Word List 36

Question 1

Brittle

Answer 1

Easily broken; Difficult

Question 2

Conversant

Answer 2

Familiar with

Question 3

Stilted

Answer 3

Bombastic; Inflated

Question 4

Intellect

Answer 4

Higher mental powers

Question 5

Harbinger

Answer 5

Forerunner

Question 6

Voyeur

Answer 6

Peeping tom

Question 7

Graft

Answer 7

Piece of transplanted tissue; Portion of plant inserted in another plant

Question 8

Migratory

Answer 8

Wandering

Question 9

Pandemonium

Answer 9

Wild tumult

Question 10

Benefactor

Answer 10

Gift giver; Patron

Question 11

Recidivism

Answer 11

Habitual return to crime

Question 12

Excise

Answer 12

Cut away; Cut out

Question 13

Avow

Answer 13

Declare openly

Question 14

Epigram

Answer 14

Witty thought or saying, usually short

Question 15

Overbearing

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Bossy and arrogant; Decisively important

Question 16

Protuberance

Answer 16

Protrusion; Bulge

Question 17

Profane

Answer 17

Violate; Desecrate; Treat unworthily

Question 18

Integrate

Answer 18

Make whole; Combine; Make into one unit

Question 19

Dumbfound

Answer 19

Astonish

Question 20

Dormer

Answer 20

Winder projecting from roof

Question 21

Retinue

Answer 21

Following; Attendants

Question 22

Magnate

Answer 22

Person of prominence or influence

Question 23

Scuttle

Answer 23

Sink; Destroy; Wreck; Scrap

Question 24

Wallow

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Roll in; Indulge in; Become helpless

Question 25

Farce

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Broad comedy; Mockery

Question 26

Denotation

Answer 26

Meaning; Distinguishing by name

Question 27

Drone

Answer 27

Idle person; Male bee

Question 28

Champion

Answer 28

Support militantly or eagerly; Winner of first place or first prize in a contest; A supporter, defender of a cause

Question 29

Subsequent

Answer 29

Following; Later

Question 30

Celestial

Answer 30

Heavenly

Question 31

Grandeur

Answer 31

Impressiveness; Stateliness; Majesty

Question 32

Arbiter

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A person with power to decide a dispute; Judge

Question 33

Filament

Answer 33

Fine thread or fiber; Threadlike structure within a light bulb

Question 34

Irretrievable

Answer 34

Impossible to recover or regain; Irreparable

Question 35

Analogous

Answer 35

Comparable

Question 36

Ordeal

Answer 36

Severe trial or affliction

Question 37

Pittance

Answer 37

A small allowance or wage

Question 38

Prude

Answer 38

Excessively modest person

Question 39

Misdemeanor

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Minor crime

Question 40

Enrapture

Answer 40

Please intensely

Question 41

Petrify

Answer 41

Turn to stone

Question 42

Hypothetical

Answer 42

Based on assumptions or hypotheses; Supposed

Question 43

Uncouth

Answer 43

Outlandish; Clumsy; Boorish

Question 44

Scurry

Answer 44

Move briskly

Question 45

Affix

Answer 45

Fasten; Attach; Add in