Word List 5

Question 1

Intimate

Answer 1

To hint, imply

Question 2

Irascible

Answer 2

Prone to anger

Question 3

Irritainment

Answer 3

Irritating television programmes you can’t stop watching

Question 4

Itenerant

Answer 4

Travelling, moving from place to place

Question 5

Jauntily

Answer 5

In a lively manner, lightly

Question 6

Jingoism

Answer 6

The extreme belief that one’s belief is always best

Question 7

Judicial

Answer 7

Pertaining to the court of the law

Question 8

Ken

Answer 8

To know, understand

Question 9

Lambaste

Answer 9

Scold, beat or whip soundly

Question 10

Languid

Answer 10

Sluggish, without vigour, weak

Question 11

Liable

Answer 11

legally obliged, responsible

Question 12

Liase

Answer 12

To speak to people in order to exchange information with them

Question 13

Litter

Answer 13

A stretcher for carrying a sick or injured person

Question 14

Livid

Answer 14

Eraged, furious

Question 15

Lobbyist

Answer 15

Advocate

Question 16

Loquacious

Answer 16

Very talkative

Question 17

Malinger

Answer 17

To pretend illness to escape duty

Question 18

Manifestly

Answer 18

Plainly, in a way that is easily understood

Question 19

Maverick

Answer 19

An unbranded or stray calf

Question 20

Melanotrichous

Answer 20

Hairy black hair

Question 21

Meritriciously

Answer 21

Deceptively, in an insincere, vulgar way

Question 22

Miniature

Answer 22

Reduced to a small scale

Question 23

Misanthropic

Answer 23

Distrustful of everyone, cynical

Question 24

Mitigated

Answer 24

Made less severe

Question 25

Moot

Answer 25

Open for discussion, debatable

Question 26

Moribund

Answer 26

About to die

Question 27

Mos

Answer 27

Custom, habit

Question 28

Nee

Answer 28

Born as

Question 29

Noop

Answer 29

Tip of elbow

Question 30

Nuance

Answer 30

Fine distinction, subtelty

Question 31

Nubile

Answer 31

Young and Attractive

Question 32

Obsequiously

Answer 32

Like a servant, obediently

Question 33

Odious

Answer 33

Repulsive, hateful

Question 34

Orient

Answer 34

To adjust to one’s circumstances or surroundings

Question 35

Orutund

Answer 35

Bombastic, pompous

Question 36

Pallid

Answer 36

pale, wan

Question 37

Pandemonium

Answer 37

A wild uproar, tumult

Question 38

Paradigm

Answer 38

A model of something, a very clear, typical example of something

Question 39

Paramour

Answer 39

Lover

Question 40

Parry

Answer 40

to ward off, to avert an attack

Question 41

Pedantic

Answer 41

Overly meticulous, narrow minded

Question 42

Peremptory

Answer 42

Final, leaving no opportunity for debate or denial

Question 43

Pernicious

Answer 43

Exeedingly harmful

Question 44

Pernickety

Answer 44

Fussy, hard to please, meticulous

Question 45

Persistance

Answer 45

Perseverance

Question 46

Petulant

Answer 46

Impatient, irritable

Question 47

Plenary

Answer 47

Compulsory full attendance

Question 48

Poky

Answer 48

Cramped, small, confined

Question 49

Predicate

Answer 49

To assert or affirm as true

Question 50

Prepossessing

Answer 50

Appealing, charming

Question 51

Preposterously

Answer 51

Ridiculously, absurdly