daily 3.3

Question 1

serene

Answer 1

calm and peaceful

Question 2

flutter

Answer 2

to move lightly and quickly; to beat very quickly and inrregluarly

Question 3

immemorial

Answer 3

that has existed longer than people can remember

Question 4

revamp

Answer 4

give new and improved form, structure or appearance

Question 5

stroll

Answer 5

walk in a leisurely way; a victory pr object that is easily achieved

Question 6

obstinate

Answer 6

stubbornly refuse to change

Question 7

shrivel

Answer 7

wrinkle and contract especially due to loss of moisture

Question 8

distress

Answer 8

extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain

Question 9

stammer

Answer 9

speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words

Question 10

agitated

Answer 10

feeling or appearing troubled and nervous

Question 11

riveting

Answer 11

extremely interesting and exciting

Question 12

hasty

Answer 12

done or acting with excessive speed or urgency

Question 13

scribble

Answer 13

write or draw in a hasty or careless way

Question 14

sibyl

Answer 14

women of antiquity reputed to have powers of prophecy or divination

Question 15

treatise

Answer 15

a long and serious piece of writing on a particular object

Question 16

decree

Answer 16

official order or decision by government

Question 17

put forth

Answer 17

to present; propose

Question 18

discursive

Answer 18

digressing from subject to subject

Question 19

preposterous

Answer 19

contrary to reason or common sense

Question 20

attest to

Answer 20

provide or serve as a clear evidence of

Question 21

extralegal

Answer 21

beyond the authority of the law; not regulated by the law.

Question 22

myriad

Answer 22

countless, extreme large number

Question 23

wholehearted

Answer 23

showing or characterized by complete sincerity and commitment

Question 24

squatters

Answer 24

a person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land.

Question 25

hindsight

Answer 25

understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed

Question 26

fait accompli

Answer 26

a thing that has already been decided or done and cannot be changed

Question 27

presume

Answer 27

suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; be audacious enough to do something

Question 28

slovenly

Answer 28

careless, messy and inefficient

Question 29

propitious

Answer 29

likely to lead to success

Question 30

henceforth

Answer 30

from this or that time onward

Question 31

tentative

Answer 31

are not definite or certain, but have been made as a first step

Question 32

meager

Answer 32

very small or not enough

Question 33

fiasco

Answer 33

If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.

Question 34

scrivener

Answer 34

a person who writes out deeds, letters, etc; copyist

Question 35

resent

Answer 35

If you resent someone or something, you feel bitter and angry about them.

Question 36

stun

Answer 36

If you are stunned by something, you are extremely shocked or surprised by it and are therefore unable to speak or do anything

Question 37

inventory

Answer 37

An inventory is a supply or stock of something; An inventory is a written list of all the objects in a particular place such as all the merchandise in a shop

Question 38

capitalize

Answer 38

If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself. if you capitalize something that belongs to you, you sell it in order to make money

Question 39

hit on

Answer 39

think of

Question 40

scramble

Answer 40

If you scramble over rocks or up a hill, you move quickly over them or up it using your hands to help you;
If you scramble to a different place or position, you move there in a hurried, awkward way

Question 41

slash

Answer 41

If you slash something, you make a long, deep cut in it;

To slash something such as costs or jobs means to reduce them by a large amount.

Question 42

slump

Answer 42

If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount. A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor