2401-2500

Question 1

regimentals

Answer 1

military uniforms of a regiment

Question 2

trollop

Answer 2

a vulgar or disreputable woman, especially one who is promiscuous

Question 3

doxy

Answer 3

a woman of loose morals, especially a mistress or prostitute

Question 4

quean

Answer 4

a disreputable woman; a prostitute

Question 5

minx

Answer 5

a pert girl; a wanton woman

Question 6

wanton

Answer 6

merciless or without just provocation; lewd or bawdy

Question 7

bawdy

Answer 7

boisterously or humorously indecent; obscene or lewd

Question 8

fichu

Answer 8

a scarf that is worn to fill in a low neckline

Question 9

soiree

Answer 9

a party or reception held in the evening

Question 10

pert

Answer 10

saucily free and forward; flippantly cocky and assured; lively and vivacious

Question 11

saucy

Answer 11

impertinently bold and impudent; amusingly forward and flippant

Question 12

yowl

Answer 12

to utter a loud long cry of grief or distress; wail

Question 13

dauphin

Answer 13

the eldest son of a king of France

Question 14

inane

Answer 14

lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly

Question 15

tread

Answer 15

to step or walk on or over; to walk or proceed along

Question 16

decorum

Answer 16

propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance

Question 17

traipse

Answer 17

to go on foot; to walk

Question 18

rheum

Answer 18

a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose

Question 19

vanity

Answer 19

excessive admiration of one’s own achievements; useless or futile

Question 20

gravitas

Answer 20

high seriousness (as in a person’s bearing or in the treatment of a subject)

Question 21

ledger

Answer 21

a book containing accounts; a horizontal board used for vertical support such as scaffolding

Question 22

proverb

Answer 22

a brief popular epigram or maxim; adage

Question 23

adage

Answer 23

a saying, often in metaphorical form, that embodies a common observation

Question 24

byword

Answer 24

a proverbial saying; a frequently used word or phrase

Question 25

epithet

Answer 25

a disparaging or abusive phrase used in place of the name of a person or thing

Question 26

sobriquet

Answer 26

a nickname or epithet

Question 27

cognomen

Answer 27

a surname; a nickname or epithet

Question 28

moniker

Answer 28

a nickname

Question 29

epigram

Answer 29

a sage and often paradoxical saying

Question 30

apothegm

Answer 30

a pithy and instructive saying

Question 31

pith

Answer 31

the essential part; substantial quality (as of meaning); importance

Question 32

compendious

Answer 32

marked by brief expression of a comprehensive matter; concise and comprehensive

Question 33

aphorism

Answer 33

a concise statement of a principle; sententia

Question 34

sententia

Answer 34

a concise statement of a principle; aphorism

Question 35

hew

Answer 35

to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument

Question 36

paltry

Answer 36

inferior or trashy; trivial; meager

Question 37

visage

Answer 37

face, countenance, or appearance

Question 38

sloven

Answer 38

untidy especially in personal appearance

Question 39

blowsy

Answer 39

sloppy or unkempt; coarse and ruddy of complexion

Question 40

frowsy

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musty or stale; sloven

Question 41

dowdy

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lacking smartness or taste; shabby; old-fashioned

Question 42

robicund

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having a reddish face; ruddy

Question 43

catechism

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oral instruction; a set of formal questions put as a test

Question 44

catechize

Answer 44

to instruct systematically by questions and answers, explanations and corrections

Question 45

skulk

Answer 45

to move in a stealthy or furtive manner; to hide or conceal something, often with sinister intent

Question 46

thrall

Answer 46

a state of servitude or submission; a state of complete absorption

Question 47

tress

Answer 47

a long lock of hair, especially the long unbound hair of a woman

Question 48

tankard

Answer 48

a tall one-handled drinking vessel, especially a silver or pewter mug with a lid

Question 49

berth

Answer 49

sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship; the place where a ship lies when at anchor

Question 50

fascine

Answer 50

sticks bound together and used for filling ditches and making revetments for riverbanks

