Words

Question 1

depression of spirits

Answer 1

melancholy (n)

Question 2

the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign

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viceroy (n)

Question 3

to deprive of leaves especially prematurely

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defoliate (v)

Question 4

an instrument for atomizing usually a perfume, disinfectant, or medicament

Answer 4

atomizer (n)

Question 5

of, relating to, or forming an orbit

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orbital (adj)

Question 6

including a multitude of individuals; populus

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multitudinous (adj)

Question 7

a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter

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ignis fatuus (n)

Question 8

making soft or supple

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emollient (adj)

Question 9

to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail

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delineate (v)

Question 10

pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head

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hemialgia (n)

Question 11

the collection and study of birds’ eggs especially in relation to their shape and coloration

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oology (n)

Question 12

having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars

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retrograde (adj)

Question 13

of or relating to the lungs and the stomach

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pneumogastric (adj)

Question 14

arranged or having parts arranged like rays

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radial (adj)

Question 15

the act of kissing

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osculation (n)

Question 16

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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obdurate (adj)

Question 17

insulting or abusive language

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invective (n)

Question 18

sleight of hand(a cleverly executed trick deception)

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prestidigitation (n)

Question 19

a large room used for various indoor sports

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gymnasium (n)

Question 20

the outer relatively rigid granule-free layer of the cytoplasm usually held to be a gel reversibly convertible to a sol

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ectoplasm (n)

Question 21

a drug that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions

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narcotic (n)

Question 22

pasta made in long solid strings smaller in diameter than spaghetti

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vermicelli (n)

Question 23

to convert into wood or woody tissue

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lignify (v)

Question 24

a branching treelike figure produced on or in a mineral by a foreign mineral

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dendrite (n)

Question 25

given to tears or weeping

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lachrymose (adj)