WOD 81-100 (11/28-12/17)

Question 1

1. wheedle

Answer 1

to use soft words or flattery

Question 2

2. motley

Answer 2

made up of many different people or things

Question 3

3. quiddity

Answer 3

the essence of a thing—that is, whatever makes something the type of thing that it is

Question 4

4. sandbag

Answer 4

to hit or stun as if with a sandbag; to criticize or treat unfairly; to hide one’s true abilities or purpose in order to deceive people, gain an advantage, etc

Question 5

5. gloaming

Answer 5

the darker part of twilight

Question 6

6. perceptible

Answer 6

able to be seen or noticed

Question 7

7. celerity

Answer 7

swiftness of motion or action

Question 8

8. abdicate

Answer 8

to renounce or relinquish a position of usually sovereign power

Question 9

9. solace

Answer 9

someone or something that gives a feeling of comfort to a person who is experiencing grief, sadness, or anxiety

Question 10

10. lachrymose

Answer 10

someone who tends to cry often, or something that tends to cause people to cry

Question 11

11. vandalize

Answer 11

to deliberately damage or destroy public or private property

Question 12

12. expeditious

Answer 12

acting in a quick and efficient way, or something done in such a manner

Question 13

13. bravado

Answer 13

confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended to impress other people

Question 14

14. imbue

Answer 14

to provide with something freely or naturally; to permeate or influence

Question 15

15. compadre

Answer 15

a person’s close friend or buddy

Question 16

16. fiduciary

Answer 16

relating to or involving trust

Question 17

17. undulate

Answer 17

to move or be shaped like waves

Question 18

18. morass

Answer 18

an area of soft, wet ground, especially a marsh or swamp; a complicated or unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of or to move through

Question 19

19. putative

Answer 19

generally believed, supposed, or assumed to be (something)

Question 20

20. oblivion

Answer 20

the state of something that is not remembered, used, or thought about anymore, or to the state of being unconscious or unaware; the state of being destroyed.