Word List 41

Question 1

Perpetual

Answer 1

Everlasting

Question 2

Effectual

Answer 2

Able to produce a desired effect; Valid

Question 3

Interrogate

Answer 3

Question closely; Research or examine in detail

Question 4

Germinal

Answer 4

Pertaining to a germ; Creative

Question 5

Faculty

Answer 5

Mental or bodily powers; Teaching staff

Question 6

Vituperative

Answer 6

Abusive; Scolding

Question 7

Incidence

Answer 7

Rate of occurrence; Particular occurrence

Question 8

Satire

Answer 8

Form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly

Question 9

Retain

Answer 9

Keep; Employ

Question 10

Seemly

Answer 10

Proper; Appropriate

Question 11

Opulence

Answer 11

Extreme wealth; Luxuriousness; Abundance

Question 12

Malingerer

Answer 12

One who feigns illness to escape duty

Question 13

Bovine

Answer 13

Cow-like; Placid and dull

Question 14

Penitent

Answer 14

Repentant

Question 15

Dishearten

Answer 15

Discourage; Cause to lose courage or hope

Question 16

Draconian

Answer 16

Extremely severe

Question 17

Nurture

Answer 17

Nourish; Educate; Foster

Question 18

Irksome

Answer 18

Annoying; Tedious

Question 19

Vex

Answer 19

Annoy; Distress; Bring trouble or distress to

Question 20

Diversity

Answer 20

Variety; Dissimilitude

Question 21

Antithesis

Answer 21

Contrast; Direct opposite of or to

Question 22

Fraught

Answer 22

Filled

Question 23

Redundant

Answer 23

Superfluous; Repetitious; Excessively wordy

Question 24

Hue

Answer 24

Color; Aspect

Question 25

Steadfast

Answer 25

Loyal; Unswerving

Question 26

Oracular

Answer 26

Prophetic; Uttered as if with divine authority; Mysterious or ambiguous

Question 27

Phobia

Answer 27

Morbid fear

Question 28

Corpulent

Answer 28

Very fat

Question 29

Adjacent

Answer 29

Adjoining; Neighboring; Close by

Question 30

Prostrate

Answer 30

Stretch out full on ground; Stretched out with face on the ground; Lacking in vitality; Laid low

Question 31

Mettle

Answer 31

Courage; Spirit

Question 32

Recourse

Answer 32

Resorting to help when in trouble

Question 33

Malignant

Answer 33

Injurious; Tending to cause death; Aggressively malevolent

Question 34

Wane

Answer 34

Decrease in size or strength; Draw gradually to an end

Question 35

Tout

Answer 35

Publicize; Praise excessively

Question 36

Monastic

Answer 36

Related to monks or monasteries; Removed from worldly concerns

Question 37

Plasticity

Answer 37

Ability to be molded

Question 38

Postulate

Answer 38

Essential premise; Underlying assumption; To assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary

Question 39

Unfrock

Answer 39

To strip a priest or minister of church authority

Question 40

Bawdy

Answer 40

Indecent; Obscene

Question 41

Miscellany

Answer 41

Mixture of writings on various subjects

Question 42

Verisimilitude

Answer 42

Appearance of truth Likelihood

Question 43

Entail

Answer 43

Require; Necessitate; Involve

Question 44

Incandescent

Answer 44

Strikingly bright; Shining with intense heat

Question 45

Arcade

Answer 45

A covered passageway, usually lined with shops