Chapter 25

Question 1

Comestibles

Answer 1

Things that can be eaten up; edibles; food

Question 2

Eleemosynary

Answer 2

Or, relating to, or supported by alms; charitable

Question 3

Extrapolate

Answer 3

Estimate of infer unknown information by extending or projecting known information

Question 4

Gorge

Answer 4

Stuff oneself; eat greedily

Question 5

Hawk

Answer 5

Person who advocated immediate from action, including the use of force, to resolve international crises

Question 6

Hype

Answer 6

Exaggerated claims, especially in advertising; anything intended to mislead

Question 7

Incendiary

Answer 7

Person who maliciously sets fire to dwellings or other property; arsonist

Question 8

Insomniac

Answer 8

Person from suffering from insomnia

Question 9

Interpolate

Answer 9

Insert between them parts or things; introduce

Question 10

Iteration

Answer 10

Repetition; something repeated

Question 11

Misogamist

Answer 11

Person who hates marriage

Question 12

Mortify

Answer 12

Humiliate; subject to shame

Question 13

Polemic

Answer 13

Attack on or refutation of another’s opinions; controversial discussion

Question 14

Precipitation

Answer 14

Amount of rain, snow, sleet, hail, … falling on an area in its specified period

Question 15

Pugilist

Answer 15

Prizefighter; professional boxer

Question 16

Scorch

Answer 16

Burn slightly, discoloring the surface

Question 17

Subside

Answer 17

Become less intense

Question 18

Telegenic

Answer 18

Making or likely to make a pleasing appearance on television

Question 19

Ubiquitous

Answer 19

Existing of seemingly to exist everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

Question 20

Cariogenic

Answer 20

Causing the development of tooth decay