Units 36-40

Question 1

gainsay

Answer 1

v, to deny; dispute; oppose

Question 2

gambol

Answer 2

v, to frolic; leap playfully n, frolicking about

Question 3

garrulous

Answer 3

adj, very talkative; wordy

Question 4

gauche

Answer 4

adj, coarse and uncouth; clumsy

Question 5

geniality, genial

Answer 5

n, cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability adj, having a pleasant or friendly disposition

Question 6

gerrymander

Answer 6

v, to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party

Question 7

glib

Answer 7

adj, fluent in an insincere way; offhand

Question 8

goad

Answer 8

v, to prod; urge on

Question 9

gossamer

Answer 9

adj, sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs

Question 10

gouge

Answer 10

v, to tear out; scoop out; overcharge

Question 11

grandiloquent

Answer 11

adj, pompous; combastic

Question 12

aregarious

Answer 12

adj, sociable

Question 13

grouse

Answer 13

v, to complain n

Question 14

guileless, guile

Answer 14

adj, free of cunning or deceit; artless n, deception or trickery

Question 15

guise

Answer 15

n, outward appearance; false appearance; pretense

Question 16

gullible

Answer 16

adj, easily decieved

Question 17

gustatory

Answer 17

adj, affecting the sense of taste

Question 18

halcyon

Answer 18

adj, calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous

Question 19

hallowed

Answer 19

adj, holy; sacred

Question 20

harangue

Answer 20

n, long, pompous speech; tirade

Question 21

harrowing

Answer 21

adj, extremely distressing; terrifying

Question 22

harbivorous

Answer 22

adj, relating to a herbivore, an animal that feeds mainly on plants

Question 23

hermetic

Answer 23

adj, tightly sealed; magical

Question 24

heterodox

Answer 24

adj, unorthodox; not widely accepted

Question 25

hieroglyphics

Answer 25

n, a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meaning or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher; the symbols used in advanced mathematics

Question 26

hirsute

Answer 26

adj, covered with hair

Question 27

histrionic, histronics

Answer 27

adj, relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theoretical arts or performances n, emotional behavior done for effect

Question 28

homeostasis

Answer 28

n, automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature, chemical balance, etc. within inself

Question 29

homily

Answer 29

n, sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; platitude

Question 30

homogeneous

Answer 30

adj, composed of identical parts; uniform in composition

Question 31

hyperbole

Answer 31

n, a purposeful exaggeration for effect

Question 32

iconoclastic

Answer 32

adj, attacking cherished traditions

Question 33

idolatry

Answer 33

n, idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

Question 34

igneous

Answer 34

adj, produced by fire; volcanic

Question 35

imbroglio

Answer 35

n, complicated situation; an entanglement

Question 36

immutable, immutablilty

Answer 36

adj, unchangeable n

Question 37

impair

Answer 37

v, to damage; injure

Question 38

impassive

Answer 38

adj, showing no emotion

Question 39

impecunious

Answer 39

adj, poor; having no money

Question 40

impede

Answer 40

v, to hinder; block

Question 41

impermeable

Answer 41

adj, impossible to penetrate

Question 42

imperturable

Answer 42

adj, not easily disturbed

Question 43

impervious

Answer 43

adj, impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

Question 44

impinge

Answer 44

v, to strike; encroach

Question 45

implacable

Answer 45

adj, inflexible; incapable of being pleased

Question 46

implausible

Answer 46

adj, unlikely; unbelievable

Question 47

implicit, implication

Answer 47

adj, implied; understood but not stated n, what is hinted at or suggested

Question 48

implode, implosion

Answer 48

v, collapse inward violently n

Question 49

imprecation

Answer 49

n, curse

Question 50

impute

Answer 50

v, to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign a characteristic