Set 4

Question 0

Effulgent

Answer 0

Brilliant; sparkling; shining brilliantly

Question 1

Chaff

Answer 1

The worthless product of an activity

Question 2

Posterity

Answer 2

Future generations

Question 3

Vignette

Answer 3

A small sketch

Question 4

Appellation

Answer 4

A name, title, or designation; a sobriquet

Question 5

Putrefaction

Answer 5

Becoming rotten

Question 6

Garner

Answer 6

To gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place

Question 7

Cavalcade

Answer 7

A procession of vehicles

Question 8

Conspicuous

Answer 8

Standing out so as to be seen clearly

Question 9

Dissipated

Answer 9

Indulging in excessive devotion to pleasure; hedonistic

Question 10

Cryptonym

Answer 10

A secret word; a code word

Question 11

Quarry

Answer 11

To dig into; to inquire; to bore into

Question 12

Scrupulous

Answer 12

Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

Question 13

Mordant

Answer 13

(Especially of humor) Having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting

Question 14

Diffident

Answer 14

Lacking confidence; timid, shy

Question 15

Acidulous

Answer 15

Sour in attitude; sharp; bitter

Question 16

Multiplicity

Answer 16

A large number, composed of many varieties

Question 17

Glean

Answer 17

To extract (info) from various sources

Question 18

Ablution

Answer 18

A washing, usually referring to the cleaning of ritual items

Question 19

Usury

Answer 19

Lending money at high interest rates

Question 20

Doleful

Answer 20

Sorrowful, melancholy

Syn: dolorous, lugubrious, plaintive, forlorn

Question 21

Hew

Answer 21

To make, shape, smooth, etc with cutting blows; to cut down

Question 22

Abjure

Answer 22

To renounce; to swear to refrain from something

Question 23

Exposition

Answer 23

A clear explanation

Question 24

Scuttle

Answer 24

To run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps

Question 25

Loll

Answer 25

To run, sit, or stand in a lazy way

Question 26

Hortatory

Answer 26

Tending or aiming to exhort

Question 27

Reproof

Answer 27

Scolding; criticism

Question 28

Abide

Answer 28

(Without object) To remain; continue; stay (With object) To put up with; to tolerate

Question 29

Fustian

Answer 29

Pompous or bombastic, as language Syn: arrogant, highfalutin, ostentatious; portentous

Question 30

Frangible

Answer 30

Fragile; brittle

Question 31

Pique

Answer 31

1. Annoyance | 2. To stimulate interest; to annoy

Question 32

Magniloquent

Answer 32

Boastful; pompous

Question 33

Hamper

Answer 33

Hinder; obstruct

Question 34

Rubicund

Answer 34

(Especially of someone's face) Having a ruddy complexion; high-colored

Question 35

Palpable

Answer 35

Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious, evident

Question 36

Epigram

Answer 36

A witty saying

Question 37

Aubade

Answer 37

A song sung at dawn, greeting the morning

Question 38

Glutinous

Answer 38

Like glue in texture; sticky

Question 39

Balderdash

Answer 39

Nonsense; illogical talk or reasoning

Question 40

Jocund

Answer 40

Merry; happy

Question 41

Pedigree

Answer 41

Ancestry; lineage

Question 42

Epistemologist

Answer 42

A person concerned with the study of knowledge

Question 43

Magisterial

Answer 43

Authoritative; imperious; commanding

Question 44

Abash

Answer 44

To embarrass

Question 45

Insidious

Answer 45

Treacherous and stealthy; sly

Question 46

Specious

Answer 46

Superficially plausible, but actually wrong

Question 47

Hoary

Answer 47

Old

Question 48

Inimical

Answer 48

1. Tending to obstruct or harm | 2. Hostile, unfriendly

Question 49

Equable

Answer 49

Free from many changes or variations; uniform Syn: consistent, constant

Question 50

Verve

Answer 50

Enthusiasm or vigor

Question 51

Ferret

Answer 51

To search about

Question 52

Droll

Answer 52

Dryly amusing

Question 53

Effete

Answer 53

1. Lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate, decadent | 2. Exhausted of vigor or energy

Question 54

Circumlocution

Answer 54

The use of many words when fewer would suffice, especially to be vague or evasive

Question 55

Aegis

Answer 55

A shield; protection; a defense

Question 56

Scintillate

Answer 56

To sparkle; to glitter; to flash

Question 57

Espy

Answer 57

To catch sight of

Question 58

Retrodict

Answer 58

To explain or predict a past event using knowledge about the present