Word Skills 23

Question 1

Androgynous

Answer 1

Adj

Def: neither distinguishable as masculine or feminine

Question 2

Aver

Answer 2

Verb

Def: to declare confidently or formally as a fact

Question 3

Circumscribe

Answer 3

Verb

Def: to draw a line around, confine within borders

Question 4

Consummate

Answer 4

Verb

Def: to bring to completion

Question 5

Decimate

Answer 5

Verb

Def: destroy, remove or kill a large part of

Question 6

Disparage

Answer 6

Verb

Def: to speak of as unimportant or small to reduce in esteem or rank

Question 7

Endogenous

Answer 7

Adj

Def: originating or growing within something

Question 8

Extemporize

Answer 8

Verb

Def: to make, to do or perform something such as a music selection or speech

Question 9

Abject

Answer 9

Adj

Def: extremely bad, unpleasant and degrading

Question 10

Impertinent

Answer 10

Adj

Def: not showing proper respect

Question 11

Inexorable

Answer 11

Adj

Def: not capable of being persuaded by pleading or request

Question 12

Inundated

Answer 12

Verb

Def: to cover by filling or overflowing (overwhelm)

Question 13

Mea Culpa

Answer 13

Noun

Def: An acknowledgement of one’s fault or error

Question 14

Nondescript

Answer 14

Adj

Def: not distinctive enough to be described

Question 15

Periphery

Answer 15

Noun

Def: the outer bounds of any surface or area

Question 16

Precipitated

Answer 16

Verb

Def: to cause something

Question 17

Propriety

Answer 17

Noun

Def: quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards

Question 18

Renascent

Answer 18

Adj

Def: becoming active or popular again

Question 19

Seditious

Answer 19

Adj

Def: inciting or causing people to rebel against authority

Question 20

Synergy

Answer 20

Noun

Def: the interaction or cooperation of 2 or more organisms