Vocab 1,561 - 1,580

Question 1

Nom de guerre

Answer 1

– noun

1) a pseudonym.

Question 2

Stem-winder

Answer 2

– noun

1) something remarkable of its kind.

Question 3

Bedevil

Answer 3

– verb

1) to cause problems / confusion / doubt: a new building bedeviled by elevator failures.

Question 4

Cavalier

Answer 4

– adjective

1) unceremonious / haughty: The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.

Question 5

Substantiate

Answer 5

– verb

1) to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.

Question 6

Revelatory

Answer 6

– adjective

1) having the characteristics of a revelation.

Question 7

Orthodoxy(-xies)

Answer 7

– noun

1) orthodox belief or practice.

Question 8

Implicate

Answer 8

– verb

1) to show to be also involved: to be implicated in a crime.

Question 9

Curvilinear

Answer 9

– adjective

1) consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.

Question 10

Ridiculize

Answer 10

– verb

1) To make ridiculous; to ridicule.

Question 11

Accursed

Answer 11

– adjective

1) damnable / detestable / ill-fated.

Question 12

Paragon

Answer 12

– noun

1) a model / pattern of excellence: a paragon of virtue.

Question 13

Levity

Answer 13

– noun

1) humor or frivolity: as an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a disastrous flop.

Question 14

Foible

Answer 14

– noun

1) a weakness / failing of character / defect: an all-too-human foible.

Question 15

Disquisition

Answer 15

– noun

1) a formal discussion examining a subject: nothing can kill a radio show quicker than a disquisition on intertextual analysis.

Question 16

Past is prologue

Answer 16

– expression

1) everything that came before doesn’t matter because a new and glorious future is stretching out before you.
2) Past is an introduction into a whole new future.

Question 17

Supercilious

Answer 17

– adjective

1) behaving / looking as though one thinks one is superior to others: a supercilious lady’s maid.

Question 18

Tawdry

Answer 18

– adjective

1) showy but cheap and of poor quality: tawdry jewelry.

Question 19

Allegation

Answer 19

– noun

1) an assertion made with little or no proof.

Question 20

Ghastly

Answer 20

– adjective

1) shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: