Nov. 15

Question 1

Wanton

Answer 1

deliberate and without motive or provoctation

Question 2

Vacillate

Answer 2

to waver in mind or opinion

Question 3

Taciturn

Answer 3

inclined to silence; reserved

Question 4

Sanguine

Answer 4

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

Question 5

Recalcitrant

Answer 5

resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant

Question 6

Paragon

Answer 6

a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence

Question 7

Obfuscated

Answer 7

confused, bewildered, stupified

Question 8

Neophyte

Answer 8

(psh,) new guy; novice, beginner

Question 9

Malediction

Answer 9

curse

Question 10

Unctuous

Answer 10

characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor

Question 11

Appostion

Answer 11

the addition of an explaining part (Albert Einstein, PERHAPS THE GREATEST OF SCIENTISTS, seemed not to have mastered the physics of hair combing)

Question 12

Polemic

Answer 12

a strong verbal or written attack on something or someone

Question 13

Polysyndeton

Answer 13

using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy’)

Question 14

Personification

Answer 14

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 15

Aphorism

Answer 15

a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”.