WOD 3

Question 1

COVERT

Answer 1

(adj) secret; hidden, concealed

COVER

Sam carried out covert missions for the CIA during the Korean War.

Question 2

COURIER

Answer 2

(n) a messenger

CARRY HER

The courier delivered an important letter from the general

Question 3

CRONY

Answer 3

(n) a close friend, companion

BOLOGNA

Jim and his cronies go to the football games on Friday Night

Question 4

CRUX

Answer 4

(n) the main point, heart of the matter

DUCKS

The ducks were the crux of the traffic jam.

Question 5

CRYPTIC

Answer 5

(adj) having an ambiguous or hidden meaning

LIPSTICK

He has issued a short, cryptic statement denying the spying charges.

Younger children will have a hard time understanding the cryptic directions with the chemistry set.

Question 6

CUPIDITY

Answer 6

(n) excessive greed, especially for money.

CUPID

Luckily for the police, the thief’s cupidity was extended only by his ignorance.

John’s cupidity led him to try and rob the bank.

Question 7

CURSORY

Answer 7

(adj) rapid and superficial; performed w haste and scant attention (little to detail)

CURSE

Dad made a cursory effort to repair the roof

The mayor gave a cursory glance at the report.

Question 8

DEFUNCT

Answer 8

(adj) dead or inactive; having ceased to exist

JUNK

The invention of the automobile soon made the horse and carriage defunct

Question 9

DEPLOY

Answer 9

(v)to arrange significantly

TOY

David deployed his toys to attack his sister

Question 10

DEPRAVITY

Answer 10

(n) extreme wickedness

CAVITY

Dr. Toothkill has a depravity for cavities

Although Linda was raised in a religious household, she now lives a life filled with depravity.

Question 11

DEPRECATE

Answer 11

(v) to express disapproval

DEBRA’S CAKE

• No one dared deprecate Debra’s cake
• Jerry Seinfeld’s humor is self-deprecating

Question 12

DESPOT

Answer 12

(adj) an absolute ruler

THIS POT

The despot declared his own bday a national holiday

Question 13

DETER

Answer 13

(v) to discourage, to keep someone from doing something

WEATHER

Weather never deterred Jody from playing golf

Question 14

DEVOID

Answer 14

(adj) entirely without; lacking

AVOID

It was obvious that Bill was devoid of manners after we heard him burp loudly at the table

Question 15

DIATRIBE

Answer 15

(n) a bitter verbal attack

TRIBE

The presidential candidate made a diatribe against the opposing party, causing even more anger

Coach Johnson’s diatribe was futile because the referee would not reverse his diction.

Question 16

DIFFIDENT

Answer 16

(adj) lacking self-confidence; timid

DIFFERENT

Is Lord Wellington diffident about swimming or is he different?

She felt diffident about speaking in public

Question 17

DIRE

Answer 17

(adj) disastrous; desperate

FIRE

The hurricane struck the Florida Keys with dire results

Question 18

CONTINUUM

Answer 18

(n) a continuous whole w out clear division into parts

CONTINUE

A spectrum of light is a continuum in which each color blends w its neighboring color.

Question 19

EBULLIENCE

Answer 19

(n) enthusiasm

BULL DANCE

There was ebullience at the bull dance

The ebullient song was so uplifting that I danced in my chair.

He seems different from his past ebullient self

Question 20

DOLEFUL

Answer 20

(adj) sorrowful; melancholy

BOWL FULL

Billy was doleful because he had to eat a bowl full of pea soup.

Question 21

DOLT

Answer 21

(adj) a stupid person

VOLT

The insensitive teacher said he had a class full of dolts

Question 22

DON

Answer 22

(v) to put on

ON

Bryan donned his scuba gear and rolled off the boat into the water.

Question 23

DOUR

Answer 23

(adj) gloomy, stern

FLOWER

• a dour flower
• the garbage collecter was a dour older man who never had a kind word for anyone.