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Question 1

Zenith

Answer 1

Highest point, top,

Example: at the zenith of his powers

Question 2

Zeal

Answer 2

Passion; Fervor

example: they took office with an undisguised zeal to do everything differently

Question 3

wane

Answer 3

dwindle

example: the scandal caused her popularity to wane

Question 4

Wistful

Answer 4

Yearning tinged with melancholy; pensive

example: a wistful glance

Question 5

Whet

Answer 5

1. to sharpen something by rubbing on or with something
2. to make keen or more acute; excite; stimulate

example1: whet a knife
example 2: whet the appetite; whetted her curiosity

Question 6

Wastrel

Answer 6

one who expends resources foolishly or self-indulgently;

Question 7

Wanton

Answer 7

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked; unrestrained

example: sheer wanton vandalism

Question 8

Phrase: White elephant

Answer 8

something that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of

example: a huge white elephant of a house that needed ten thousand spent on it

Question 9

wreathe

Answer 9

encircle something

example: he sits wreathed in smoke

Question 10

writhe

Answer 10

to move or proceed with twists and turns

Question 11

venerate

Answer 11

regard with great respect; revere

example: Philip was venerated as a saint

Question 12

vacillate

Answer 12

be indecisive

example: I vacillated between teaching and journalism

Question 13

verdant

Answer 13

green with grass or rich vegetation

example: verdant valleys

Question 14

Vestige

Answer 14

a trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

example: the last vestiges of colonialism

Question 15

Victuals

Answer 15

food provisions

example: the navy was clothed and victualled by the Crown

Question 16

Voluble

Answer 16

talkative; talking fluently or incessantly

example: a voluble game show host