Day 5

Question 1

flora

Answer 1

plants as a group

Question 2

tribulation

Answer 2

great misery or distress

Question 3

utilitarian

Answer 3

stressing practical use over other values

Question 4

adhere

Answer 4

to stick to

Question 5

agreeable

Answer 5

pleasing or pleasant

Question 6

decorum

Answer 6

polite behavior

Question 7

scenario

Answer 7

an outline for a planned series of events

Question 8

exact

Answer 8

to demand and obtain by force

Question 9

viable

Answer 9

able to live

Question 10

lachrymose

Answer 10

causing tears

Question 11

demeanor

Answer 11

outward behavior

Question 12

bulwark

Answer 12

a wall or embankment

Question 13

intact

Answer 13

whole

Question 14

propagate

Answer 14

to multiply or reproduce

Question 15

complex

Answer 15

having two or more interrelated parts

Question 16

wield

Answer 16

to handle. to exert

Question 17

deluge

Answer 17

great flood

Question 18

rhetoric

Answer 18

persuasive or artful

Question 19

tangent

Answer 19

an abrupt digression

Question 20

cite

Answer 20

to refer

Question 21

knack

Answer 21

a specific talent for doing something

Question 22

minutiae

Answer 22

trivial details

Question 23

discrete

Answer 23

individually distinct or separate

Question 24

covet

Answer 24

to desire strongly

Question 25

caliber

Answer 25

degree of worth

Question 26

gaffe

Answer 26

a clumsy social error

Question 27

principal

Answer 27

of the highest importance

Question 28

expedite

Answer 28

to speed up

Question 29

innovative

Answer 29

marked by a new or unusual way of doing things

Question 30

contemplate

Answer 30

to look at or think about carefully

Question 31

pale

Answer 31

to decrease in relative importance

Question 32

integral

Answer 32

essential

Question 33

crop

Answer 33

to cut or bite the ends off

Question 34

become

Answer 34

to be appropriate or suitable to

Question 35

digit

Answer 35

a human finer to toe

Question 36

preeminent

Answer 36

superior in status or fame

Question 37

cascade

Answer 37

a waterfall or series of small waterfalls

Question 38

caveat

Answer 38

a warning

Question 39

hedge

Answer 39

to protect against possible loss by taking compensatory measures

Question 40

vain

Answer 40

not producing the desired outcome

Question 41

ridicule

Answer 41

to make fun of

Question 42

ordeal

Answer 42

an extremely difficult experience

Question 43

congenial

Answer 43

suited to one’s needs or nature

Question 44

homely

Answer 44

unattractive, plain looking

Question 45

transcend

Answer 45

to exceed

Question 46

elocution

Answer 46

the art of public speaking

Question 47

fruitful

Answer 47

producing too much

Question 48

acme

Answer 48

the highest point

Question 49

refuge

Answer 49

a shelter or sanctuary

Question 50

martial

Answer 50

warlike