Essential Words XIV

Question 1

Prodigal

Answer 1

Wasteful, extravagant; giving abundantly, lavish

Question 2

Prodigious

Answer 2

Extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.

Question 3

Profligate

Answer 3

Completely and shamelessly immoral, or extremely wasteful

Question 4

Profound

Answer 4

Very insightful, penetrating deeply into a subject; pervasive, intense, “down to the very bottom”; at the very bottom

Question 5

Profuse

Answer 5

Abundant, extravagant, giving or given freely

Question 6

Prohibitive

Answer 6

Tending to forbid something, or serving to prevent something

Question 7

Proliferate

Answer 7

Increase or spread rapidly or excessively

Question 8

Prologue

Answer 8

Introductory part to a book, play, etc.

Question 9

Pronounced

Answer 9

Distinct, strong, clearly indicated

Question 10

Propriety

Answer 10

Conforming to good manners or appropriate behavior; justness

Question 11

Prosaic

Answer 11

Dull, ordinary

Question 12

Proscribe

Answer 12

Prohibit, outlaw; denounce; exile or banish

Question 13

Prospective

Answer 13

Potential, in the future

Question 14

Prudent

Answer 14

Wise in practical matters, carefully providing for the future

Question 15

Pugnacious

Answer 15

Inclined to fight, combative

Question 16

Qualified

Answer 16

Modified, limited, conditional on something else

Question 17

Quandary

Answer 17

Uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma

Question 18

Quibble

Answer 18

Make trivial arguments or criticisms, find faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something more important

Question 19

Quotidian

Answer 19

Daily; everyday, ordinary

Question 20

Ranks

Answer 20

Personnel; a group of people considered all together

Question 21

Reap

Answer 21

Harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a result of one’s effort

Question 22

Recluse

Answer 22

Person who lives in seclusion

Question 23

Refute

Answer 23

Prove to be false

Question 24

Relegate

Answer 24

Send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (a task) to someone else

Question 25

Remedial

Answer 25

Providing a remedy, curative; correcting a deficient skill

Question 26

Render

Answer 26

Give, submit, surrender; translate; declare formally; cause to become

Question 27

Replete

Answer 27

Supplied in abundance, filled, gorged (used with with)

Question 28

Reproach

Answer 28

Blame, disgrace; criticize, express disappointment in

Question 29

Repudiate

Answer 29

Reject, cast off, deny that something has authority

Question 30

Requite

Answer 30

Reciprocate, repay, or revenge

Question 31

Rescind

Answer 31

Annul, repeal, make void

Question 32

Resolution

Answer 32

The quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgement, esp. decided by a vote

Question 33

Resolve

Answer 33

Find a solution to; firmly decide to do something; decide by formal vote; firmness of purpose

Question 34

Respectively

Answer 34

In the order given

Question 35

Restive

Answer 35

Restless; impatient or uneasy under the control of another

Question 36

Reticent

Answer 36

Not talking much; private (of a person), restrained, reserved

Question 37

Retrospective

Answer 37

Looking to the past of backward; applying to the past, retroactive; an art exhibit of an artist's work over a long period of time

Question 38

Reverent

Answer 38

Feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe

Question 39

Rhetoric

Answer 39

The art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little

Question 40

Rife

Answer 40

Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported

Question 41

Rudimentary

Answer 41

Elementary, relating to the basics; undeveloped, primitve

Question 42

Rustic

Answer 42

Relating to country life, unsophisticated; primitive; made of rough wood; a rural or uncultured person

Question 43

Sacrosanct

Answer 43

Sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism

Question 44

Sagacious

Answer 44

Wise; showing good judgement and foresight

Question 45

Salubrious

Answer 45

Healthful, promoting health

Question 46

Sanction

Answer 46

Permission or approval, something that gives support or authority to something else; to allow, confirm, ratify; a legal action by one or more countries agains another country to get it to comply; to place sanctions or penalties on.

Question 47

Sanguine

Answer 47

Cheerful optimistic, hopeful; reddish, ruddy (as in rosy-red cheeks indicting health or vitality)

Question 48

Sap

Answer 48

The inner fluid of a plant or any essential body fluid; energy, vitality; a person taken advantage of; undermine, weaken, tire out

Question 49

Satiate or sate

Answer 49

To fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfy to the point of excess

Question 50

Saturate

Answer 50

Soak or imbue thoroughly; cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance