Word List 39

Question 1

Doggerel

Answer 1

Poor verse

Question 2

Disgruntle

Answer 2

Make discontented

Question 3

Caricature

Answer 3

Distortion; Burlesque

Question 4

Guileless

Answer 4

Without deceit

Question 5

Implication

Answer 5

Something hinted at or suggested

Question 6

Embed

Answer 6

Enclose; Place in something

Question 7

Snivel

Answer 7

Run at the nose; Snuffle; Whine

Question 8

Slacken

Answer 8

Slow up; Loosen

Question 9

Claustrophobia

Answer 9

Fear of being locked in a small close space

Question 10

Philistine

Answer 10

Narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

Question 11

Trite

Answer 11

Hackneyed; Commonplace

Question 12

Malcontent

Answer 12

Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs

Question 13

Firebrand

Answer 13

Hothead; Troublemaker

Question 14

Explicit

Answer 14

Totally clear; Definite; Outspoken

Question 15

Incontinent

Answer 15

Lacking self-restraint; Licentious; Unable to retain a bodily discharge (as urine) voluntarily

Question 16

Jocose

Answer 16

Given to joking

Question 17

Badinage

Answer 17

Teasing conversation

Question 18

Indigent

Answer 18

Poor; Destitute

Question 19

Rarefied

Answer 19

Made less dense (of a gas); Esoteric; Very high and pure; Grand

Question 20

Bereavement

Answer 20

State of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

Question 21

Adventitious

Answer 21

Accidental; Casual

Question 22

Irreconcilable

Answer 22

Incompatible; Not able to be resolved

Question 23

Recrimination

Answer 23

Countercharges

Question 24

Duplicity

Answer 24

Double-dealing; Hypocrisy

Question 25

Fell

Answer 25

Cut or knock down; Bring down (with a missile)

Question 26

Discredit

Answer 26

Defame; Destroy confidence in; Disbelieve

Question 27

Ardent

Answer 27

Intense; Passionate; Zealous

Question 28

Distend

Answer 28

Expand; Swell out

Question 29

Nocturnal

Answer 29

Done at night

Question 30

Duress

Answer 30

Forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

Question 31

Moratorium

Answer 31

Legal delay of payment; A suspension of activity

Question 32

Vertigo

Answer 32

Severe dizziness

Question 33

Lackluster

Answer 33

Dull

Question 34

Fatuous

Answer 34

Foolish; Inane

Question 35

Dissonance

Answer 35

Discord

Question 36

Arrears

Answer 36

Being behind in repaying debt

Question 37

Stigma

Answer 37

Token of disgrace; Brand

Question 38

Abusive

Answer 38

Coarsely insulting; Physically harmful

Question 39

Liability

Answer 39

Drawback; Debts

Question 40

Tome

Answer 40

Large volume

Question 41

Lunar

Answer 41

Pertaining to the moon

Question 42

Cerebration

Answer 42

Thought

Question 43

Swarm

Answer 43

Dense moving crowd; Large group of honeybees

Question 44

Defunct

Answer 44

Dead; No longer in use or existence

Question 45

Naiveté

Answer 45

Quality of being unsophisticated; Simplicity; Artlessness; Gullibility