Sadlier 14

Question 1

willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responible

Answer 1

amenable

Question 2

to scold sharply

Answer 2

berate

Question 3

large scale slaughter or loss of life

Answer 3

carnage

Question 4

too ready to believe, easily deceived

Answer 4

credulous

Question 5

a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation

Answer 5

criterion

Question 6

to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Answer 6

deplete

Question 7

to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

Answer 7

expatiate

Question 8

coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

Answer 8

extraneous

Question 9

the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, instutition, etc.

Answer 9

inception

Question 10

a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

Answer 10

infirmity

Question 11

lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

Answer 11

jejune

Question 12

stubborn, unyielding

Answer 12

obdurate

Question 13

a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Answer 13

potpourri

Question 14

showing unusally early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

Answer 14

precocious

Question 15

delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

Answer 15

sadistic

Question 16

self righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

Answer 16

sententious

Question 17

to beg earnestly and humbly

Answer 17

supplicate

Question 18

an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess

Answer 18

surfeit

Question 19

winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

Answer 19

tortuous

Question 20

swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language

Answer 20

turgid