Week 11

Question 1

Inundate

Answer 1

To flood

My house was inundating when my mom forgot to lift up the toilet

Question 2

Fruitless

Answer 2

Useless

The g in sign is fruitless

Question 3

Poignant

Answer 3

Moving, painful to the feelings

The best mans speech was poignant

Question 4

Garbled

Answer 4

Confused, mixed up (couldn’t hear, message broken up)

I was garbled after the call was staticky and needed abruptly.

Question 5

Sanguine

Answer 5

Optimistic

Im sanguine about the Bengals season

Question 6

To feather one’s nest

Answer 6

Grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances inappropriately or illegally

Question 7

Phlegmatic

Answer 7

Calm, hard to rouse to action

Mr Blehm is the opposite of phlegmatic

Question 8

Corroborate

Answer 8

Confirm, support

Question 9

Comprehensive

Answer 9

Thorough

Question 10

Zealous

Answer 10

Enthusiastic

Question 11

Overzealous

Answer 11

Too enthusiastic causes problems

Question 12

Coerce

Answer 12

To force

Question 13

Elapse

Answer 13

To pass by time

Question 14

Meticulous

Answer 14

Careful attention to detail

Question 15

Domicile

Answer 15

Home

Question 22

LAX

Answer 22

Careless, negligent

I’m lax when it comes to my homework

Question 23

Sporadic

Answer 23

Occasional

I have sporadic bursts of energy

Question 25

Rash (adj.)

Answer 25

Too hasty, reckless

I made a rash decision buying a fragrance and didn’t like the way it smells

Question 26

Conjecture

Answer 26

Educated guess

I conjectured that the definition for quip was a joke

Question 27

Obviate

Answer 27

To render unnecessary

I obviated taking out the trash in the morning when I did it in the night

Question 28

Lurid

Answer 28

Sensational- gruesome

The footage of 9/11 was lurid

Question 29

Quip

Answer 29

Joke

Question 30

Windfall

Answer 30

Unexpected large financial gain

Bruce Wayne received a windfall after his parents died