Words From Text

Question 1

protean

Answer 1

readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable ALSO (of an actor or actress) versatile; able to play many kinds of roles

Question 2

belies

Answer 2

to show to be false; contradict ALSO to misrepresent

Question 3

placate

Answer 3

to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures

Question 4

chary (of)

Answer 4

cautious or careful; wary ALSO sparing; choosy

Question 5

fastidious

Answer 5

excessively particular, critical, demanding; hard to please

Question 6

ethereal

Answer 6

light; airy; tenuous ALSO extremely delicate or refined

Question 7

echelon

Answer 7

a level of command, authority, or rank ALSO a level of worthiness, achievement, or reputation

Question 8

diffident

Answer 8

lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy ALSO restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.

Question 9

timorously

Answer 9

full of fear; fearful

Question 10

pedantic

Answer 10

ostentatious in one’s learning ALSO overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching

Question 11

misnomer

Answer 11

a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation ALSO an error in naming a person or thing

Question 12

servile

Answer 12

slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning

Question 13

pantomime

Answer 13

the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech

Question 14

amalgamate

Answer 14

to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine

Question 15

propagate

Answer 15

to spread; to cause to increase in number or amount; to create (an effect) at a distance, as by electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc., traveling through space or a physical medium; transmit

Question 16

patina

Answer 16

a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value; a similar film or coloring appearing gradually on some other substance

Question 17

redact

Answer 17

to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit

Question 18

macabre

Answer 18

gruesome or horrifying; ghastly ALSO pertaining to death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect

Question 19

invective

Answer 19

vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach

Question 20

gregarious

Answer 20

fond of the company of others; sociable

Question 21

unequivocal

Answer 21

not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation

Question 22

elegiac

Answer 22

used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy ALSO expressing sorrow or lamentation

Question 23

menagerie

Answer 23

a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition ALSO an unusual and varied group of people

Question 24

apostasy

Answer 24

the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief

Question 25

surrogate

Answer 25

a person appointed to act for another; deputy ALSO a substitute

Question 26

prolix

Answer 26

extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy

Question 27

infundibuliform

Answer 27

having the shape of a funnel

Question 28

jowl

Answer 28

a jaw, especially the lower jaw

Question 29

capricious

Answer 29

subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic

Question 30

missive

Answer 30

a written message; letter