vocab 18

Question 1

A hiding place, the hidden things in a secret place

Answer 1

Cache

Question 2

A concentrated out pouring of artillery fire

Answer 2

Barrage

Question 3

The inability to speak or use language

Answer 3

Aphasia

Question 4

Extra fall and shapely

Answer 4

Volumptuos

Question 5

A secret meeting of lovers

Answer 5

Tryst

Question 6

Lying on ones back

Answer 6

Supine

Question 7

Juvenile

Answer 7

Sapherivie

Question 8

Very strict and severe to morals

Answer 8

Puritanical

Question 9

A false name

Answer 9

Pseudonym

Question 10

To set forth or purpose; to offer for consideration

Answer 10

Propound

Question 11

A blissful, painless, worry free condition

Answer 11

Nirvana

Question 12

Free from injury

Answer 12

Inviolate

Question 13

The false front or misleading appearance of anything

Answer 13

Facade

Question 14

To support with evidence especially written ones

Answer 14

Document

Question 15

To make unfriendly or hostile; to cause to feel removed from one side

Answer 15

Estrange

Question 16

You have no more then one appendix, but you have several _______, including your arms and legs

Answer 16

Appendages

Question 17

Percival had a highly singular _______; that is, he had an unusual name

Answer 17

Appellation

Question 18

The children thought they had discovered buried treasure, but the old chest turned out to contain nothing but cheap costume jewelry and other _______

Answer 18

Baubles

Question 19

Angela couldn’t fallow the novels _______ plot, so she just read the dirty parts and used word smart to look up the words she didn’t know

Answer 19

Byzantine

Question 20

Water from the burst main has created a _______ that flowed over the embankment and into our living room

Answer 20

Cascade

Question 21

Old age has turned kindly old mr green into a _______; eh never seemed to see anything that didn’t displeased him, and he always had something nasty to say to the people who came to visit

Answer 21

Curmudgeon

Question 22

Mr and Mrs Stevens had originally intended to build a comfortable little cottage in which to spend their golden years, but one thing led to another and they ended up building a spiraling _______ that dwarfed all other structures in the area

Answer 22

Edifice

Question 23

Vernon’s conviction for shoplifting was _______ from his criminal record when lightning struck the police computer

Answer 23

Expunged

Question 24

I like to make _______ remarks in church to see how many old ladies will turn around and glare at me

Answer 24

Flippant

Question 25

The president’s aggressive foreign policies betrays the _______ that hides below his genial surface

Answer 25

Jingoism

Question 26

By calling the secretary fluffy, Quentin helped _______ the stereotype of office personnel as unskillful employees

Answer 26

Perpetuate

Question 27

Half the subjects in the experiment received the real drug; half were given _______

Answer 27

Placebo

Question 28

The British are famous for waiting patiently in long _______, while the germans are notorious for pushing to the head of the line

Answer 28

Queue

Question 29

Every few minutes, someone introduces a new anti-aging cream that allegedly _______ all the existing anti-aging cream on the market; its a wonder we haven’t all turned into babies

Answer 29

Supersade

Question 30

This thorny patch of ground isn’t too much, but its my _______; its all that my father left me in his will

Answer 30

Patrimony

Question 31

After the robbery was committed, the police quickly apprehended the _______ and took him to jail

Answer 31

Perpetrator

Question 32

Though Aaron seems confident, fear and insecurity giver over him like _______ ready to haunt him again at any moment

Answer 32

Phantasms

Question 33

The priest asked for our prayers and _______ for the sick and poor in the parish

Answer 33

Supplication

Question 34

In Amy’s family, there was _______ agreement on curfews; her parents agreed and she did not

Answer 34

Unilateral

Question 35

Under her _______ of sophistication and confidence, holly is actually shy, nervous hick

Answer 35

Venner

Question 36

Thanks to the _______ of fashion, everyone is wearing cowboy hats, sandals, and bow ties

Answer 36

Vagaries

Question 37

The _______ of charges against the young man included vandalism, theft, battery, and slander

Answer 37

Litany

Question 38

Aston said the hot new novel was deliciously _______, but many found its sex scenes to be immoral and in bad taste

Answer 38

Licentious

Question 39

Licking the ears of the people he met did not _______ Adam to his guest at the part

Answer 39

Ingratiate

Question 40

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse _______ the most Grammys during the award show

Answer 40

Garnered

Question 41

After the presidential candidates was discovered to be a fan of Marilyn Manson, there was a mass _______ of his supporters to other campaigns

Answer 41

Exodus

Question 42

The band played the song so poorly, it almost sounded like a _______

Answer 42

Dirge

Question 43

Why such a large number of people watch American idol is a _______ to music critics, who contend the songs on the show are among the worst ever created

Answer 43

Conundrum

Question 44

The poster at the store was a Renaissance painting of both _______ and angels

Answer 44

Cherub

Question 45

Miriam wanted to be popular, but she never managed to penetrate the _______ of cheerleaders, athletes, and student council members who controlled the schools social system

Answer 45

Cabal