Week #20

Question 1

Define

Reviled

(ri vīldˊ)

Answer 1

Scolded

Ezra Pound, the expatriate poet, was reviled for his
pro-Fascist remar

Question 2

Define

Derogatory

(di rogˊə tôr ə)

Answer 2

Belittling, disparaging

The columnist was ordered to recant his derogatory
statements.

Question 3

Define

Indict

(in dītˊ)

Answer 3

Accuse

When the grand jury refused to indict him, the mobster
was exonerated.

Question 4

Define

Nebulous

(nebˊū ləs)

Answer 4

Unclear, vague

Because the contract offer was a nebulous one, the
union leaders balked

Question 5

Define

Pesky

(pesˊki)

Answer 5

Annoying

Everytime his accountant called with pesky pecuniary
problems, Ben was

Question 6

Define

Left Holding the Bag

Answer 6

To be left to suffer the blame

The profligate businessman left his distraught partner
holding the bag.

Question 7

Define

Redolent

(redˊə lənt)

Answer 7

Fragrant

The redolent scent which came from the bakery
created in Eloise a sens

Question 8

Define

Repose (n.)

(ri pōzˊ)

Answer 8

State of rest

While the palace guards were in repose, the rebels’
coup began in earne

Question 9

Define

Omnivorous

(om nivˊə rəs)

Answer 9

Eating any kind of food

Omnivorous eaters find the dietary laws in some hotels
as being too re

Question 10

Define

Disparate

(disˊpə rit)

Answer 10

Different

Regardless of how disparate their crimes were, all the
prisoners were

Question 11

Define

Abstemious

(ab stēˊmi əs)

Answer 11

Moderate in eating or drinking

Coach Fisher issued a fiat which required that his
players be abstemiou

Question 12

Define

A Lick and a Promise

Answer 12

To do something in a hasty & superficial
manner

The meticulous housewife was in so much of a hurry
that she could only

Question 13

Define

Extant

(eksˊtənt or eks tantˊ)

Answer 13

Still existing

Hundreds of extant copies of Shakespeare’s signature
came from the same

Question 14

Define

Vicissitudes

(və sisˊə tüdz)

Answer 14

Difficulties

The vicissitudes of life in he Medical Corps are not for
the squeamish

Question 15

Define

Edifice

(edˊə fis)

Answer 15

A building

We originally planned on a skyscraper but had to settle
for a truncate

Question 16

Define

Sultry

(solˊtri)

Answer 16

Extremely hot & moist, torrid

When he learned that the movie was to be replete
with sultry scenes, th

Question 17

Define

Trenchant

(trenˊchənt)

Answer 17

Keen, incisive

General Fox submitted a trenchant report on the
enemy’s latent strength

Question 18

Define

Tongue in Cheek

Answer 18

Insincerely

Speaking with his tongue in his cheek, the
parsimonious employer promi

Question 19

Define

Puissant

(pūˊə sənt or pwisˊənt)

Answer 19

Powerful

Although the debater’s rebuttal was puissant it was totally
irrelevant.

Question 20

Define

Unabated

(unˊə bāˊ tid)

Answer 20

Without subsiding

The plague continued unabated, and the hapless Friar John
was unable to

Question 21

Define

Maudlin

(môdˊlən)

Answer 21

Sentimental

A good barometer of the reunion’s success was the number of
maudlin son

Question 22

Define

Levity

(levˊə ti)

Answer 22

Lightness of disposition

Dean Flanigan admonished us for our levity at the graduation
exercises.

Question 23

Define

Lugubrious

(lü güˊ bri əs)

Answer 23

Very sad

She advocated lugubrious music as appropriate background for
the funera

Question 24

Define

To Take the Wind Out of One’s Sails

Answer 24

To remove someone’s advantage

Although Edna was bristling with anger when she stormed in, I
took the