Week 6

Question 1

extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

Answer 1

parsimony

Question 2

apt to argue often in a petty manner

Answer 2

quarrelsome

Question 3

in a state of severe despair

Answer 3

ramshackle

Question 4

treating situations in an indecent way, crude, or vulgar

Answer 4

salacious

Question 5

torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable

Answer 5

tantalizing

Question 6

offense or annoyance

Answer 6

umbrage

Question 7

an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behavior

Answer 7

vagary

Question 8

a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.

Answer 8

warrant

Question 9

a young person with a well-paid job and a fashionable lifestyle

Answer 9

yuppie

Question 10

the study or practice of fermentation in brewing, wine-making, or distilling

Answer 10

zymurgy