Word List 22 (2)

Question 1

procrastinate

Answer 1

v. to delay and postpone

Question 2

puny

Answer 2

adj. to be too small to notice

Question 3

coagulate

Answer 3

v. thicken

Question 4

peregrination

Answer 4

n. journey

Question 5

indict

Answer 5

v. charge

Question 6

paragon

Answer 6

n. model

Question 7

finale

Answer 7

n. conclusion

Question 8

scapegoat

Answer 8

n. someone who bears the blame for others

Question 9

exasperate

Answer 9

v. vex

Question 10

pyromanic

Answer 10

n. person with an insane desire to set things on fire

Question 11

beget

Answer 11

v. to father

Question 12

solemnity

Answer 12

n. seriousness

Question 13

fiasco

Answer 13

n. total failure

Question 14

ponderous

Answer 14

n. weighty

Question 15

diagnosis

Answer 15

n. art of identifying a disease

Question 16

congeal

Answer 16

v. to freeze and coagulate

Question 17

ruddy

Answer 17

adj. reddish

Question 18

incorporeal

Answer 18

adj. lacking a material body

Question 19

reiterate

Answer 19

v. repeat

Question 20

dawdle

Answer 20

v. loiter, waste time

Question 21

restraint

Answer 21

n. moderation or self-control

Question 22

convex

Answer 22

adj. curving outwards

Question 23

cloying

Answer 23

adj. so sweet as to go distasteful

Question 24

reprise

Answer 24

n. musical repitition

Question 25

gibberish

Answer 25

n. nonsense

Question 26

magnate

Answer 26

n. person of prominence

Question 27

vivavious

Answer 27

adj. animated, lively

Question 28

propellant

Answer 28

n. substance that drives a rocket forward

Question 29

fallow

Answer 29

adj. plowed but not sowed, uncultivated

Question 30

cameo

Answer 30

n. shell or jewel carved in relief

Question 31

largess

Answer 31

n. generous gift

Question 32

strident

Answer 32

adj. loud and harsh

Question 33

impious

Answer 33

adj. irrelevant

Question 34

exodus

Answer 34

adj. large departure

Question 35

sap

Answer 35

v. to diminish

Question 36

vagabond

Answer 36

n. wanderer

Question 37

discrepancy

Answer 37

n. lack of consistence

Question 38

domicile

Answer 38

n. home

Question 39

replenish

Answer 39

v. to fill up again

Question 40

retentive

Answer 40

adj. able to retain or keep

Question 41

rationale

Answer 41

n. fundamental reason or discussion

Question 42

epithet

Answer 42

n. words or phrases used to characterize a person

Question 43

volition

Answer 43

n. act of making a conscious choice

Question 44

climatic

Answer 44

adj. relating to the highest point

Question 45

remediable

Answer 45

adj. reparable

Question 46

scurrilous

Answer 46

adj. vulgar; coarse; foulmouthed

Question 47

discombobulated

Answer 47

adj. to be disturbed

Question 48

striated

Answer 48

adj. to be striped

Question 49

thematic

Answer 49

adj. to be related to the theme

Question 50

nip

Answer 50

v. to stop

Question 51

timorous

Answer 51

adj. to be timid

Question 52

emollient

Answer 52

n. soothing or softening remedy

Question 53

begrudge

Answer 53

v. to resent

Question 54

jollity

Answer 54

n. gaiety

Question 55

demolition

Answer 55

n. destruction

Question 56

intemperate

Answer 56

v. immoderate

Question 57

devious

Answer 57

adj. roundabout; erratic; not straight forward

Question 58

reciprocate

Answer 58

v. repay in kind

Question 59

unrequited

Answer 59

adj. not in reciprocated

Question 60

ribald

Answer 60

adj. wanton; profane

Question 61

stoke

Answer 61

v. stir up a fire

Question 62

blanch

Answer 62

v. bleach

Question 63

dupe

Answer 63

n. credulous person

Question 64

culinary

Answer 64

adj. relating to cooking

Question 65

horticultural

Answer 65

adj. pertaining to cultivation of gardens

Question 66

profligate

Answer 66

adj. to be debauched

Question 67

gesticulation

Answer 67

n. gesture

Question 68

ashen

Answer 68

adj. ash-colored

Question 69

diversion

Answer 69

n. act of turning aside