S2 Week 3

Question 1

Judicious

Answer 1

Having or exercising sound judgment

Question 2

Laceration

Answer 2

A cut or tear

Question 3

Largess

Answer 3

The generous giving of lavish gifts

Question 4

Maelstrom

Answer 4

A destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

Question 5

Malediction

Answer 5

A curse

Question 6

Nascent

Answer 6

In the process of being born or coming into existence

Question 7

Nebulous

Answer 7

Vaguely defined, cloudy

Question 8

Negligent

Answer 8

Habitual careless, neglectful

Question 9

Oblique

Answer 9

Diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward

Question 10

Obsequious

Answer 10

Excessively compliant or submissive

Question 11

Palette

Answer 11

A range of colors or qualities

Question 12

Palliate

Answer 12

To reduce severity of

Question 13

Pallid

Answer 13

Lacking color

Question 14

Quaint

Answer 14

Charmingly old-fashion

Question 15

Quell

Answer 15

To control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation

Question 16

Quixotic

Answer 16

Idealistic, impractical

Question 17

Rash

Answer 17

Hasty, incautious

Question 18

Raucous

Answer 18

Loud, boisterous

Question 19

Raze

Answer 19

To demolish, level

Question 20

Sacrosanct

Answer 20

Holy, something that should not be criticized