Wordly Wise 3000 Book 10-Lesson 11

Question 1

Agrarian

Answer 1

Having to do with farming or agriculture.

Question 2

Burgeon

Answer 2

To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish.

Question 3

Cataclysm

Answer 3

A sudden and violent change; a catastrophe.

Question 4

Culinary

Answer 4

Having to do with cooking.

Question 5

Denigrate

Answer 5

To attack the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner.

Question 6

Gourmet

Answer 6

A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality.

Question 7

Grandiloquent

Answer 7

Using lofty or pompous speech or expression.

Question 8

Hybrid

Answer 8

1. The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties.
2. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition.

Question 9

Manifold

Answer 9

Having many different kinds, forms, or parts.

Question 10

Palatable

Answer 10

Acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste.

Question 11

Panacea

Answer 11

Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all.

Question 12

Plebeian

Answer 12

Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined.

Question 13

Scourge

Answer 13

1. Something that causes great pain and suffering; a social evil.
2. To punish severly, especially by whipping; to devastate.

Question 14

Stalemate

Answer 14

A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock.

Question 15

Temperate

Answer 15

Mild, moderate; restrained.