Part 6

Question 1

scintilla

Answer 1

trace amount; speck (tiny)

Question 2

sedition

Answer 2

behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state

Question 3

santient

Answer 3

aware; conscious; able to perceive

Question 4

seraphic

Answer 4

angelic; sweet

Question 5

slake

Answer 5

to calm down or moderate; quench thirst

Question 6

sobriquet

Answer 6

nickname; pseudonym

Question 7

solecism

Answer 7

grammatical mistake

Question 8

stasis

Answer 8

a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation; inertia; standstill

Question 9

stentorian

Answer 9

extremely loud

Question 10

stratagem

Answer 10

trick designed to deceive an enemy

Question 11

sully

Answer 11

to tarnish; to taint; defile

Question 12

surly

Answer 12

rude and bad tempered

Question 13

symbiosis

Answer 13

cooperation; mutual helpfulness

Question 14

syncopation

Answer 14

temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

Question 15

talon

Answer 15

claw of an animal; esp a bird of prey

Question 16

tangential

Answer 16

digressing; diverting

Question 17

tawdry

Answer 17

cheap or showy

Question 18

terrestrial

Answer 18

down-to-earth; commonplace

Question 19

tome

Answer 19

a book; usually a long and academic one

Question 20

trenchant

Answer 20

sharp; forceful; effective

Question 21

unconscionable

Answer 21

dishonorable

Question 22

upbraid

Answer 22

to scold sharply

Question 23

usury

Answer 23

practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

Question 24

verdant

Answer 24

green with vegetation; inexperienced

Question 25

vernal

Answer 25

related to spring; fresh