WordWright IV

Question 1

funereal

Answer 1

(adj.) of or suitable for a funeral; mournful, gloomy

Question 2

trivial

Answer 2

(adj.) of very little importance or value, insignificant; commonplace, ordinary

Question 3

eddy

Answer 3

(v.) to move or whirl in

Question 4

scintillating

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(adj.) animated; vivacious; witty; brilliantly clever

Question 5

indifference

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(n.) lack of interest or concern

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furrow

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(n.) a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow

Question 7

concord

Answer 7

(n.) agreement b/w persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord

Question 8

serenity

Answer 8

(n.) the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereness

Question 9

sullenly

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(adv.) showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve

Question 10

brace

Answer 10

(v.) to fix firmly; make steady; secure against pressure or impact

Question 11

disheartened

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(adj.) depressed of hope, courage, or spirits of; discouraged

Question 12

cant

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(v.) to talk hypocritically

Question 13

greensward

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(n.) green, grassy turf

Question 14

flare

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(v.) to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind

Question 15

hostility

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(n.) a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness

Question 16

gothic

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(adj.) noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils

Question 17

torpid

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(adj.) inactive or sluggish

Question 18

tenure

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(n.) the holding or possessing of anything

Question 19

greenhorn

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(n.) an untrained or inexperienced person

Question 20

rack

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(v.) to torture; distress acutely; torment

Question 21

discriminate

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(v.) to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality

Question 22

complicity

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(n.) the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing

Question 23

rotund

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(adj.) round in shape; rounded

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pensive

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(adj.) dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

Question 25

humbug

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(n.) something intended to delude or deceive

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cadence

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(n.) rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words

Question 27

heretic

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(n.) a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church

Question 28

reverent

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(adj.) feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful

Question 29

earnest

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(adj.) serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous

Question 30

abhorrent

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(adj.) causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome

Question 31

idyll

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(n.) a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like

Question 32

confessional

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(adj.) of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or based on confession

Question 33

eccentricity

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(n.) an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct

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discord

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(n.) lack of concord or harmony b/w persons or things

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unsentimental

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(adj.) not expressive of or appealing to sentiment

Question 36

shortcoming

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(n.) a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.

Question 37

infer

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(v.) to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence

Question 38

diction

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(n.) style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words

Question 39

irony

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(n.) the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 40

evanescence

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(n.) the act of disappearing gradually; vanishing; fade away

Question 41

tone

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(n.) any sound considered w/ reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source

Question 42

domestic

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(adj.) of or pertaining to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family

Question 43

cautionary

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(adj.) of the nature of or containing a warning

Question 44

figurative language

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(n.) language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors

Question 45

unconventional

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(adj.) not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality

Question 46

hearth

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(n.) the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc.; often extending a short distance into a room

Question 47

grandiloquent

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(adj.) speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic