Verbal Workbook

Question 1

Apace

Answer 1

Act quickly: At a quick pace

Abrupt, headlong, impetuous, precipitate

Question 2

Headlong

Answer 2

lacking in calmness or restraint

Abrupt, impetuous, precipitate

Question 3

Mainstay

Answer 3

A chief support

Abet, advocate, ancillary, bolster, espouse, countenance

Question 4

Stalwart

Answer 4

marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit

Bolster, corroborate, countenance, espouse, munificent

Question 5

Sustenance

Answer 5

means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
food, provisions; also : nourishment

Abet, advocate, ancillary

Question 6

Indignation

Answer 6

: anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Question 7

Dudgeon

Answer 7

Offense, Angry, indignation

Question 8

Waspish

Answer 8

Petulant irritable

Synonyms: choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, irritable

Question 9

Mordacious

Answer 9

Sharp and caustic

Question 10

Mordant

Answer 10

1 : a biting and caustic quality of style : incisiveness

2 : a sharply critical or bitter quality of thought or feeling : harshness

Question 11

Carouse

Answer 11

1 : to drink liquor freely or excessively

2 : to take part in a carouse : engage in dissolute behavior

Question 12

Depraved

Answer 12

: marked by corruption or evil; especially : perverted

Question 13

Libidinous

Answer 13

1 : having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious
2 : libidinal

Think of libido sexual desire

Question 14

Counterpart

Answer 14

: one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate

Question 15

Quintessence

Answer 15

2 : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
3 : the most typical example or representative

Acme, epitome, exemplar, beau ideal

Question 16

Beau ideal

Answer 16

The perfect type or model

Question 17

Simulate

Answer 17

Imitate

Question 18

Objurgation

Answer 18

: a harsh rebuke

Remonstrate. Tirade, vituperate, inveigh.

Question 19

Obloquy

Answer 19

1 : a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language

2 : the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute

Question 20

Demise

Answer 20

1. Convey, give

2. Die, decease

Question 21

Knell

Answer 21

1 : to ring especially for a death, funeral, or disaster : toll
2 : to sound in an ominous manner or with an ominous effect
Examples
the church bells knelled to mark the death of the nation’s beloved leader

Question 22

Obsequy

Answer 22

: a funeral or burial rite — usually used in plural

Question 23

Sepulcher

Answer 23

1 : a place of burial : tomb

2 : a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar