

Answer 34

dilemma

Question 35

quibble

Answer 35

make trivial arguments

Question 36

quiescent

Answer 36

quiet, still

Question 37

rarefied

Answer 37

thin air

Question 38

recalcitrant

Answer 38

not obedient

Question 39

recant

Answer 39

say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.

Question 40

recondite

Answer 40

not easily understood

Question 41

recrudescent

Answer 41

revival

Question 42

redound

Answer 42

to have good or bad effect

Question 43

refractory

Answer 43

stubborn and unmanageable

Question 44

refulgent

Answer 44

shining, radiant

Question 45

relegate

Answer 45

send to an inferior place

Question 46

rend

Answer 46

tear violently, tear one’s clothes or hair out of grief

Question 47

repertorial

Answer 47

a stock of available things

Question 48

reprobate

Answer 48

disreputable

Question 49

requite

Answer 49

reciprocate

Question 50

rescind

Answer 50

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

Question 51

reticent

Answer 51

not talking much

Question 52

restive

Answer 52

impatient

Question 53

ribald

Answer 53

obscene humour

Question 54

rife

Answer 54

happening frequently