Witches 2

Question 1

venerable

Answer 1

worthy of awe or venerance (respect, reverence); of places or buildings, hallowed by religious or other lofty associations.

“Burgundy is focusing inward, looking to its oldest and most venerable vines for an ancient answer to a modern menace.”

“The venerable minister wielded great influence in that community.”

Question 2

reprobate

Answer 2

depraved, unprincipled, bad. Can be noun (a drunken reprobate), adjective (that reprobate person), or even a verb that means to condemn (his neighbours reprobated his lifestyle)

Question 3

proffer

Answer 3

offer (verb or noun)

“He paused to proffer assistance to the lady.”

“She received a proffer of a buggy ride from the gentleman.”

Question 4

baleful

Answer 4

full of menacing or malevolent influences, pernicious.

“The creature from the deep stared at me with baleful eyes.”

Question 5

monitory

Answer 5

serving to warn

“She waggled a monitory finger at him.”

“For days, he’d been battling a monitory cough.”

Question 6

insouciance

Answer 6

indifference or lack of concern

“His surfer dude insouciance irked the lady to no end.”

Question 7

vaulting

Answer 7

in a figurative sense, excessive in ambition or presumption.

“His vaulting pride dominated the proceedings.”

Question 8

opprobrium

Answer 8

severe criticism or blame

“He was long the target of public opprobrium after the trial.”

Question 9

impudence

Answer 9

impertinence, insolence

“His cool impudence shocked even his most sympathetic supporters.”

Question 10

truculence

Answer 10

the quality of being unpleasant and likely to argue a lot

“The host’s boorish truculence ruined what could otherwise have been a great party.”

Question 11

dissembled

Answer 11

to give a false appearance to, to conceal the true nature of. usually used with object.

“He was too old to hide his feelings; he no longer cared to dissemble them.”

Question 12

reprove

Answer 12

criticize, correct, disapprove of strongly. weirdly seems to mean both “especially gently” and harshly.

“To reprove a servant before your guests demonstrates a shocking want of good breeding.”

Question 13

dragoon

Answer 13

a type of soldier in late 16th century England - mounted for mobility, but dismounted to fight in the infantry. or as a verb, to persecute by armed forces, or to force by oppressive measures.

“The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms and settling in Athens.”

Question 14

desultory

Answer 14

without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest

“His closing argument was a desultory mess.”

“He cleaned in a desultory way.”

Question 15

promontory

Answer 15

a high point of land or rock projecting into water over the coastline (like a cliff but not vertical); a bodily protuberance

“She threatened to throw herself off the promontory.”

Question 16

contretemps

Answer 16

a small or unlucky event, often happening in public and causing some social embarassment

“The hosts’ contretemps sunk the guests’ spirits.”

Question 17

retentive

Answer 17

tending to retain or remember

“Consider the elephant’s famously retentive mind.”

Question 18

erstwhile

Answer 18

former, of times past

“Her erstwhile champion withdrew his support.”

Question 19

arrogate

Answer 19

to take without having the right to do so

“He arrogated to himself as much power as he could.”

Question 20

extoll

Answer 20

to laud or praise highly

“She extolled her psychic to the skeptical group.”

Question 21

interregnum

Answer 21

a period when a country or organization does not have a leader

“The interregnum between the two reigns took its toll.”

Question 22

quotidian

Answer 22

ordinary or commonplace

“Screens have become a part of our quotidian experience.”

Question 23

suborn

Answer 23

to persuade someone, for example by offering them money, to commit an illegal act, especially to tell lies in a court of law

“He suborned perjury from her with a bribe.”

Question 24

irascible

Answer 24

made angry easily

“He became more irascible with every drink.”