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Question 1

hallowed

Answer 1

(adj) honor as holy, venerated, sacred.

God never thinks his name hallowed unless his Son be honored.

Question 2

blithe

Answer 2

very happy or cheerful, carefree and lighthearted.

She is merry and blithe.

Question 3

incendiary

Answer 3

(n) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property; a person who stirs up conflict; (adj) designed to cause fires; tending to stir up conflict.
- cendere, candēre:* *to shine, be hot

He was an English incendiary, responsible for the burning of three French battleships.

Question 4

peccadillo

Answer 4

a minor sin, a slight offense, a petty fault

peccare: to sin

Question 5

virescent

Answer 5

(adj) becoming green, greenish
* vir-, virid-, verd-*: to be green.

His feet were flat on the virescent carpet.

Question 6

viridescent

Answer 6

(adj) slightly green, greenish or tending to become green.

vir-, virid-, verd-: to be green.

Question 7

odious

Answer 7

deserving or causing hatred; hateful, detestable.

od-: hatred

In a free society, such monitoring is odious and unnecessary.

Question 8

risible

Answer 8

causing laughter; ridiculous

risus, rīdēre: to laugh

The substitude French teacher accidentally walked into the wrong classroom, creating a risible situation when she began speaking French to 15 mystified physics students.

Question 9

verdant

Answer 9

(adj) green; naive, lacking experience.

vir-, virid-, verd: to be green.

The verdant young employee was soon castigated for making a serious mistake that cost the company thousands of dollars.

Question 10

enamor

Answer 10

to inspire with love, captivate.

en-: in, amor-, amour-: love

Unfortunately concepts are easier to love and be enamored of than people.

Question 11

depose

Answer 11

to remove from office; to testify under oath, esp. in writing.

pos-: position, to put.

The people deposed the dictator.

Question 12

facetious

Answer 12

playfully jocular, humorous and flippant, amusing, lacking serious intent.

facetus: clever, witty

facetious remark

flippant: frivolously disrespectful

Question 13

flippant

Answer 13

frivolous and disrespectful, saucy, impertinent, marked by inappropriate levity.

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Question 14

impertinent

Answer 14

exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners, rude, insolent, impudent, disrespectful, offensive

• im- = in-:* not, pertinent-: to be appropriate, relevant, to pertain (to be suitable)
• per-*: intesive, tenere: to hold

It’s a question to be asked and answered, not brushed away as impertinent.

Question 15

levity

Answer 15

lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate

levis: light

As an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a disastrous flop.

Question 16

frivolous

Answer 16

trivial, not worthy of serious notice; inappropriately silly

frivolus: of little value

She spends her time frivolously enjoying the easy life of a rich and spoiled girl.

Question 17

impudent

Answer 17

marked by casual disrespect, impertinent

pudere: shame, impudent = shameless

During the examination his conduct was arrogant and impudent almost beyond forbearance.

Question 18

bruise

Answer 18

(v) to hurt slightly, as with an unkind remark; to crush (drugs or food) by beating or pounding; (n) an injury (in feeling), a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration.

He has a nasty bruise on his forehead but appears fine.

Question 19

insolent

Answer 19

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.

She hated the insolent tone of his voice.

Question 20

saucy

Answer 20

impertinent or disrespectful; improperly bold, sexually suggestive in a humorous way.

He smiled, not expecting the saucy reply.