Word List 25

Question 1

Animosity

Answer 1

Active enmity

Question 2

Berate

Answer 2

Scold strongly

Question 3

Brunt

Answer 3

Main impact or shock

Question 4

Indoctrinate

Answer 4

Instruct in a doctrine or ideology

Question 5

Gesticulation

Answer 5

Motion; Gesture

Question 6

Ashen

Answer 6

Ash-colored

Question 7

Stupefy

Answer 7

Make numb; Stun; Amaze

Question 8

Balmy

Answer 8

Mild; Fragrant

Question 9

Baleful

Answer 9

Deadly; Having a malign influence; Ominous

Question 10

Elegy

Answer 10

Poem or song expressing lamentation

Question 11

Precis

Answer 11

Concise summing up of main points

Question 12

Extenuate

Answer 12

Weaken; Mitigate

Question 13

Cumulative

Answer 13

Growing by addition

Question 14

Patina

Answer 14

Green crust on old bronze works; Tone slowly taken by varnished painting

Question 15

Energize

Answer 15

Invigorate; Make forceful and active

Question 16

Nathema

Answer 16

Solemn curse; Someone or something regarded as a curse

Question 17

Euphoria

Answer 17

Feeling of great happiness and well-being (sometimes exaggerated)

Question 18

Appropriate

Answer 18

Acquire; Take possession of for one’s own use

Question 19

Orgy

Answer 19

Wild, drunken revelry; Unrestrained indulgence in a tendency

Question 20

Ramble

Answer 20

Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)

Question 21

Raspy

Answer 21

Grating; Harsh

Question 22

Theocracy

Answer 22

Government run by religious leaders

Question 23

Soverieign

Answer 23

Efficacious; Supreme or paramount; Self-governing

Question 24

Infer

Answer 24

Deduce; Conclude

Question 25

Apotheosis

Answer 25

Elevation to godhood; An ideal example of something

Question 26

FOunder

Answer 26

Fail completely; Sink

Question 27

Variegated

Answer 27

Many-colored

Question 28

Reverie

Answer 28

Daydream; Musing

Question 29

Distort

Answer 29

Twist out of shae

Question 30

Remorse

Answer 30

Guilt; Self0reproach

Question 31

Impede

Answer 31

Hinder; Block; Delay

Question 32

Languid

Answer 32

Weary; Sluggish; Listless

Question 33

Atain

Answer 33

Achieve or accomplish; Gain

Question 34

Shoddy

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Sham; Not genuine; Inferior

Question 35

Harass

Answer 35

To annoy by repeated attacks

Question 36

Renege

Answer 36

Deny; Go back on

Question 37

Stigmatize

Answer 37

Brand; Mark as wicked

Question 38

Felicity

Answer 38

Happiness; Appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.)

Question 39

Mischance

Answer 39

Ill luck

Question 40

Deploy

Answer 40

Spread out (troops) in a extended though shallow battle line

Question 41

Retrieve

Answer 41

Recover; Find and bring in

Question 42

Lethargic

Answer 42

Drowsy; Dull

Question 43

Overt

Answer 43

Open to view

Question 44

Inebriated

Answer 44

Habitually intoxicated; Drunk

Question 45

Blatant

Answer 45

Flagrant; Conspicuously obvious; Loudly offensive