Word List 43

Question 1

Rebuff

Answer 1

Snub; Beat back

Question 2

Aesthetic

Answer 2

Artistic; Dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful

Question 3

Innovation

Answer 3

Change; Introduction of something new

Question 4

Impeccable

Answer 4

Faultless

Question 5

Annotate

Answer 5

Comment; Make explanatory notes

Question 6

Balm

Answer 6

Something that relieves pain

Question 7

Tarry

Answer 7

Delay; Dawdle

Question 8

Purchase

Answer 8

Firm grasp or footing (secondary meaning)

Question 9

Ubiquitous

Answer 9

Being everywhere; Omnipresent

Question 10

Marsupial

Answer 10

One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch

Question 11

Plutocracy

Answer 11

Society ruled by the wealthy

Question 12

Fervent

Answer 12

Ardent; Hot

Question 13

Scaffold

Answer 13

Temporary platform for workers; Bracing framework; Platform for execution

Question 14

Barren

Answer 14

Desolate Fruitless and unproductive; Lacking

Question 15

Defer

Answer 15

Delay till later; Exempt temporarily

Question 16

Malleable

Answer 16

Capable of being shaped by pounding; Impressionable

Question 17

Discomfit

Answer 17

Put to rout; Defeat; Disconcert

Question 18

Impalpable

Answer 18

Which cannot be felt by touch; Intangible; Imperceptible

Question 19

Fleck

Answer 19

Spot

Question 20

Chaff

Answer 20

Worthless products of an endeavor

Question 21

Sacrilegious

Answer 21

Desecrating; Profane

Question 22

Protégé

Answer 22

Person receiving protection and support from a patron

Question 23

Irresolute

Answer 23

Uncertain how to act; Weak

Question 24

Replicate

Answer 24

Reproduce; Duplicate

Question 25

Seethe

Answer 25

Be disturbed with); Boil or be very excited or angry

Question 26

Pert

Answer 26

Impertinent; Forward

Question 27

Apparition

Answer 27

Ghost; Phantom

Question 28

Repercussion

Answer 28

Rebound; Reverberation; Reaction

Question 29

Plaudit

Answer 29

Enthusiastically worded approval; Round of applause

Question 30

Recount

Answer 30

Narrate or tell; Count over again

Question 31

Suppress

Answer 31

Stifle; Overwhelm; Subdue; Inhibit

Question 32

Solicit

Answer 32

Request earnestly; Seek

Question 33

Bicker

Answer 33

Quarrel

Question 34

Concede

Answer 34

Amit; Yield

Question 35

Cabal

Answer 35

Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

Question 36

Tundra

Answer 36

Rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America

Question 37

Laconic

Answer 37

Brie and to the point

Question 38

Stereotype

Answer 38

Fixed and unvarying representation; Standardized mental picture, often reflecting prejudice

Question 39

Amalgamate

Answer 39

Combine; United in one body

Question 40

Wheedle

Answer 40

Cajole; Coax; Deceive by flatter

Question 41

Nirvana

Answer 41

In Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude

Question 42

Blunder

Answer 42

Error

Question 43

Interminable

Answer 43

Endless

Question 44

Geniality

Answer 44

Cheerfulness; Kindliness; Sympathy

Question 45

Attribute

Answer 45

Essential quality