Words with secondary meanings

Question 1

alloy

Answer 1

v. to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

Question 2

arrest

Answer 2

v. to suspend; to engage

Question 3

arresting

Answer 3

adj. holding one’s attention

Question 4

august

Answer 4

adj. majestic, venerable

Question 5

bent

Answer 5

n. leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

Question 6

brook

Answer 6

v. to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

Question 7

countenance

Answer 7

v. to admit as acceptable or possible

Question 8

cardinal

Answer 8

adj. major (as in cardinal sin)

Question 9

chauvinist

Answer 9

n. a blindly devoted patriot

Question 10

color

Answer 10

v. to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect

Question 11

consequential

Answer 11

adj. pompous, self-important

adj. logically following; important

Question 12

damp

Answer 12

v. to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

Question 13

die

Answer 13

n. a tool used for shapping

Question 14

essay

Answer 14

v. to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

Question 15

fell

Answer 15

v. to cause to fall by striking;

adj. inhumanly cruel

Question 16

flag

Answer 16

v. to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

Question 17

flip

Answer 17

adj. sarcastic, impertinent (as in flippant)

Question 18

grouse

Answer 18

v. to complain or grumble

Question 19

guy

Answer 19

n. a rope, cord, or cable used as a brace or guide;

v. to steady or reinforce using a guy

Question 20

intimate

Answer 20

v. to imply, suggest, or insinuate

Question 21

list

Answer 21

v. to tilt or lean to one side

Question 22

lumber

Answer 22

v. to move heavily or clumsily

Question 23

meet

Answer 23

adj. fitting, proper

Question 24

milk

Answer 24

v. to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

Question 25

mince

Answer 25

v. to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize; to speak too carefully;
v. to take tiny steps; to tiptoe

Question 26

nice

Answer 26

adj. exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

Question 27

obtain

Answer 27

adj. to be established, accepted, or customary

Question 28

occult

Answer 28

adj. hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

Question 29

pedestrian

Answer 29

adj. commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

Question 30

pied

Answer 30

adj. multicolored, usually in blotches

Question 31

plastic

Answer 31

adj. moldable, pliable, not rigid

Question 32

pluck

Answer 32

n. courage, spunk, fortitude

Question 33

prize

Answer 33

v. to pry, to press or force with a lever;

n. something taken by force; spoils

Question 34

rail

Answer 34

v. to complain bitterly about

Question 35

rent

Answer 35

v. torn (past tense of rend)

n. an opening or tear caused by such

Question 36

quail

Answer 36

v. to lose courage; to turn frightened

Question 37

qualify

Answer 37

v. to limit

Question 38

sap

Answer 38

n. a fool or nitwit

Question 39

scurvy

Answer 39

adj. contemptible, despicable

Question 40

steep

Answer 40

v. to saturate or completely soak

Question 41

strut

Answer 41

n. the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

Question 42

table

Answer 42

v. to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

Question 43

tender

Answer 43

v. to proffer or offer

Question 44

waffle

Answer 44

v. to equivocate; to change one’s position

Question 45

wag

Answer 45

n. wit, joker