26-50

Question 1

slovenly

Answer 1

adj. careless about one’s own appearance

Question 2

pulpit

Answer 2

a podium used for preaching

Question 3

remonstrate

Answer 3

to make objections

Question 4

regale

Answer 4

to delight or entertain

Question 5

quixotic

Answer 5

foolishly idealistic; extravagantly chivalrous

Question 6

agrarian

Answer 6

related to farming

Question 7

fluctuate

Answer 7

to move back and forth

Question 8

egalitarian

Answer 8

of the belief that all people should have equal rights

Question 9

voluble

Answer 9

very talkative

Question 10

harangrue

Answer 10

a long pompous speech

Question 11

candor

Answer 11

frankness of sincerity of expression

Question 12

resent

Answer 12

to feel hostility because of a perceived insult or injury

Question 13

baffle

Answer 13

to frustrate, as by confusin

Question 14

innocuous

Answer 14

harmless

Question 15

affluence

Answer 15

wealth

Question 16

deference

Answer 16

yielding an opinion, desire, or position to another out of respect

Question 17

nefarious

Answer 17

very wicked; villainous

Question 18

vapid

Answer 18

lacking intresest; animation; or flavor

Question 19

consul

Answer 19

official residing in a foreign country

Question 20

sullen

Answer 20

showing silent anger and unwillingness to be pleasant to people

Question 21

reek

Answer 21

to give off a strong, unpleasant odor; to be pervaded with something unpleasant

Question 22

domain

Answer 22

a territory or range of rule of control

Question 23

ostentatious

Answer 23

showy; pretentious

Question 24

boycott

Answer 24

to refuse to buy, sell, or use

Question 25

prolific

Answer 25

producing a lot

Question 26

morass

Answer 26

an area of swampy ground; something that hinders

Question 27

repose

Answer 27

relaxation; a state of rest

Question 28

reluctant

Answer 28

unwilling; disinclined

Question 29

grotesque

Answer 29

strangely or absurdly distorted

Question 30

recur

Answer 30

to repeat; to occur again

Question 31

lore

Answer 31

knowledge about a particular subject, esp. of a traditional or popular nature

Question 32

flower

Answer 32

to reach the best or most vigorous stage

Question 33

adapt

Answer 33

to adjust to a new situation or environment; to change

Question 34

debut

Answer 34

a first appearance before the public

Question 35

consecrate

Answer 35

to make or set apart as sacred

Question 36

stratum

Answer 36

a level of layer

Question 37

labyrinthine

Answer 37

complicated; puzzling

Question 38

furrow

Answer 38

a trench in the earth made by a plow; a wrinkle

Question 39

coalesce

Answer 39

to grow together;to merge into a single body

Question 40

precede

Answer 40

to go before

Question 41

warren

Answer 41

an enclosed space in which rabbits breed or are numerous; any place that is crowded like a rabbit warren

Question 42

recede

Answer 42

to go back; to withdraw

Question 43

insinuate

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to hint

Question 44

archaic

Answer 44

of a much earlier, often more primitive period

Question 45

flagrant

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conspicuously bad or offensive

Question 46

rapacious

Answer 46

excessively greedy; taking by force

Question 47

unkempt

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sloppy; messy; unlcean

Question 48

quip

Answer 48

a remark or reply that is witty or sarcastic

Question 49

shade

Answer 49

a small variation, a nuance; a small amount

Question 50

cadaver

Answer 50

a dead body; esp. a human body to be dissected