Set 7

Question 1

Scintillating

Answer 1

adj. brilliantly clever

adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

Question 2

Sedulous

Answer 2

adj. Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous.

Question 3

Senescent

Answer 3

adj. Growing old; aging.

Question 4

Sequela

Answer 4

n. A pathological condition resulting from a disease.

n. A secondary consequence or result.

Question 5

Seraph

Answer 5

n. A celestial being having three pairs of wings.

n. Christianity The first of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

Question 6

Sere

Answer 6

adj. Without moisture.
n. An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.
n. claw; talon

Question 7

Shyster

Answer 7

n. Slang An unethical, unscrupulous practitioner, especially of law.

Question 8

Sidereal

Answer 8

adj. Of or relating to the stars.

Question 9

Simulacrum

Answer 9

n. An image or representation.

n. An unreal or vague semblance.

Question 10

Skitter

Answer 10

v. to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing

v. to make a skittering noise

Question 11

Soi-disant

Answer 11

adj. Self-styled; so-called.

Question 12

Sop

Answer 12

n. Something entirely soaked.

Question 13

Stanchion

Answer 13

n. An upright pole, post, or support.

Question 14

Stopgap

Answer 14

n. An improvised substitute for something lacking; a temporary expedient.

Question 15

Subterfuge

Answer 15

n. An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind.

Question 16

Suffrage

Answer 16

n. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Question 17

Sumptuous

Answer 17

adj. Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish

Question 18

Surreptitious

Answer 18

adj. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.

Question 19

Tarry

Answer 19

v. To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

Question 20

Sojourn

Answer 20

A temporary stay somewhere

Question 21

Tenacious

Answer 21

adj. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.

Question 22

Tenet

Answer 22

n. An opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization.

Question 23

Tergiversate

Answer 23

v. To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.
v. To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.

Question 24

Titillation

Answer 24

n. a pleasurable or sexually exciting sensation

Question 25

Titular

Answer 25

adj. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title. adj. Existing in name only; nominal.

Question 26

Touchstone

Answer 26

n. A stone used to test the quality of gold alloys. | n. A standard of comparison or evaluation.

Question 27

Traipse

Answer 27

v. To walk or tramp about; gad

Question 28

Transient

Answer 28

adj. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory. | adj. Remaining for only a brief time.

Question 29

Transmogrify

Answer 29

v. To completely alter the form of. | v. To completely alter one's form.

Question 30

Tremulous

Answer 30

adj. Marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking. | adj. Timid or fearful; timorous.

Question 31

Trundle

Answer 31

n. A small wheel or roller. | n. The motion or noise of rolling.

Question 32

Tumescence

Answer 32

n. A swelling or enlarging. | n. A swollen condition.

Question 33

Ululation

Answer 33

n. A long, loud, mournful cry or howl.

Question 34

Undergird

Answer 34

v. To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.

Question 35

Unstrung

Answer 35

adj. emotionally upset

Question 36

Vapid

Answer 36

adj. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation. adj. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.

Question 37

Vaunt

Answer 37

adj. Highly or widely praised or boasted about.

Question 38

Vicissitude

Answer 38

n. A change or variation. | n. The quality of being changeable; mutability.

Question 39

Vitiation

Answer 39

n. a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something n. moral corruption

Question 40

Vitreous

Answer 40

adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass; glassy.

Question 41

Wag

Answer 41

n. The act or motion of wagging: a farewell wag of the hand. | n. A humorous or droll person; a wit.

Question 42

Wanderlust

Answer 42

n. A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.

Question 43

Well-heeled

Answer 43

adj. Having plenty of money; prosperous.

Question 44

Wrack

Answer 44

n. Destruction or ruin. | n. A remnant or vestige of something destroyed.

Question 45

Depauperate

Answer 45

(of a flora, fauna, or ecosystem) lacking in numbers or variety of species. (of a plant or animal) imperfectly developed.