Barron's 19

Question 1

collage

Answer 1

artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements

Question 2

centrifugal

Answer 2

moving away from a center

Question 3

mundane

Answer 3

worldy as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary

Question 4

reprobate

Answer 4

morally unprincipled person

Question 5

tautology

Answer 5

unnecessary repetition

Question 6

wistful

Answer 6

having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing

Question 7

tenuous

Answer 7

weak, insubstantial

Question 8

pellucid

Answer 8

transparent; easily understood

Question 9

stygian

Answer 9

dark and gloomy, hellish

Question 10

anarchy

Answer 10

absence of government; state of disorder

Question 11

vexation

Answer 11

irritation, annoyance

Question 12

viable

Answer 12

capable of working successfully; feasible

Question 13

sensual

Answer 13

relating to the senses, gratifying the physical (sexual) senses

Question 14

filibuster

Answer 14

use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law

Question 15

rebus

Answer 15

puzzle in whic pictures or symbols represent words

Question 16

recant

Answer 16

retract a statement of opinion

Question 17

extraneous

Answer 17

irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

Question 18

vertigo

Answer 18

dizziness

Question 19

abstinence

Answer 19

the giving up of certain pleasures

Question 20

sundry

Answer 20

various