Question 51

croup

Answer 51

inflammation of the throat and lungs, especially of children, typically caused by the flu

Question 52

edema

Answer 52

an abnormal and excess accumulation of fluid in a serous cavity

Question 53

reedy

Answer 53

having a high and thin tone, similar to a reed instrument

Question 54

pyrrhic

Answer 54

achieved at excessive cost; costly to the point of outweighing expected benefits

Question 55

mettle

Answer 55

vigor and strength of spirit or temperament; stamina

Question 56

bandy

Answer 56

to discuss lightly or banteringly; to exchange

Question 57

tenter

Answer 57

a frame with hooks along two sides that is used for drying and stretching cloth

Question 58

nutter

Answer 58

a foolish or eccentric person

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sozzle

Answer 59

to wash by splashing; to make drunk

Question 60

beribboned

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adorned with ribbons

Question 61

grouse

Answer 61

many important game birds; grumble or complain

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destitute

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lacking possessions and resources; suffering extreme poverty

Question 63

diminutive

Answer 63

a word or name usually indicating small size

Question 64

irreverent

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lacking proper respect or seriousness; satiric

Question 65

satire

Answer 65

a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn

Question 66

trenchant

Answer 66

cutting; incisive; vigorously effective and articulate

Question 67

harry

Answer 67

to make a pillaging or destructive raid on; to force to move along by harassing

Question 68

haversack

Answer 68

a bag similar to a knapsack but worn over one shoulder

Question 69

knapsack

Answer 69

a bag strapped on the back and used for carrying supplies or personal belongings

Question 70

inoculum

Answer 70

material used for inoculation

Question 71

wanderlust

Answer 71

strong, restless longing for wandering

Question 72

remand

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to order back, especially to send a case back to another court or agency for further action

Question 73

commandant

Answer 73

commanding officer

Question 74

careworn

Answer 74

showing the effect of grief or anxiety

Question 75

recapitulate

Answer 75

to retell or restate briefly; summarize

Question 76

crapulent

Answer 76

suffering from excessive eating or drinking

Question 77

intemperance

Answer 77

lack of moderation, especially habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants

Question 78

crapulous

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marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking

Question 79

bibulous

Answer 79

highly absorbent; fond of alcoholic beverages

Question 80

eructation

Answer 80

an act or instance of belching

Question 81

cacique

Answer 81

a native Indian chief, or a local political boss, in Spain and Latin America

Question 82

adverse

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acting against or in a contrary direction; opposed to one's interests

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duple

Answer 83

having two elements; marked by two or a multiple of two beats per measure of music

Question 84

stead

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the office, place, or function ordinarily occupied or carried out by someone or something else

Question 85

doublet

Answer 85

something consisting of two identical or similar parts; a pair

Question 86

cochineal

Answer 86

a red dye consisting of the dried bodies of crushed tropical insects

Question 87

quetzal

Answer 87

a Central American trogon that has brilliant green plumage and a red breast

Question 88

trogon

Answer 88

tropical birds with brilliant, often iridescent plumage

Question 89

passerine

Answer 89

describes over half of all living birds, consisting chiefly of altricial songbirds of perching habits

Question 90

iridescence

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a lustrous rainbowlike play of color caused light waves (as from an oil slick or soap bubble)

Question 91

altricial

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being hatched or born in a helpless condition, so as to require care for some time

Question 92

verve

Answer 92

the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance

Question 93

amaranth

Answer 93

coarse annual herbs with clusters of small green, dark pink, red, or purplish flowers

Question 94

copal

Answer 94

a recent or fossil resin from various tropical trees

Question 95

glyph

Answer 95

a symbolic figure or a character usually incised or carved in relief

Question 96

frieze

Answer 96

durable, coarse wool fabric; a sculptured band (as on a building or piece of furniture)

Question 97

sarape

Answer 97

a colorful woolen shawl worn over the shoulders especially by Mexican men

Question 98

mestizo

Answer 98

a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry

Question 99

cacao

Answer 99

a dried, fermented, fatty seed used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter

Question 100

coverlet

Answer 100

a bedspread