Advanced Words VIII

Question 1

Propensity

Answer 1

Natural inclination or tendency

Question 2

Prophetic

Answer 2

Relating to prophesy, predicting, ominous

Question 3

Propitiate

Answer 3

Attempt to reconcile with, satisfy, or reduce the animosity of

Question 4

Propitious

Answer 4

Favorable, giving good signs for the future, likely to work out; kind or forgiving

Question 5

Providential

Answer 5

Lucky, fortunate, or relating to divine care

Question 6

Proxy

Answer 6

Agent, substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of another

Question 7

Puerile

Answer 7

Juvenile, immature

Question 8

Pugilism

Answer 8

Boxing, fighting with the fists

Question 9

Puissance

Answer 9

Power, might

Question 10

Pulchritude

Answer 10

Physical beauty

Question 11

Pungent

Answer 11

Having a sharp taste or smell; biting, stimulating, sharp

Question 12

Pusillanimous

Answer 12

Cowardly, timid

Question 13

Querulous

Answer 13

Given to complaining, grumbling

Question 14

Quiescent

Answer 14

Quiet, still

Question 15

Quixotic

Answer 15

Extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive

Question 16

Raconteur

Answer 16

Witty storyteller

Question 17

Rarefied

Answer 17

Lofty, very high up or elevated; exclusive, select; thin, pure, or less dense

Question 18

Reactant

Answer 18

Something that reacts; a substance that undergoes a change in a chemical reaction

Question 19

Recalcitrant

Answer 19

Not obedient, resisting authority, hard to manage

Question 20

Recant

Answer 20

Withdraw, retract, or disavow something one has previously said, esp. formally

Question 21

Recapitulate

Answer 21

Summarize, repeat in a concise way

Question 22

Recondite

Answer 22

Not easily understood, hidden, dealing with an obscure topic

Question 23

Recrudescent

Answer 23

Revival, breaking out into renewed activity

Question 24

Redound

Answer 24

To have a good or bad effect, esp. as a result of a person’s efforts or actions

Question 25

Redress

Answer 25

Setting something right after a misdeed, compensation or relief for injury or wrongdoing; correct, set right, remedy

Question 26

Refractory

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Stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage

Question 27

Refulgent

Answer 27

Shining, radiant

Question 28

Rejoinder

Answer 28

Response or reply, esp. a witty comeback

Question 29

Rend

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Tear violently, esp. to tear one's clothing or hair out of grief; pull apart, split, or tear away

Question 30

Repast

Answer 30

A meal; to eat or feast

Question 31

Repertorial

Answer 31

Pertaining to a repertory or repertoire, a stock of available things or a number of theatrical performances presented regularly or in sequence

Question 32

Repose

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The act or state of resting; peacefulness, tranquility; lying dead in a grave

Question 33

Reprobate

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Disreputable, unprincipled, or damned person; shameless, depraved

Question 34

Resurgent

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Having a revival, renewing, rising or surging again

Question 35

Revamp

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Renovate, redo, revise; a restructuring, upgrade, etc.

Question 36

Ribald

Answer 36

Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor

Question 37

Ridden

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Dominated or burdened by

Question 38

Rift

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A gap or fissure, a break in friendly relations

Question 39

Rococo

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Very elaborate and ornate; relating to a highly ornate style of art and architecture in 18th-century France

Question 40

Rue

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Regret, remorse; to feel regret or remorse

Question 41

Ruminate

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Turn over in the mind, reflect on chew cud

Question 42

Salient

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Obvious, standing out; projecting, protruding, jutting out

Question 43

Sardonic

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Scornfully or ironically mocking, cynically derisive

Question 44

Savant

Answer 44

Learned person, scholar, someone admitted to membership in a scholarly field; a person with amazing mental abilities despite having a cognitive difference or disability

Question 45

Scintilla

Answer 45

A tiny bit or trace

Question 46

Scurvy

Answer 46

Contemptible, mean

Question 47

Searchingly

Answer 47

In a searching or penetrating manner; while examining closely or probing for answers

Question 48

Secrete

Answer 48

Produce and release a substance form a cell or gland of the body for a functional purpose

Question 49

Sedition

Answer 49

Inciting rebellion against a government, esp. speech or writing that does this

Question 50

Semantic

Answer 50

Relating to the different meanings of words or other symbols

Question 51

Seraphic

Answer 51

Like an angel; serene, spiritually carried off or transported

Question 52

Sinecure

Answer 52

A job or position that pays while requiring little or no work