Second 25

Question 1

statutory

Answer 1

required, permitted, or enacted by law

Question 2

menace

Answer 2

a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger

Question 3

partisanship

Answer 3

strongly supporting a party, cause, or person

Question 4

myriad

Answer 4

a countless or extremely great number

Question 5

quail

Answer 5

verb: feel or show fear or apprehension

Question 6

rasp

Answer 6

a harsh, grating noise

Question 7

invertebrate

Answer 7

an animal lacking a backbone

Question 8

abject

Answer 8

extremely bad, unpleasant and degrading

Question 9

fabrication

Answer 9

invention or concoction, typically made with deceitful intent

Question 10

forgery

Answer 10

the action of copying a document, signature, banknote, etc.

Question 11

proletariat

Answer 11

workers or working-class people

Question 12

gratuitous

Answer 12

uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted

Question 13

superfluous

Answer 13

unnecessary, more than enough

Question 14

purge

Answer 14

an abrupt or violent removal of a group of people from an organization or place

Question 15

ideological

Answer 15

a system of ideas and ideals

Question 16

indoctrinate

Answer 16

teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically

Question 17

posterity

Answer 17

all future generations of people

Question 18

obeisance

Answer 18

deferential respect

Question 19

stratum

Answer 19

a level or class to which people are assigned according to their social status, education, or income

Question 20

lassitude

Answer 20

a state of physical or mental weariness

Question 21

shirk

Answer 21

avoid or neglect a duty or responsibility

Question 22

acrid

Answer 22

having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell

Question 23

pretext

Answer 23

a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not real

Question 24

fecundity

Answer 24

producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile