Set 5

Question 1

Flummox

Answer 1

v. To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

Question 2

Full-bore

Answer 2

adj. Thoroughgoing; complete; total.

Question 3

Fulmination

Answer 3

adj. explosive

Question 4

Gadfly

Answer 4

n. A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.

Question 5

Garland

Answer 5

n. A wreath or festoon, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

Question 6

Gibe

Answer 6

n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt

Question 7

Gore

Answer 7

v. To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.

Question 8

Harbinger

Answer 8

n. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.

Question 9

Heretofore

Answer 9

adv. Up to the present time; before this; previously.

Question 10

Hermeneutic

Answer 10

adj. Interpretive; explanatory.

Question 11

Heuristic

Answer 11

adj. Relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems.

Question 12

Highhanded

Answer 12

adj. Arrogant; overbearing

Question 13

Hinterland

Answer 13

n. The land directly adjacent to and inland from a coast.
n. A region remote from urban areas; backcountry.
n. A region situated beyond metropolitan centers of culture.

Question 14

Homily

Answer 14

n. A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.
n. A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.
n. An inspirational saying or platitude.

Question 15

Horatory

Answer 15

adj. Marked by exhortation or strong urging

Question 16

Idealogue

Answer 16

n. One given to fanciful ideas or theories.

Question 17

Ignominous

Answer 17

adj. Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.

Question 18

Importunate

Answer 18

adj. Of a demand: persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.

Question 19

Imputation

Answer 19

n. The act of imputing or ascribing; attribution.

Question 20

Inchoate

Answer 20

adj. In an initial or early stage; incipient

Question 21

Indemnify

Answer 21

v. To secure against loss or damage; to insure.

v. To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury

Question 22

Infirmity

Answer 22

n. A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age.
n. Frailty; feebleness.

Question 23

Ingenue

Answer 23

n. An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.

Question 24

Inscrutibale

Answer 24

adj. Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable

Question 25

Insipid

Answer 25

adj. Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. | adj. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.

Question 26

Interlocutor

Answer 26

n. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.

Question 27

Interpolate

Answer 27

v. To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

Question 28

Investiture

Answer 28

n. The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office. n. An adornment or cover.

Question 29

Irascible

Answer 29

adj. Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.

Question 30

Irredentist

Answer 30

n. One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government.

Question 31

Jouissance

Answer 31

n. Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.

Question 32

Jurisprudence

Answer 32

n. The philosophy, science, and study of law and decisions based on the interpretation thereof

Question 33

Lacuna

Answer 33

n. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

Question 34

Leitmotif

Answer 34

n. A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. n. A recurring theme.

Question 35

Lithe

Answer 35

adj. Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches. | adj. Marked by effortless grace: a lithe ballet dancer.

Question 36

Lubrious

Answer 36

adj. Having a slippery or smooth quality. adj. Shifty or tricky. adj. Lewd; wanton. adj. Sexually stimulating; salacious.

Question 37

Lummox

Answer 37

n. A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

Question 38

Malfeasance

Answer 38

n. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.

Question 39

Malign

Answer 39

adj. evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.

Question 40

Manumit

Answer 40

v. To release from slavery, to free

Question 41

Marrow

Answer 41

n. Bone marrow. n. The spinal cord. n. The inmost, choicest, or essential part; the pith. n. Strength or vigor; vitality.

Question 42

Masquerade

Answer 42

n. A costume for such a party or ball. n. A disguise or false outward show; a pretense: a masquerade of humility. n. An involved scheme; a charade.

Question 43

Maxim

Answer 43

n. A succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct.

Question 44

Melange

Answer 44

n. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things | n. A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.

Question 45

Meretricious

Answer 45

adj. Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution. | adj. Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having no substance; falsely alluring.

Question 46

Messianic

Answer 46

adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a messiah, the Messiah. | adj. Of, relating to, or resembling messianism (Messianism).

Question 47

Mimetic

Answer 47

adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting mimicry. | adj. Of or relating to an imitation; imitative.

Question 48

Monological

Answer 48

Pertaining to or of the nature of monologue; fond of monologue.

Question 49

Mordant

Answer 49

adj. biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

Question 50

Muckrake

Answer 50

v. To search for and expose misconduct in public life.

Question 51

Nebulous

Answer 51

adj. Cloudy, misty, or hazy. | adj. Lacking definite form or limits; vague: nebulous assurances of future cooperation.