Set 12

Question 0

Terse

Answer 0

Concise; to the point

Question 1

Languish

Answer 1

To waste away, decay, or get weaker

Question 2

Atavism

Answer 2

Reappearance of ancestral traits; regression

Question 3

Malapropism

Answer 3

The use of similar sounding, but inappropriate, words

Question 4

Fitful

Answer 4

Stopping and starting

Question 5

Winsome

Answer 5

Charming

Question 6

Meretricious

Answer 6

Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity

Question 7

Rebuke

Answer 7

To express sharp disapproval or criticism (of someone) because of their behavior or actions

Question 8

Alluvial

Answer 8

Referring to soil deposits left by running water

Question 9

Incumbent

Answer 9

Obligatory; imposed as an obligation

Question 10

Aquiline

Answer 10

Of or like an eagle

Question 11

Glower

Answer 11

To glare; to look or stare angrily or intently

Question 12

Pecuniary

Answer 12

Pertaining or related to money

Question 13

Tranche

Answer 13

A slice, section, or portion

Question 14

Vicissitude

Answer 14

A sudden, unexpected change, as in one’s life

Question 15

Aleatory

Answer 15

Uncertain and unpredictable; dependent on luck

Question 16

Frowzy

Answer 16

Dirty, untidy, or smelling bad

Question 17

Primogeniture

Answer 17

The state of being the first born child

Question 18

Oblation

Answer 18

A religious offering to a deity; a sacrifice

Question 19

Cow

Answer 19

To intimidate

Question 20

Precept

Answer 20

A guiding principle

Question 21

Precipitous

Answer 21

Done in a hurry

Question 22

Discountenance

Answer 22

To refuse to approve of (something); to disallow

Question 23

Abut

Answer 23

To adjoin

Question 24

Potentate

Answer 24

A powerful ruler; an important person

Question 25

Defalcation

Answer 25

Misappropriation of money or funds being held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary

Question 26

Postulate

Answer 26

To assume as true, existent, or necessary

Question 27

Wan

Answer 27

Of an unnatural or sickly pallor or color; pallid

Question 28

Illusory

Answer 28

Deceptive; false; misleading

Question 29

Somatic

Answer 29

Concerned with the body

Question 30

Exscind

Answer 30

To cut out or off

Question 31

Quibble

Answer 31

To argue about minor matters; a minor verbal point in an argument

Question 32

Vagrant

Answer 32

A person wandering without a home

Question 33

Carp

Answer 33

To complain or find fault continually, typically about trivial matters

Question 34

Natty

Answer 34

Smart and fashionable

Question 35

Machination

Answer 35

Crafty scheme, plot, or intrigue

Question 36

Obdurate

Answer 36

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Question 37

Nostrum

Answer 37

A remedy (usually placebo)

Question 38

Munificent

Answer 38

Generous; charitable

Question 39

Furrow

Answer 39

A groove

Question 40

Appurtenant

Answer 40

Belonging; pertinent

Question 41

Eschatology

Answer 41

System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death

Question 42

Persiflage

Answer 42

Light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter

Question 43

Desolate

Answer 43

Abandone and deserted; lacking life

Question 44

Scanty

Answer 44

Meager, insufficient, of small amount

Question 45

Bedraggle

Answer 45

To make dirty and disheveled

Question 46

Dowdy

Answer 46

Untidy, unfashionable, slovenly

Question 47

Sidereal

Answer 47

Pertaining to the stars

Question 48

Fanaticism

Answer 48

Excessive zeal

Question 49

Rhapsodize

Answer 49

To speak or writ in an overly exaggerated, enthusiastic manner

Question 50

Repine

Answer 50

To fret; to feel or express discontent

Question 51

Ostentation

Answer 51

A display intended to impress others

Question 52

Scotch

Answer 52

To prevent, stop, or disable

Question 53

Acumen

Answer 53

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

Question 54

Adroit

Answer 54

Skillful; competent

Question 55

Exigent

Answer 55

Pressing; demanding

Question 56

Admonish

Answer 56

To warn or gently reprimand someone firmly

Question 57

Wistful

Answer 57

Yearning; expressing a longing for

Question 58

Indite

Answer 58

To write or compose

Question 59

Dotage

Answer 59

senility; a decline of mental ability

Question 60

Carceral

Answer 60

Of or pertaining to prison or incarceration

Question 61

Irksome

Answer 61

Irritating or annoying