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Question 1

Abomination

Answer 1

noun: A cause of abhorrence or disgust.

Question 2

Amenable

Answer 2

adjective: Responsive and receptive to advice, authority, or suggestion.

Question 3

Bard

Answer 3

noun: A poet, especially a lyric poet.

Question 4

Beguile

Answer 4

verb: To deceive by guile; to delude.

Question 5

Bevy

Answer 5

noun: A group or an assemblage.

Question 6

Caustic

Answer 6

adjective: Corrosive and bitingly trenchant.

Question 7

Cavalier

Answer 7

noun: A gallant or chivalrous man.

Question 10

Contumacious

Answer 10

adjective: Obstinately or stubbornly disobedient. (obdurate, recalcitrant).

Question 11

Counterintuitive

Answer 11

adjective: Counter to or against what intuition would lead one to expect or conclude.

Question 12

Courtier

Answer 12

noun: One who seeks favor, especially by insincere flattery or obsequious behavior.

Question 13

Demure

Answer 13

adjective: Characterized by shyness and modesty; coy.

Question 14

Dolorous

Answer 14

adjective: Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.

Question 15

Embezzle

Answer 15

verb: To make for one’s own use in violation of a trust.

Question 16

Espouse

Answer 16

verb: To give one’s loyalty or support to.

Question 17

Exigency

Answer 17

noun: The state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action.

Question 18

Foment

Answer 18

verb: To instigate or foster.

Question 19

Foreboding

Answer 19

noun/adjective: A strong inner feeling, instinct, or notion of future misfortune, evil.

Question 20

Frivolous

Answer 20

adjective: Unworthy of serious attention.

Question 21

Grievous

Answer 21

adjective: Causing grief, pain, or anguish.

Question 22

Harangue

Answer 22

noun: A long impassioned speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.

Question 23

Hidebound

Answer 23

adjective: Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.

Question 24

Homonym

Answer 24

noun: Words with same sound and often the same spelling, but differ in meaning.

Question 25

Incorrigible

Answer 25

adjective: Incapable of being corrected or reformed.

Question 26

Inculpate

Answer 26

verb: To suggest someone is guilty of an offense; to incriminate.

Question 27

Incumbent

Answer 27

adjective: Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory.

Question 30

Miasma

Answer 30

noun: An oppressive, foreboding, unwholesome, punitive, or potentially dangerous or unhealthful influence or atmosphere.

Question 31

Palter

Answer 31

verb: To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; to equivocate.

Question 32

Perjury

Answer 32

noun: The willful giving of false testimony under oath.

Question 33

Pestilence

Answer 33

noun: A pernicious, evil influence or agent.

Question 34

Pinion

Answer 34

noun: The wing of a bird.

Question 37

Sophomoric

Answer 37

adjective: Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgment.

Question 38

Soporific

Answer 38

adjective: Causing or tending to cause sleep; sleep inducing.

Question 39

Subsume

Answer 39

verb: To classify, include, or incorporate in a larger, more comprehensive category or to be reclassified under a more general principle; to contain or include.

Question 40

Syncopation

Answer 40

noun: The loss of sounds in the interior of a word.

Question 41

Tribunal

Answer 41

noun: A committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter.