Day 10

Question 1

condense or shorten

Answer 1

abridge

Question 2

sharpness

Answer 2

acuity

Question 3

Kinship

Answer 3

affinity

Question 4

consequences; outcome; upshot

Answer 4

aftermath

Question 5

destroy

Answer 5

annihilate

Question 6

book of literary selections by various authors

Answer 6

anthology

Question 7

(1) pacify or soothe; (2) relieve

Answer 7

appease

Question 8

acquire; take possession of for one’s own use

Answer 8

appropriate

Question 9

manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist

Answer 9

artisan

Question 10

not identical on both sides of a dividing central line

Answer 10

asymmetric

Question 11

rude; insensitive

Answer 11

boorish

Question 12

unlimited; vast

Answer 12

boundless

Question 13

charm or enthrall

Answer 13

captivate

Question 14

blindly devoted patriot

Answer 14

chauvinist

Question 15

prudent; cautious

Answer 15

circumspect

Question 16

outwit; baffle

Answer 16

circumvent

Question 17

close tightly; grasp

Answer 17

clench

Question 18

use of force to get someone to obey

Answer 18

coercion

Question 19

equal in extent

Answer 19

commensurate

Question 20

suggested or implied meaning of an expression

Answer 20

connotation

Question 21

(1) compress or shrink; (2) establish by agreement; (3) incur an obligation; (4) catch a disease

Answer 21

contract

Question 22

crucial point

Answer 22

crux

Question 23

skeptical or distrustful of human motives

Answer 23

cynical

Question 24

neat; skillful

Answer 24

deft

Question 25

condemn; criticize

Answer 25

denounce

Question 26

expressing a low opinion

Answer 26

derogatory

Question 27

unpopulated

Answer 27

desolate

Question 28

aimless; haphazard; digressing at random

Answer 28

desultory

Question 29

notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking

Answer 29

egregious

Question 30

correct: correct by a critic

Answer 30

emend

Question 31

based on experience

Answer 31

empirical

Question 32

not essential; superfluous

Answer 32

extraneous

Question 33

free; disentangle

Answer 33

extricate

Question 34

rejoice

Answer 34

exult

Question 35

pretend

Answer 35

feign

Question 36

rash

Answer 36

foolhardy

Question 37

wild

Answer 37

frantic

Question 38

seriousness

Answer 38

gravity

Question 39

dangerous

Answer 39

hazardous

Question 40

drive or force onward

Answer 40

impel

Question 41

tireless

Answer 41

indefatigable

Question 42

(1) move someone to do something by persuasion; (2) bring about; (3) conclude through inductive reasoning

Answer 42

induce

Question 43

essential; inherent; built-in

Answer 43

intrinsic

Question 44

unalterable; irreversible

Answer 44

irrevocable

Question 45

language used by a special group; technical terminology; gibberish

Answer 45

jargon

Question 46

lying; habitually dishonest

Answer 46

mendacious

Question 47

ill luck

Answer 47

mischance

Question 48

pertaining to memory

Answer 48

mnemonic

Question 49

sameness leading to boredom

Answer 49

monotony

Question 50

beginner

Answer 50

novice

Question 51

all-powerful

Answer 51

omnipotent

Question 52

burden; responsibility

Answer 52

onus

Question 53

short, simple story teaching a moral

Answer 53

parable

Question 54

condition, state (especially a bad state or condition); predicament

Answer 54

plight

Question 55

aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious

Answer 55

polemical

Question 56

(1) very heavy, and possibly awkward because of its heaviness; (2) tedious and lacking fluency or grace

Answer 56

ponderous

Question 57

excuse

Answer 57

pretext

Question 58

multiply; spread

Answer 58

propagate

Question 59

idealistic but impractical

Answer 59

quixotic

Question 60

teasing; bantering; mocking; curious

Answer 60

quizzical

Question 61

bitterness; hatred

Answer 61

rancor

Question 62

fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action

Answer 62

rationale

Question 63

occurring again and again

Answer 63

recurrent

Question 64

reparation; indemnification

Answer 64

restitution

Question 65

inclined to cruelty

Answer 65

sadistic

Question 66

division: split

Answer 66

schism

Question 67

(1) hide away; (2) produce and release a substance into an organism

Answer 67

secrete

Question 68

defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements

Answer 68

slander

Question 69

(1) efficacious; (2) supreme or paramount; (3) self-governing

Answer 69

sovereign

Question 70

supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work

Answer 70

stint

Question 71

perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy

Answer 71

subtlety

Question 72

(1) unnecessary; (2) excessive; overabundant

Answer 72

superfluous

Question 73

(1) impressionable; easily influenced; (2) having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to

Answer 73

susceptible

Question 74

painful physical or mental labor; drudgery; torment

Answer 74

travail

Question 75

give up a claim or right voluntarily; refrain from enforcing; postpone considering

Answer 75

waive