Part 19

Question 1

Megalomania

Answer 1

Abnormal desire for wealth and power

-Noun

Question 2

Profligate

Answer 2

Wasteful

-Adjectives

Question 3

Strife

Answer 3

Discord, disagreement

-Noun

Question 4

Legion

Answer 4

A large number

-Noun

Question 5

Coup

Answer 5

Revolution

-Noun

Question 6

To play possum

Answer 6

To try to fool someone, to make believe one is asleep or dead

Question 7

Amnesty

Answer 7

A general pardon

-Noun

Question 8

Expatriate

Answer 8

An exile

-Noun

Question 9

Exonerate

Answer 9

To free from guilt

-Verb

Question 10

Fiat

Answer 10

An official order, a decree

-Noun

Question 11

Mendacious

Answer 11

Lying, untrue

-Adjective

Question 12

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good

Answer 12

Someone usually benefits from another persons misfortune

Question 13

Parsimonious

Answer 13

Miserly

-Adjective

Question 14

Pecuniary

Answer 14

Financial

-Adjective

Question 15

Dismantle

Answer 15

To strip of covering, take apart

-Verb

Question 16

Sumptuous

Answer 16

Lavish

-Adjective

Question 17

Underwriter

Answer 17

Agree to finance

-Verb

Question 18

To know the ropes

Answer 18

To be fully acquainted with the procedures

Question 19

Restrictive

Answer 19

Harsh, confining

-Adjective

Question 20

Balk

Answer 20

To refuse to move

-Verb

Question 21

Blunt

Answer 21

Plain spoken

-Adjective

Question 22

Nostalgia

Answer 22

Yearning for the past

-Noun

Question 23

Rife

Answer 23

Widespread

-Adjective

Question 24

Behind the eight ball

Answer 24

In trouble