Vocabulary

Question 1

Sanguine

Answer 1

confidently optimistic and cheerful

Question 2

Sordid

Answer 2

foul and run-down and repulsive

Question 3

Tableau

Answer 3

any dramatic scene

Question 4

Ramification

Answer 4

any consequence that develops after a situation

Question 5

Alcove

Answer 5

a small alcove opening off a larger room

Question 6

Stricken

Answer 6

hard-hid by a disease

Question 7

Nib

Answer 7

the writing point of a pen

Question 8

Archaic

Answer 8

something seemibly so old that it belongs to another period

Question 9

Procure

Answer 9

gain by special effort

Question 10

Furtively

Answer 10

in a secretive manner

Question 11

Falter

Answer 11

to move hesistantly

Question 12

Strident

Answer 12

particularly harsh and hard

Question 13

Interminable

Answer 13

seemingly neverending

Question 14

Nebulous

Answer 14

lacking definative form or limits

Question 15

Bigoted

Answer 15

blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion

Question 16

Adherent

Answer 16

someone who believes and helps to spread a doctrine

Question 17

Hostility

Answer 17

a state of deep-seated ill-will

Question 18

Formidable

Answer 18

impressively large or strong

Question 19

Urbane

Answer 19

showing a high degree of refinement

Question 20

Orthodoxy

Answer 20

the quality of adhering to what is commonly accepted

Question 21

Treachery

Answer 21

an act of deliberate betrayal

Question 22

Heresy

Answer 22

a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

Question 23

Aureole

Answer 23

the outermost region of the sun’s atmosphere

Question 24

Doctrine

Answer 24

a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Question 25

Denounce

Answer 25

speak out against

Question 26

Orator

Answer 26

a person who makes speeches

Question 27

Specious

Answer 27

plausible but false

Question 28

Tramp

Answer 28

travel by foot

Question 29

Compendium

Answer 29

a publication containing a variety of works

Question 30

Clandestine

Answer 30

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

Question 31

Inexorably

Answer 31

in a manner impervious to change or persuasion

Question 32

Deride

Answer 32

treat or speak of with contempt

Question 33

Heretic

Answer 33

a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma

Question 34

Horde

Answer 34

a vast magnitude

Question 35

Odious

Answer 35

unequivocally detestable

Question 36

Din

Answer 36

a loud noise

Question 37

Delirium

Answer 37

a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion

Question 38

Inscrutable

Answer 38

of an obscure nature

Question 39

Equivocal

Answer 39

open to two or more interpretations

Question 40

Annihilate

Answer 40

to kill in large numbers

Question 41

Hysteria

Answer 41

exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement

Question 42

Varicose ulcer

Answer 42

Venous ulcers (venous insufficiency ulceration, stasis ulcers, stasis dermatitis, varicose ulcers, or ulcus cruris) are wounds that are thought to occur due to improper functioning of venous valves, usually of the legs (hence leg ulcers).

Question 43

Contrived

Answer 43

deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Question 44

Truncheons

Answer 44

a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

Question 45

Furtive

Answer 45

suggestive of guilty nervousness.

Question 46

Myriad

Answer 46

a countless or extremely great number of people or things.

Question 47

Interminable

Answer 47

endless or apparently endless

Question 48

Renegade

Answer 48

a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles.

Question 49

Futile

Answer 49

incapable of producing any useful results; pointless.