676-700

Question 1

inveterate

Answer 1

established for a long time; habitual

Question 2

incarcerate

Answer 2

to restrict by imprisonment; to keep in prison

Question 3

conflagration

Answer 3

large, disastrous fire

Question 4

assail

Answer 4

to attack; to assault

Question 5

immaculate

Answer 5

perfectly clean

Question 6

mogul

Answer 6

a rich or powerful person

Question 7

inception

Answer 7

commencement; beginning; origin

Question 8

defile

Answer 8

to corrupt; to desecrate or sully

Question 9

ado

Answer 9

trouble; fuss

Question 10

fauna

Answer 10

animals as a group, esp. of a specified region or time

Question 11

emanate

Answer 11

to send forth; to come forth

Question 12

digest

Answer 12

a collection of previously published material, usu. in condensed form

Question 13

dour

Answer 13

stern and humorless; silently ill-humored

Question 14

obstreperous

Answer 14

noisily and stubbornly defiant

Question 15

hovel

Answer 15

a living place that is very filthy and dirty

Question 16

incredulous

Answer 16

disbelieving; skeptical

Question 17

emaciated

Answer 17

made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin due to starvation

Question 18

dirge

Answer 18

slow sad music, esp. a funeral hymn

Question 19

emancipate

Answer 19

to give freedom; to set loose

Question 20

hoax

Answer 20

an act meant to trick or fool

Question 21

destituition

Answer 21

the lack of any means of subsistence

Question 22

laconic

Answer 22

brief in speech; using few words

Question 23

compel

Answer 23

to cause to occur by pressure; to force

Question 24

copious

Answer 24

very plentiful

Question 25

altrusistic

Answer 25

unselfish; benevolent; caring ore for others than oneself

Question 26

beset

Answer 26

to attack from all sides; to trouble persistently

Question 27

excavate

Answer 27

to expose to view by digging out

Question 28

tenable

Answer 28

able to be maintained or defended, either in an argument or debate or against an attack

Question 29

profligate

Answer 29

immorally wasteful

Question 30

tact

Answer 30

skill in dealing with others, esp. in difficult situations

Question 31

acute

Answer 31

sharp; clever; severe

Question 32

tabulate

Answer 32

to count

Question 33

travail

Answer 33

painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship

Question 34

abhor

Answer 34

to detest; to shrink from in disgust

Question 35

propitiate

Answer 35

to appease or placate

Question 36

upbraid

Answer 36

to criticize sharply, esp. by a figure of authority

Question 37

quarantine

Answer 37

enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease; v. to isolate for such purpose

Question 38

ricochet

Answer 38

to rebound at least once from a surface

Question 39

slubrious

Answer 39

favorable to good health

Question 40

anodyne

Answer 40

a pain-killer or anesthetic

Question 41

uncouth

Answer 41

uncultured; crude

Question 42

torpid

Answer 42

inactive; sluggish; dormant

Question 43

epidemiology

Answer 43

the branch of medicine that studies the causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations

Question 44

despodent

Answer 44

so sad as to lack all hope

Question 45

decimate

Answer 45

to destroy or kill a large part of (a group)

Question 46

aggrandize

Answer 46

to enlarge; increase in size, power or rank

Question 47

temper

Answer 47

to bring down in tone; to moderate; to soften

Question 48

ramshackle

Answer 48

about to fall apart or fall down

Question 49

perinent

Answer 49

relevant

Question 50

laudable

Answer 50

worthy or praise