All The Pretty Horses

Question 0

coarse or vulgar

Answer 0

ribald

Question 1

one who asks for something humbly

Answer 1

supplicant

Question 2

harmful, evil, likely to cause death

Answer 2

malignant

Question 3

the sky, viewed poetically as a solid arch

Answer 3

firmament

Question 4

bridle goes over horse’s head to control it; bit goes on its mouth

Answer 4

bridlebit

Question 5

threshed husks of grain

Answer 5

chaff

Question 6

one who raids and plunders

Answer 6

marauder

Question 7

harmful, deadly, ominous

Answer 7

baleful

Question 8

to burn with a hot iron, fire, or electric current

Answer 8

cauterize

Question 9

to dry out completely

Answer 9

desiccate

Question 10

in Greek mythology, 1 of 3 sisters with snakes for hair; look her in eyes and turn to stone

Answer 10

gorgon

Question 11

doubt, twinge of conscience

Answer 11

qualm

Question 12

seriousness, gravity

Answer 12

solemnity

Question 13

a group of persons attending a person of rank or importance; (posse, entourage)

Answer 13

retinue

Question 14

the whole amount; the entirety

Answer 14

complement

Question 15

courteous respect

Answer 15

deference

Question 16

easily managed

Answer 16

tractable

Question 17

direct, frank, candid

Answer 17

forthright

Question 18

to meditate, to think, to ponder

Answer 18

muse (verb)

Question 19

to justify; to give reasons for

Answer 19

warrant (verb)

Question 20

a peephole or secret opening for spying

Answer 20

judas hole

Question 21

unplanted

Answer 21

fallow

Question 22

untamed, wild

Answer 22

feral

Question 23

beggar

Answer 23

mendicant

Question 24

corrupted, contaminated

Answer 24

tainted

Question 25

to go over in your mind repeatedly

Answer 25

ruminate

Question 26

bitter hatred or ill will

Answer 26

rancor

Question 27

the color blue

Answer 27

cyanic

Question 28

scoundrel

Answer 28

rogue

Question 29

In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or animal form and exercising supernatural influence over people

Answer 29

Djinn (gin)

Question 30

a smaller gate out of a building, like a fort, used to avoid bigger

Answer 30

sallygate

Question 31

spotted

Answer 31

dappled

Question 32

doorway, gate, or entrance

Answer 32

portal