Units 61-65

Question 1

profound, profundity

Answer 1

adj, deep; non superficial

n, the quality of being profound

Question 2

prohibitive, prohibition

Answer 2

adj, so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
n

Question 3

proliferate, proliferation

Answer 3

v, to increase rapidly

n

Question 4

propensity

Answer 4

n, inclination; tendency

Question 5

propitiate

Answer 5

v, to win over; appease

Question 6

propriety

Answer 6

n, correct conduct; fitness

Question 7

proscribe, proscriptive

Answer 7

v, to condemn; forbid; outlaw

adj, relating to prohibition

Question 8

provident

Answer 8

adj, providing for future needs; frugal

Question 9

puissant, puissance

Answer 9

adj, powerful

n

Question 10

punctilious

Answer 10

adj, careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony

Question 11

pungent

Answer 11

adj, strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point

Question 12

purport

Answer 12

v, to profess; suppose; claim

n, meaning intended or implied

Question 13

pusillanimous, pusillanimity

Answer 13

adj, cowardly

n, cowardice

Question 14

quagmire

Answer 14

n, marsh; difficult situation

Question 15

quail

Answer 15

v, to cower; lose heart

Question 16

qualified, qualification, qualify

Answer 16

adj, limited; restricted
n, limitation or restriction
v, to modify or limit

Question 17

qualm

Answer 17

n, sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions

Question 18

query

Answer 18

v, to question

n, question

Question 19

quibble

Answer 19

v, to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details

n

Question 20

quiscent

Answer 20

adj, inactive; still

Question 21

quorum

Answer 21

n, number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

Question 22

raconteur

Answer 22

n, witty, skillful storyteller

Question 23

rail

Answer 23

v, to scold with bitter or abusive language

Question 24

raiment

Answer 24

n, clothing

Question 25

ramification

Answer 25

n, implication; outgrowth; consequence

Question 26

rarefied, rarefy

Answer 26

adj, refined

v, to make thinner, purer, or more refined

Question 27

rationale

Answer 27

n, fundamental reason

Question 28

rebus

Answer 28

n, puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words

Question 29

recalcitrant

Answer 29

adj, resisting authority or control

Question 30

recant

Answer 30

v, to retract a statement or opinion

Question 31

recluse, reclusive

Answer 31

n, person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude

adj

Question 32

recondite

Answer 32

adj, abstruse; profound

Question 33

redoubtable

Answer 33

adj, formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respent

Question 34

refractory, refract

Answer 34

adj, stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
v, to deflect sound or light

Question 35

refulgent

Answer 35

adj, brightly shining; resplendent

Question 36

refute, refutation

Answer 36

v, to contradict; disprove

n

Question 37

regale

Answer 37

v, to entertain

Question 38

relegate

Answer 38

v, to consign to an inferior position

Question 39

remonstrate

Answer 39

v, to object or protest

Question 40

renege

Answer 40

v, to go back on one’s word

Question 41

reparation

Answer 41

n, amends; compensation

Question 42

repine

Answer 42

v, fret; complain

Question 43

reprise

Answer 43

n, repetition, especially of a piece of music

v

Question 44

reproach

Answer 44

v, to find fault with; blame

n

Question 45

reprobate

Answer 45

n, morally unprincipled person

Question 46

repudiate

Answer 46

v, to reject as having no authority

Question 47

rescind

Answer 47

v, to cancel

Question 48

resolution

Answer 48

n, determination; resolve

Question 49

resolve

Answer 49

n, determination; firmness of purpose

v

Question 50

reticent

Answer 50

adj, not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant