Barron's 23

Question 1

credo

Answer 1

statement of belief or principle; creed

Question 2

menagerie

Answer 2

a variety of animals kept together for exhibition

Question 3

shard

Answer 3

a piece of broken glass or pottery

Question 4

detraction

Answer 4

the act of taking away

Question 5

incorporate

Answer 5

take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include

Question 6

jaundiced

Answer 6

havind a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy

Question 7

herbivorous

Answer 7

an animal that feeds mainly on plants

Question 8

veracious

Answer 8

truthful, accurate

Question 9

renege

Answer 9

to go back on one’s word

Question 10

somatic

Answer 10

relating to or affecting the body, corporeal

Question 11

behemoth

Answer 11

huge creature; anything very large and powerful

Question 12

limn

Answer 12

to draw, describe

Question 13

atavism

Answer 13

in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence

Question 14

refulgent

Answer 14

brightly shining, resplendent

Question 15

futile

Answer 15

ineffective; useless; fruitless

Question 16

enunciate

Answer 16

to pronounce clearly

Question 17

diffidence

Answer 17

shyness; lack of confidence

Question 18

preternatural

Answer 18

supernatural; beyond the normal use of nature