Week 10

Question 0

Soothe; to allay a person’s anger; to lessen the impact of

Answer 0

Mollify

Question 1

Uncorrectable

Answer 1

Incorrigible

Question 2

Sadly silent; melancholy; gloomy; somber; depressing

Answer 2

Morose

Question 3

Someone recently wealthy; some newly wealthy have the reputation of being tactless or having an overbearing attitude

Answer 3

Nouveau riche

Question 4

Inattentive or unmindful; wholly absorbed; not cognizant things around them (oblivious: obscurity or forgetfulness)

Answer 4

Oblivious

Question 5

Almost worthless; insignificant; petty; trifling

Answer 5

Paltry

Question 6

Model; example; pattern worthy of study

Answer 6

Paradigm

Question 7

Hidden danger; concealed trap

Answer 7

Pitfall

Question 8

Weigh in the mind; to ruminate or cogitate

Answer 8

Ponder

Question 9

Deep and rich and tone or sound; resounding or reechoing

Answer 9

Resonant

Question 10

Interval of relief; Time for rest; delay and punishment

Answer 10

Respite

Question 11

Decrease gradually; to decline in power, importance, or size

Answer 11

Wane

Question 12

Way of holding one’s body; position on an issue

Answer 12

Stance

Question 13

Brand with a mark of disgrace

Answer 13

Stigmatize

Question 14

Self controlled; Unemotional (stolid); not showing filling in response to pleasure or to pain; impassive

Answer 14

Stoic

Question 15

Person or thing carrying the blame for others; person considered responsible for a fiasco for mishap who was not in fact totally responsible for it

Answer 15

Scapegoat

Question 16

Short but full of meaning; concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty

Answer 16

Pithy

Question 17

To encourage elements or components to occupy opposite ends of a spectrum; something that divides or causes discord

Answer 17

Polarize

Question 18

Self important; act like a stuffed shirt; overly dignified; saturated stateliness, as in speech or manner

Answer 18

Pompous

Question 19

Understood but not stated

Answer 19

Implicit