Deck 23

Question 1

BUCOLIC

Answer 1

pastoral, rural life in the countryside

Question 2

SCANTY / SCANT

Answer 2

A TINY AMOUNT, often too little of something

Question 3

REPLETE

Answer 3

A large amount; filled with something

Question 4

SPARSE

Answer 4

Thinly dispersed or scattered

Question 5

MEAGER

Answer 5

Scanty; Lacking in quantity or quality

Question 6

RAREFY

Answer 6

Lessen the density or solidity of

Question 7

RIFE

Answer 7

ABUNDANT

Question 8

TRIBULATION

Answer 8

A cause or state of GREAT TROUBLE or SUFFERING

Question 9

DESPOND

DESPONDANT (adjective form)

Answer 9

Become DEJECTED and lose confidence.

Question 10

DOLEFUL

Answer 10

DREARY, SAD, MOURNFUL

Question 11

ANEMIC

Answer 11

Lacking in color, spirit, or vitality.

think of ANEMIA, a condition were one does not have enough red blood cells

Question 12

APPENDAGE (n)

APPEND (v)

Answer 12

n. A thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.
v. to add (something) as an attachment or supplement.

Question 13

ADJUNCT

Answer 13

A thing added to something else as a SUPPLEMENTARY rather than an essential part.

Question 14

CESSION (noun)

CEDED (verb)

Answer 14

surrender; formally giving up rights, property, or territory

Question 15

AFFIX

Answer 15

Stick, attach, or fasten (something) to something else

Question 16

APPROPRIATE [adjective form!]

Answer 16

suitable, proper

Question 17

APPENDIX

Answer 17

Supplementary material offered at the end of a book

Question 18

APPROPRIATE [verb form!]

Answer 18

To take (something) for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission.

Question 19

Sanction [noun form!]

Answer 19

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.

Question 20

Sanction [verb form!]

Answer 20

Give official permission or approval for (an action).

Question 21

PUNITIVE

Answer 21

Inflicting or intended as punishment. [think of a PENAL institution]

Question 22

PALLIATIVE

Answer 22

Relieving pain without dealing with the underlying cause

Question 23

ANALGESIC

Answer 23

acting to relieve pain (usually used to refer to a pain-relieving drug)

Question 24

ANODYNE

Answer 24

Inoffensive

Question 25

SEDATIVE

Answer 25

Something that soothes or induces sleep;