Deck 52

Question 1

accede

Answer 1

v. agree

Question 2

admonition

Answer 2

n. warning

Question 3

allure

Answer 3

v. entice; attract

Question 4

anonymity

Answer 4

n. having no name

Question 5

askew

Answer 5

adj. crookedly; slanted; at an angle

Question 6

bereft

Answer 6

adj. deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss

Question 7

bicker

Answer 7

v. quarrel

Question 8

browse

Answer 8

v. graze; skim or glance at casually

Question 9

chary

Answer 9

adj. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving

Question 10

centrifugal

Answer 10

adj. radiating; departing from the center

Question 11

conjure

Answer 11

v. summon a devil; practice magic; imagine or invent

Question 12

concentric

Answer 12

adj. having a common center

Question 13

contingent (adj)

Answer 13

adj. dependent on; conditional

Question 14

contingent (n)

Answer 14

n. group that makes up part of a gathering

Question 15

decapitate

Answer 15

v. behead

Question 16

disconsolate

Answer 16

adj. sad

Question 17

dingy

Answer 17

adj. dull; not fresh; cheerless

Question 18

drone (n)

Answer 18

n. idle person; male bee

Question 19

drone (v)

Answer 19

v. talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee

Question 20

empathy

Answer 20

n. ability to identify with another’s feelings, ideas, etc.

Question 21

espionage

Answer 21

n. spying

Question 22

exempt

Answer 22

adj. not subject to a duty, obligation

Question 23

fickle

Answer 23

adj. changeable; faithless

Question 24

faze

Answer 24

v. disconcert; dismay

Question 25

frenzied

Answer 25

adj. madly excited

Question 26

fluster

Answer 26

v. confuse

Question 27

garish

Answer 27

adj. over-bright in color; gaudy

Question 28

hazy

Answer 28

adj. slightly obscure

Question 29

impending

Answer 29

adj. nearing; approaching

Question 30

idiom

Answer 30

n. expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style

Question 31

impunity

Answer 31

n. freedom from punishment or harm

Question 32

inimitable

Answer 32

adj. matchless; not able to be imitated

Question 33

irreverence

Answer 33

n. lack of proper respect

Question 34

latitude

Answer 34

n. freedom from narrow limitations

Question 35

liability

Answer 35

n. drawbacks; debts

Question 36

loath

Answer 36

adj. reluctant; disinclined

Question 37

loathe

Answer 37

v. detest

Question 38

modicum

Answer 38

n. limited quantity

Question 39

peremptory

Answer 39

adj. demanding and leaving no choice

Question 40

plumb

Answer 40

adj. checking perpendicularity; vertical(perpendicular)

Question 41

premonition

Answer 41

n. forewarning

Question 42

portend

Answer 42

v. foretell; presage

Question 43

projectile

Answer 43

n. missile

Question 44

quietude

Answer 44

n. tranquility

Question 45

remediable

Answer 45

adj. reparable

Question 46

rent

Answer 46

n. rip; split

Question 47

satellite

Answer 47

n. small body revolving around a larger one

Question 48

scruple

Answer 48

v. fret about; hesitate for ethical reasons

Question 49

spontaneity

Answer 49

n. lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint

Question 50

sojurn

Answer 50

n. temporary stay

Question 51

stipend

Answer 51

n. pay for services

Question 52

slapdash

Answer 52

adj. haphazard; careless; sloppy

Question 53

secular

Answer 53

adj. worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal

Question 54

simile

Answer 54

n. comparison of one thing with another, using the word "like" or "as"

Question 55

rhetoric

Answer 55

n. art of effective communication; insincere language

Question 56

temperate

Answer 56

adj. restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature

Question 57

turncoat

Answer 57

n. traitor

Question 58

stanch

Answer 58

v. check flow of blood

Question 59

stymie

Answer 59

v. present an obstacle; stump

Question 60

palpitate

Answer 60

v. throb; flutter