Set 3

Question 0

Wag

Answer 0

A witty person

Question 1

Éclat

Answer 1

A brilliant display or effect

Syn: panache, flamboyance

Question 2

Animus

Answer 2

Hostile feeling or intent; animosity

Question 3

Inordinate

Answer 3

Unusually or disproportionately large; excessive

Question 4

Asylum

Answer 4

A refuge or shelter

Question 5

Hinterlands

Answer 5

Backcountry

Question 6

Penurious

Answer 6

1. Destitute

2. Parsimonious

Question 7

Frivolous

Answer 7

Characterized by a lack of seriousness or sense; not having any serious purpose or value

Question 8

Evanescent

Answer 8

Tending to vanish

Question 9

Animadversion

Answer 9

Censure; severe criticism

Question 10

Deliquesce

Answer 10

To melt; to become liquid

Question 11

Protract

Answer 11

To prolong; to draw out

Question 12

Mischance

Answer 12

Bad luck

Question 13

Writ

Answer 13

A written order (issued by a court)

Question 14

Enshroud

Answer 14

To cover

Question 15

Captious

Answer 15

Overly critical; complaining

Question 16

Dissonance

Answer 16

Discord; disagreement

Question 17

Languid

Answer 17

Tired; slow

Syn: languorous, indolent, listless, lethargic

Question 18

Uncouth

Answer 18

Awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly

Question 19

Consanguinity

Answer 19

Kinship

Question 20

Pathos

Answer 20

A quality that evokes pity or sadness

Question 21

Protean

Answer 21

Changeable

Question 22

Slew

Answer 22

Glut, excess

Question 23

Splice

Answer 23

To join (two ends)

Question 24

Esoterica

Answer 24

Esoteric or highly specialized subjects or publications

Question 25

Commodious

Answer 25

Spacious and convenient; roomy

Question 26

Wanton

Answer 26

1. Delineate and unprovoked | 2. Sexually immodest or promiscuous

Question 27

Stipple

Answer 27

To paint with dots

Question 28

Inexorable

Answer 28

Relentless; impossible to stop or prevent

Question 29

Descry

Answer 29

To see; to catch sight of

Question 30

Duress

Answer 30

Compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint

Question 31

Temperate

Answer 31

Moderate or self-restrained

Question 32

Acuity

Answer 32

Sharpness (mental or visual)

Question 33

Turpitude

Answer 33

Depravity

Question 34

Adjunct

Answer 34

Something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it

Question 35

Infuse

Answer 35

To introduce as if by pouring; to fill

Question 36

Beleaguer

Answer 36

To besiege; to attack

Question 37

Alacrity

Answer 37

Brisk and cheerful readiness

Question 38

Sunder

Answer 38

To split apart

Question 39

Incongruous

Answer 39

Not fitting in; out of place

Question 40

Marshal

Answer 40

To arrange or assemble (a group) in order

Question 41

Exalt

Answer 41

To praise; to glorify

Question 42

Exult

Answer 42

To rejoice; to feel extreme happiness

Question 43

Prefigure

Answer 43

To foreshadow; to envision beforehand

Question 44

Doff

Answer 44

To take off; to remove

Question 45

Shyster

Answer 45

An unethical lawyer; an unscrupulous person

Question 46

Caducity

Answer 46

The state of old age; senility

Question 47

Garret

Answer 47

A room; an attic

Question 48

Pablum

Answer 48

Anything bland or insipid, especially speech or writing

Question 49

Finicky

Answer 49

Overly choosy; very particular

Question 50

Sovereignty

Answer 50

The condition of complete independence and self government; supreme power or authority

Question 51

Alacrity

Answer 51

Eagerness, enthusiasm, quickness

Question 52

Middling

Answer 52

Mediocre; ordinary; commonplace

Question 53

Lettered

Answer 53

Educated, learned, literate, experienced

Question 54

Coterie

Answer 54

A group of people with a common interest

Question 55

Staunch

Answer 55

Loyal and committed in attitude

Question 56

Eschew

Answer 56

To shun or avoid

Question 57

Quell

Answer 57

To suppress

Question 58

Descant

Answer 58

To talk or write at length

Question 59

Petulant

Answer 59

Sulky; peevish

Question 60

Insensate

Answer 60

Having no feelings; foolish

Question 61

Gamely

Answer 61

Characterized by lively motion; exhibiting courage

Question 62

Charade

Answer 62

A pretense; only for show; a sham