Vocab 3,061 - 3,080

Question 1

Aficionado

Answer 1

– noun

1) an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.

Question 2

Hellacious

Answer 2

– adjective

1) remarkable; astonishing; formidably difficult: They’re raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.

We had a hellacious time getting here in the blizzard.

Question 3

Malaise

Answer 3

– noun

1) weakness / discomfort / lethargy.

Question 4

Irreproachable

Answer 4

– adjective

1) free from blame or not able to be reproached.

Question 5

Sweltering

Answer 5

– adjective

1) suffering oppressive heat.

Question 6

Melodrama

Answer 6

– adjective

1) exaggerated / emotional / sensational / overdramatic.

Question 7

Drubbing

Answer 7

– noun

1) a beating / a decisive, humiliating defeat.

Question 8

Bulwark

Answer 8

– noun

1) any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance: The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.

Question 9

Foist

Answer 9

– verb

1) to force upon / impose fraudulently or unjustifiably: to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.

Question 10

Suchlike

Answer 10

– adjective

1) of any such kind; similar: I stuffed myself with fine cheeses, caviar and suchlike.

Question 11

Laborious

Answer 11

– adjective

1) requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.

Question 12

Prophylactic

Answer 12

– adjective

1) preventive or protective.

Question 13

Virulence

Answer 13

– adjective

1) actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.

Question 14

Verklempt

Answer 14

– adjective

1) overcome with emotion: she was all verklempt earlier this week over her latest split from her husband.

Question 15

Vertiginous

Answer 15

– adjective

1) unstable, dizzy, causing vertigo: a vertiginous economy.

a vertiginous climb.

Question 16

Decedent

Answer 16

– noun

1) a deceased person.

Question 17

Irreducible

Answer 17

– adjective

1) incapable of being further reduced/simplified: the irreducible minimum.

Question 18

Caterwaul (-ing)

Answer 18

– verb / noun

1) catlike wailing cries / screech.

Question 19

Hue and cry

Answer 19

– noun

1) a loud clamor or public outcry.

Question 20

Inception

Answer 20

– noun

1) beginning / start / commencement.