Set 6

Question 1

Notional

Answer 1

adj. Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.

adj. Speculative or theoretical.

Question 2

Nugatory

Answer 2

adj. Of little or no importance; trifling.

adj. Having no force; invalid.

Question 3

Obluquy

Answer 3

n. Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny

Question 4

Odious

Answer 4

adj. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

Question 5

Olio

Answer 5

n. A heavily spiced stew of meat, vegetables, and chickpeas.

n. A mixture or medley; a hodgepodge.

Question 6

Pacific

Answer 6

adj. Tending to diminish or put an end to conflict; appeasing.
adj. Of a peaceful nature; tranquil.

Question 7

Parable

Answer 7

n. A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson

Question 8

Paramount

Answer 8

adj. Supreme; highest

Question 9

Paramour

Answer 9

a lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.

Question 10

Parlous

Answer 10

adj. Attended with peril; dangerous; risky.
adj. Dire, terrible, appalling.
adj. Dangerously clever or cunning.

Question 11

Parvenu

Answer 11

n. A person who has suddenly risen to a higher social and economic class and has not yet gained social acceptance by others in that class.

Question 12

Pecuniary

Answer 12

adj. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.

Question 13

Pell-mell

Answer 13

adv. In a jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter.

Question 14

Peppery

Answer 14

adj. Having the taste of pepper.

adj. Having a fiery temperament.

Question 15

Perquisite

Answer 15

n. A payment or profit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially a benefit expected as one’s due.
n. A tip; a gratuity.

Question 16

Pert

Answer 16

adj. Trim and stylish in appearance; jaunty: a pert hat.

adj. High-spirited; vivacious.

Question 17

Pervade

Answer 17

v. To be in every part of; to spread through

Question 18

Philippic

Answer 18

n. Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.

Question 19

PIcayune

Answer 19

adj. Of little value or importance; paltry.

adj. Petty; mean.

Question 20

PIdgin

Answer 20

n. A simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language.

Question 21

Plenary

Answer 21

adj. Fully attended; for everyone’s attendance.

adj. Complete; full; entire; absolute.

Question 22

Politicize

Answer 22

v. To discuss politics
v. To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue
v. To make someone politically active or aware

Question 23

Pontificate

Answer 23

v. To express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way.

Question 24

Posterity

Answer 24

n. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

Question 25

Poulitice

Answer 25

n. A soft, moist mass applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe.

Question 26

Presage

Answer 26

n. An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.

n. A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.

Question 27

Prig

Answer 27

n. A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

Question 28

Profundity

Answer 28

n. Great depth.

n. Depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning.

Question 29

Promulgate

Answer 29

v. To make known or public.

Question 30

Proverbial

Answer 30

adj. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
adj. Widely known; famous; stereotypical.

Question 31

Prurient

Answer 31

adj. Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious.

Question 32

Puckish

Answer 32

adj. mischievous; excessively playful.

Question 33

Puffery

Answer 33

n. Flattering, often exaggerated praise and publicity, especially when used for promotional purposes.

Question 34

Putative

Answer 34

adj. Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed.

Question 35

Putsch

Answer 35

n. A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government

Question 36

Quietus

Answer 36

n. Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.
n. Release from life; death.
n. A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.

Question 37

Quisling

Answer 37

n. A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country.

Question 38

Ramshackle

Answer 38

adj. So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety: a ramshackle cabin in the woods.

Question 39

Rancor

Answer 39

n. Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will.

Question 40

Rapscallion

Answer 40

n. A rascal; a scamp.

Question 41

Recapitulate

Answer 41

v. to summarize or repeat in concise form

Question 42

Recidivists

Answer 42

n. One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits; a repeat offender.

Question 43

Rejoinder

Answer 43

n. An answer, especially to a reply.

Question 44

Renege

Answer 44

v. To fail to carry out a promise or commitment: reneged on the contract at the last minute.

Question 45

Repertorial

Answer 45

adj. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a reporter

Question 46

Resplendent

Answer 46

adj. Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.

Question 47

revivification

Answer 47

n. The act of reviving; restoration of life.

Question 48

Sagacity

Answer 48

n. The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.

Question 49

Salvo

Answer 49

n. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
n. A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
n. By extension, any volley, as in an argument or debate.
n. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

Question 50

Saturnine

Answer 50

adj. Having the temperament of one born under the supposed astrological influence of Saturn.
adj. Melancholy or sullen.

Question 51

Scanty

Answer 51

adj. Barely sufficient or adequate.

adj. Insufficient, as in extent or degree.