Summit Week 4

Question 1

Collate (v)

Answer 1

To compare critically in order to note differences, similarities
To arrange in order for some specific purpose

Question 2

Disconsolate (adj)

Answer 2

Deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Question 3

Grisly (adj)

Answer 3

Frightful; horrible; ghastly

Question 4

Inauspicious (adj)

Answer 4

Unfavorable; unlucky; suggesting bad luck for the future

Question 5

Incontrovertible (adj)

Answer 5

Unquestionable; beyond dispute

Question 6

Nonplussed (adj.,part.)

Answer 6

Puzzled; not knowing what to do; at a loss

Question 7

Amenable (adj)

Answer 7

Willing to follow advice and authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible

Question 8

Berate (v)

Answer 8

Scold sharply

Question 9

Carnage (n)

Answer 9

Large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Question 10

Expatiate (v)

Answer 10

To expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

Question 11

Extraneous (adj)

Answer 11

Coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential; irrelevant

Question 12

Infirmity (n)

Answer 12

A weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral,etc.)

Question 13

Jejune (adj)

Answer 13

Lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

Question 14

Potpourri (n)

Answer 14

A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petsl mixed with spices for scent

Question 15

Sententious (adj)

Answer 15

Self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages
saying much in few words, pithy

Question 16

Supplicate (v)

Answer 16

To beg earnestly and humbly

Question 17

Surfeit (n/v)

Answer 17

An excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust
To feed or supply with anything in excess

Question 18

Tortuous (adj)

Answer 18

Winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

Question 19

Turgid (adj)

Answer 19

Swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

Question 20

Brouhaha (n)

Answer 20

A confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified

Question 21

Choleric (adj)

Answer 21

Easily made angry; bad-tempered

Question 22

Cloy (v)

Answer 22

To soil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things, to glut, satiate, surfeit

Question 23

Curtail (v)

Answer 23

To cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce

Question 24

Deference (n)

Answer 24

Courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior

Question 25

Definitive (adj)

Answer 25

Conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done

Question 26

Demeanor (n)

Answer 26

The way a person behaves, overall impression mde by comportment, manner; facial apperance, mien

Question 27

Impromptu (adj/adv)

Answer 27

Without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done

An extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation

Question 28

Onus (n)

Answer 28

Something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame

Question 29

Presentiment (n)

Answer 29

A vague sense of approaching misfortune

Question 30

Profligate (adj/n)

Answer 30

Given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravaganta person given to self-indulgent and wild-spending

Question 31

Remit (v)

Answer 31

To send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment); forgive, pardon; to lesson, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer

Question 32

Sartorial (adj)

Answer 32

Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men’s)

Question 33

Thwart (v)

Answer 33

To oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate

Question 34

Buttress (v/n)

Answer 34

To support; prop up; strengthen

A supporting structure