Set 2

Question 1

surly

Answer 1

(adj) rude & bad-tempered

Question 2

sardonic

Answer 2

(adj) cynical, scornfully mocking

Question 3

sanguine

Answer 3

(adj) ruddy; cheerfully optimistic

Question 4

diaphanous

Answer 4

(adj) allowing light to show through; delicate

Question 5

ribald

Answer 5

(adj) humorous in a vulgar way

Question 6

repast

Answer 6

(n) meal or mealtime

Question 7

polemic

Answer 7

(n) controversy; argument; verbal attack

Question 8

perfunctory

Answer 8

(adj) done in a routine way, indifferent

Question 9

euphony

Answer 9

(n) pleasant, harmonious sound

Question 10

edify

Answer 10

(v) to instruct morally and spiritually

Question 11

eclectic

Answer 11

(adj) selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

Question 12

ebullient

Answer 12

(adj) exhilarated; full of enthusiasm or high spirits

Question 13

malinger

Answer 13

(v) to evade responsibility by pretending to be sick

Question 14

occlude

Answer 14

(v) to stop up; to prevent passage of

Question 15

neologism

Answer 15

(n) new word or expression

Question 16

mores

Answer 16

(n) fixed customs or manners; moral attributes

Question 17

abscond

Answer 17

(v) to leave secretly

Question 18

abjure

Answer 18

(v) to reject; to abandon formally

Question 19

vituperate

Answer 19

(v) to abuse verbally; to berate

Question 20

fallow

Answer 20

(n/adj?) dormant, unused

Question 21

forestall

Answer 21

(v) to prevent or delay; to anticipate

Question 22

iconoclast

Answer 22

(n) one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

Question 23

lachrymose

Answer 23

(adj) tearful

Question 24

quiescent

Answer 24

(adj) motionless

Question 25

querulous

Answer 25

(adj) inclined to complain; irritable

Question 26

lugubrious

Answer 26

(adj) sorrowful; mournful; dismal

Question 27

yoke

Answer 27

(v) to join together

Question 28

wraith

Answer 28

(n) a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death

Question 29

zenith

Answer 29

(n) the point of culmination; peak

Question 30

zephyr

Answer 30

(n) a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial

Question 31

licentious

Answer 31

(adj) immoral; unrestrained by society

Question 32

apocryphal

Answer 32

(adj) of questionable authority or authenticity

Question 33

glib

Answer 33

(adj) fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual

Question 34

dyspeptic

Answer 34

(adj) suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable

Question 35

torpor

Answer 35

(n) extreme mental and physical sluggishness

Question 36

tome

Answer 36

(n) a book, usually a large and academic one

Question 37

peripatetic

Answer 37

(adj) wandering from place to place, especially on foot

Question 38

banal

Answer 38

(adj) predictable; cliched; boring