Vocab 06

Question 1

Letter L

Something or someone that serves as a model or guide

Answer 1

Lodestar

Question 2

Letter F

Someone who acts, speaks and writes in an amusing way

Answer 2

Farceur

Question 3

Letter A

An ambitious social climber or status seeker

Answer 3

Arriviste

Question 4

Letter R

Return of something after a period of abatement

Answer 4

Recrudescence
I dont think it is a reinfection. I think it is a recrudescence of the original infection

Question 5

Letter A

The process of adapting to a different culture

Answer 5

Acculturation
Just because sushi makes me queasy dosent mean that i am opposed to acuulturation

Question 6

Letter A

Inspiration that comes from divine origin

Answer 6

Afflatus
The Nobel prize winning novelist attributed her abilities to AFFLATUS rather than her own abilities

Question 7

When you add steamed milk to espresso you get

Answer 7

1. Latte
2. Capuccino

Question 8

Letter E

Strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans

Answer 8

Espresso

Question 9

Letter B

An area of knowledge where a person or institution has control or expertise

Answer 9

Bailiwick
After the war the middle east remained his Bailiwick

Question 10

Letter B

Beset with troubles or problems

Answer 10

Beleagured
The BELEAGURED rider could do no better than cling to the horses neck for dear life.

Question 11

Letter R

1. Speaking or writing thats intended to persuade
2. Using language effectively
3. Loud and confused empty talk

Answer 11

Rhetoric

Question 12

Letter B

A wild celebration party at which party goers are loud and out of control often fueled by excessive alcohol consumption

Answer 12

Bacchanal

Question 13

Letter B

1. A common saying or a proverb that is obvious and not helpful
2. A tiresome person a bore

Answer 13

Bromide

Potassium bromide a white crystalline solid or powder used as sedative, photographic emulsion

Question 14

Letter A

Graceful old world ruminants with long legs and horns directed upward and backward

Answer 14

Antelope

Question 15

List seven animals in the antelope species

Answer 15

1. Gazzelles
2. Gerenuks
3. Addax
4. Springbok
5. Dik Diks
6. Impalas
7. Blackbuck

Question 16

Letter F

When you see your mom come back from the salon with bright green spiky hair and your jaw drops to the floor in total shock, You are preety much speechless

Answer 16

Flabbergasted

Question 17

Letter G

Utterly astounded

Answer 17

Gobsmacked

Question 18

Letter C

Something is going wrong, awkwardly or in the wrong direction

Answer 18

Catawampus
Everythinh has gone catawampus with me this week.

Question 19

Letter E

Ceremonial elegance and splendour

Answer 19

Eclat

When you do something with eclat, you do it with great style or an amazing effect. A skilled magician performs all of her tricks with eclat.

Question 20

Letter B

1. A mass of precious metal
2. Gold or silver in bars or ingots

Answer 20

Bullion

Question 21

Letter B

A clear broth made by simmering meat, fish or vegetables in water with herbs
A clear seasoned broth

Answer 21

Boullion

Question 22

Letter P

Wig is the shortened version of the word

Answer 22

Periwig

Question 23

Letter P

1. A synonym of Periwig is
2. a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries

Answer 23

Peruke

Question 24

Letter C

A seller for provisions and supplies esp for ships

Answer 24

Chandler

Question 25

# Letter G In Elizabethan theatre, a play goer in the standing section

Answer 25

Groundling

Question 26

# Letter R Deny someone a loan based on where they live

Answer 26

Redline

Question 27

# Letter B The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent

Answer 27

Bowdlerization

Question 28

# Letter E A synonym of Bowdlerization

Answer 28

Expurgation

Question 29

# Letter C Maker of candles and soaps and oils and paints

Answer 29

Chandler

Question 30

# Letter B Something that is destructive or disastrous

Answer 30

Baneful *The effects of wildfires can be baneful.*

Question 31

# Letter C A law system based on prior decission by Judges

Answer 31

Common Law

Question 32

# Letter J A wandering medieval entertainer

Answer 32

Jongleur

Question 33

Two synonyms of Jongleur

Answer 33

1. Troubadour 2. Minstrel

Question 34

# Letter R A person who is successful in bringing business at work

Answer 34

Rainmaker

Question 35

# Letter W 1. A childrens toy house 2. A childrens playhouse large enough for one or more persons to enter

Answer 35

Wendy House

Question 36

# Letter C Poop eating

Answer 36

Coprophagus

Question 37

The original xylophones were made of wood. The current ones are made of ?

Answer 37

Fibreglass

Question 38

What is the etymology of the word Xenon

Answer 38

Xenos meaning strange

Question 39

Etymology of the word Xylophone

Answer 39

1. Xylos..wood

Question 40

# Letter X Wood eating

Answer 40

Xylophagous

Question 41

Name three Xylophagous animals

Answer 41

1. Deer 2. Beaver 3. Termites

Question 42

What dis Wilhelm Rontgen name the X ray as

Answer 42

X - Strahlen

Question 43

# Letter X A dry photocopying technique

Answer 43

Xerography

Question 44

# Letter Z A stringed instrument having 30 to 40 strings over a shallow horizontal sound board and played with a pick and fingers

Answer 44

Zither

Question 45

# Letter z Spooky things that wants to make you hide with outstretched hands and mummified bodies

Answer 45

Zombies

Question 46

What creatures fall under the broad category of Phantoms

Answer 46

1. Zombies 2. Ghosts 3. Spirits 4. Spooks

Question 47

# Letter E Terse and witty ## Footnote Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes to the bone

Answer 47

Epigrammatic

Question 48

# Letter S Insubstantial or vague resemblance

Answer 48

Simulacrum

Question 49

# Letter M A person with a well developed muscular body

Answer 49

Mesomorph

Question 50

# Letter C Outsiders who pretend to be insiders

Answer 50

Carpetbaggers

Question 51

# Letter S A person who operates a farm

Answer 51

Sodbuster

Question 52

# Letter A One Who is dedicated to love and love making esp one who writes about love

Answer 52

Amorist

Question 53

# Letter S A small song bird common in North America

Answer 53

Silvertongue

Question 54

# Letter G Relevant and appropriate

Answer 54

Germane ## Footnote If you are giving a speech on dog training, stick to the germane, canine stuff.

