Week 13

Question 1

Ascendancy

Answer 1

That state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Question 2

Assail

Answer 2

Attack in speech or writing

Question 3

Beatification

Answer 3

noun: the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely
happy; a state of supreme happiness

Question 4

Boom

Answer 4

A desirable state

Question 5

Boon

Answer 5

Very close and convivial

Question 6

Cavalier

Answer 6

Given to haughty disregard of others

Question 7

Clemency

Answer 7

leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

Question 8

Collusion

Answer 8

Agreement on a secret plot

Question 9

Contemptuous

Answer 9

Scornful, looking down at others with a sneering attitude

Question 10

Cosmopolitan

Answer 10

Comprising many cultures; global in reach and outlook

Question 11

Dispatch

Answer 11

The property of being prompt and efficient

Question 12

Dispatch

Answer 12

Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

Question 13

Exemplify

Answer 13

Be characteristic of

Question 14

Exemplify

Answer 14

Clarify by giving an example of

Question 15

Genteel

Answer 15

Marked by refinement in taste and manners

Question 16

Inclement

Answer 16

(Of weather) unpleasant, stormy

Question 17

Inclement

Answer 17

Used of person or behavior; showing no mercy

Question 18

Industrious

Answer 18

Characterized by hard work and perseverance

Question 19

Jocular

Answer 19

Characterized by jokes and good humor

Question 20

Laborious

Answer 20

Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Question 21

Maxim

Answer 21

A short saying expressing a general truth

Question 22

Morph

Answer 22

To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion

Question 23

Obdurate

Answer 23

Unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally; stubborn; unyielding

Question 24

Preempt

Answer 24

Take the place of have precedence over