Week 9

Question 1

Winsome

Answer 1

(Adj) generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence

Question 2

Vilify

Answer 2

(Verb) to utter slanderous and abusive statements against; defame; to lower in estimation or importance

Question 3

Surreptitious

Answer 3

(Adj) done, made, or acquired by stealth; acting or doing something clandestinely

Question 4

Spurious

Answer 4

(Adj)born to parents not married to each other; outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities; of a deceitful nature or quality

Question 5

Serendipity

Answer 5

(Noun) the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for

Question 6

Maudlin

Answer 6

(Adj) drunk enough to be emotionally silly; weakly and effusively sentimental

Question 7

Fractious

Answer 7

(Adj) tending to be troublesome; quarrelsome or irritable

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

(Verb) to praise highly; glorify

Question 9

Dour

Answer 9

(Adj) stern, harsh, obstinate, unyielding, gloomy, sullen

Question 10

Blandishment

Answer 10

(Noun) something that tends to coax or cajole; allurement—often used in plural