Set 3.4-3.6

Question 1

consort

Answer 1

(n) a companion, esp a spouse

Question 2

impugn

Answer 2

(v) dispute the truth, validity, or honestly; call into question

Question 3

jocular

Answer 3

(adj) fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful

Question 4

harbinger

Answer 4

(n) a person/thing that announces the approach of another

a forerunner of something

Question 5

fulsome

Answer 5

(adj) complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree

Question 6

exhume

Answer 6

(v) dig out something from the ground

Question 7

iota

Answer 7

(n) an extremely small amount

also: the ninth letter of greek alphabet

Question 8

itinerate

Answer 8

(v) travel from place to place to perform one’s professional duty

Question 9

leviathan

Answer 9

(n) a very large aquatic creature

a thing that is very powerful/large

autocratic monarch or state

Question 10

jingoistic

Answer 10

(adj) very patriotic!! Aggressive or warlike foreign policy

Question 11

inveterate

Answer 11

(adj) having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change

Question 12

mellifluous

Answer 12

(adj) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear

Question 13

peccadillo

Answer 13

(n) a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin

Question 14

specious

Answer 14

(adj) superficially plausible, but actually wrong

misleading

Question 15

pusillanimous

Answer 15

(adj) lack of courage or determination; timidity

Question 16

reticence

Answer 16

(n) reserve

Question 17

soporific

Answer 17

(adj) tending to induce drowsiness or sleep

Question 18

prophesy

Answer 18

(v) to make a prediction