Question 55

# Letter P A scientist who studies soil

Answer 55

Pedologist

Question 56

# Letter E A person who is interested in the ways soil supports microorganisms

Answer 56

Edaphologist

Question 57

# Letter I Another term for stubborn

Answer 57

Inexorable

Question 58

# Letter S A clever persuasive speaker

Answer 58

Silvertongue

Question 59

# Letter A To be up to date and well acquainted with something

Answer 59

Au Fait *A doctor should be au fait with medical advances.*

Question 60

# Letter I Impossible to prevent, resist or stop

Answer 60

Inexorable

Question 61

# Letter W Something that is weird, silly and nutty

Answer 61

Wacky

Question 62

# Letter C Something with a wacky appeal

Answer 62

Campy

Question 63

# Letter h The activity of transporting goods by truck

Answer 63

Hauling

Question 64

# Letter S When a space capsule falls down to earth and makes a water landing

Answer 64

Splashdown

Question 65

# Letter I The middle of certain Roman months

Answer 65

Ides

Question 66

# Letter A The morbid fear of very tiny bugs

Answer 66

Acarophobia

Question 67

# Letter U To unwind something thats coiled around

Answer 67

Unspool *Unspool the garden hose* *Unspool the enormous amount of sphagetti* *Your grandfather loves to unspool a real nailbiter of a story after dinner*

Question 68

# Letter C To limit or to restrict

Answer 68

Circumscribe

Question 69

# Letter N Dull and uninteresting

Answer 69

Non descript *He points to a nondescript picture*

Question 70

# Letter A To make less intense

Answer 70

Assuage *The letter assuaged the fears of most members*

Question 71

# Letter U Find fault with someone or to scold

Answer 71

Upbraid *He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance*

Question 72

# Letter G make an unpleasant rasping sound

Answer 72

Grate *The hinges of the door grated*

Question 73

# Letter E Move in a circular way

Answer 73

Eddy *The mist from the river eddied around the banks*

Question 74

# Letter R Synonyms of upbraid

Answer 74

* Reproach * Reprimand * Rebuke

Question 75

# Letter A Synonym of assuage

Answer 75

Alleviate

Question 76

# Letter A Harshness of tone and manner

Answer 76

Asperity *He pointed out with some asperity*

Question 77

# letter T Excessive confidence or boldness, audacity

Answer 77

Temerity

Question 78

# Letter T State of confusion or disorder

Answer 78

Tumult

Question 79

# Letter S A poem with words that sound similar but dont quite rhyme

Answer 79

Slant rhyme

Question 80

# letter G A shiny long tailed blackbird with iridescent black feathers found in the cities or backyards of North America

Answer 80

Grackle

Question 81

# Letter L Eliminate a debt by paying it off

Answer 81

Liquidate

Question 82

# Letter I Impervious to pleas, requests and reason

Answer 82

Inexorable *The progress of a deadly disease is inexorable* *The speeding train with no brakes is inexorable* ## Footnote When you use the word Inexorable THINK....NO ONES STOPPING THAT

Question 83

# Letter D An adjective that menas possessing courage and determination

Answer 83

Doughty *A doughty knight who fearlessly rides off to slay a terrifying giant*

Question 84

# Letter N Small plastic pellets used in the manufacturing of plastic products

Answer 84

Nurdle ## Footnote It takes 600 plastic pellets to make a disposable plastic water bottle

Question 85

# Letter I An unjust act

Answer 85

Inequity

Question 86

# Letter C Expressing scorn

Answer 86

Contemptuous

Question 87

# Letter T One who is absent from school without permission

Answer 87

Truant

Question 88

# Letter F Easily irritated or annoyed

Answer 88

Fractious Touchiness Chaff

Question 89

# Letter R, Letter S Synonyms of Glorious

Answer 89

Resplendent Splendiferous

Question 90

# Letter M Someone who has relocated from a foreign country to Athens

Answer 90

Metic

Question 91

# Letter A Unofficial written summary of an agreement or proposal

Answer 91

Aide memoire

Question 92

# Letter F Silly chatter box

Answer 92

Flibbertigibbet

Question 93

Synonyms of very large

Answer 93

* Ginormous * Humongous * Whopping * walloping

Question 94

# Letter P To prove something

Answer 94

Probative

Question 95

# Letter C Pale grayish green colour

Answer 95

Celadon ## Footnote Celadon pottery is still famous today

Question 96

# Letter C North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds nest

Answer 96

Cowbird

Question 97

Name three North American Blackbirds

Answer 97

1. Cowbird 2. Grackle 3. Red Shouldered Starling

Question 98

# Letter L Geometric figures shaped like the letter 8 sideways

Answer 98

Lemniscate

Question 99

# Letter S A japanese stringed instrument that resembles a lute

Answer 99

Samisen

Question 100

# Letter K A classical form of japanese Theatre

Answer 100

Kabuki Theatre