Word List 15

Question 1

Substantiate

Answer 1

Establish by evidence; Verify; Support

Question 2

Hovel

Answer 2

Shack; Small; Wretched house

Question 3

Windfall

Answer 3

Unexpected lucky event

Question 4

Exculpate

Answer 4

Clear from blame

Question 5

Provincial

Answer 5

Pertaining to a province; Limited in outlook; Unsophisticated

Question 6

Caulk

Answer 6

Make watertight by filling in cracks

Question 7

Relent

Answer 7

Give in

Question 8

Verbose

Answer 8

Wordy

Question 9

Mellifluous

Answer 9

Sweetly or smoothly flowing; Melodious

Question 10

Advocacy

Answer 10

Support; Active pleading on something’s behalf

Question 11

Obituary

Answer 11

Death notice

Question 12

Bestow

Answer 12

Give

Question 13

Vendetta

Answer 13

Blood feud

Question 14

Staid

Answer 14

Sober; Sedate

Question 15

Vilify

Answer 15

Slander

Question 16

Anemia

Answer 16

Condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

Question 17

Stodgy

Answer 17

Stuffy; Boringly conservative

Question 18

Summit

Answer 18

Utmost height or pinnacle; Highest point (of a mountain, etc.)

Question 19

Tarantula

Answer 19

Venomous spider

Question 20

Whittle

Answer 20

Pare; Cut off bits with a knife; To reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits

Question 21

Incendiary

Answer 21

Arsonist

Question 22

Dismember

Answer 22

Cut into small parts

Question 23

Precinct

Answer 23

District or division of a city

Question 24

Gibe

Answer 24

Mock

Question 25

Metaphor

Answer 25

Implied comparison

Question 26

Tiller

Answer 26

Handle used to move boat’s rudder (to steer)

Question 27

Typhoon

Answer 27

Tropical hurricane or cyclone

Question 28

Distraught

Answer 28

Upset; Distracted by anxiety

Question 29

Derivative

Answer 29

Unoriginal; Derived from another source

Question 30

Steep

Answer 30

Soak; Saturate; Lofty, tall, elevated; Precipitous

Question 31

Unwitting

Answer 31

Unintentional; Not knowing

Question 32

Ductile

Answer 32

Malleable; Flexible; Pliable

Question 33

Chassis

Answer 33

Framework and working parts of an automobile

Question 34

Effervescence

Answer 34

Inner excitement or exuberance; Bubbling from fermentation or carbonation

Question 35

Exodus

Answer 35

Departure

Question 36

Bourgeois

Answer 36

Middle class; Selfishly materialistic; Dully conventional

Question 37

Propriety

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Fitness; Correct conduct

Question 38

Invocation

Answer 38

prayer for help; Calling upon as a reference or support

Question 39

Beatitude

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Blessedness; State of bliss

Question 40

Mawkish

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Mushy and gushy; Icky-sticky sentimental; Maudlin

Question 41

Ignominy

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Deep disgrace; Shame or dishonor

Question 42

Resolve

Answer 42

Determination; Firmness of purpose

Question 43

Diabolical

Answer 43

Devilish

Question 44

Translucent

Answer 44

Partly transparetn

Question 45

Cogitate

Answer 45

Think over