Group 7

Question 1

dais

Answer 1

n. low platform for a lectern, seats of honor, throne

Question 2

inception

Answer 2

n. onset, the starting pt of activity

Question 3

prow

Answer 3

n. portion of a ships bow above water

Question 4

awning

Answer 4

n. sheet canvas or other material keep away sun/rain

Question 5

aspersions

Answer 5

n. slander, damaging remark [casting_// such _ can’t be ignored]

Question 6

pinafore

Answer 6

n. sleeveless apron-like garment worn over a child’s dress

Question 7

strife

Answer 7

n. vigorous conflict, rivalry [armed_ // _ in the marketplace]

Question 8

suture

Answer 8

n.v. stitch

Question 9

excoriate

Answer 9

v. censure or criticize severely; peel

Question 10

impugn

Answer 10

v. challenge validity of, gainsay [are you __ing my motives?]

Question 11

denigrate

Answer 11

v. criticize unfairly, disparage

Question 12

execrate

Answer 12

v. hate, abhor [___ed as dangerous and corrupt]

Question 13

bevel

Answer 13

v. reduce 90° angle to a sloping edge [a __ mirror]

Question 14

gamboling

Answer 14

v. run or jump about playfully

Question 15

hypostatize

Answer 15

v. treat/represent abstract as a concrete reality

Question 16

admonish

Answer 16

v. warn, reprimand firmly, advise, urge

Question 17

sluiced

Answer 17

v. wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower; (of water) pour, flow, shower freely

Question 18

lucid

Answer 18

adj. bright, Expressed clearly, rational /sane [clear and __ style]

Question 19

garrulous

Answer 19

ad. loquatious, excessively talkative esp. on trivial matters

Question 20

putative

Answer 20

adj. accepted, assumed, supposed [I’m the __leader of this crew]

Question 21

epistolary

Answer 21

adj. carried on by letters/ correspondence [___ debate]

Question 22

prosaic

Answer 22

adj. common place, unromantic

Question 23

succinct

Answer 23

adj. concise, briefly and clearly expressed

Question 24

taciturn

Answer 24

adj. curt. reserved or uncommunicateive in speech, saying little

Question 25

banal

Answer 25

adj. lacking in originality obvious, boring

Question 26

pedestrian

Answer 26

adj. lacking inspiration or excitement; dull

Question 27

tentative

Answer 27

adj. not certain or fixed; provisional; done wo confidence; hesitant

Question 28

diurnal

Answer 28

adj. of or during the day; daily

Question 29

prolific

Answer 29

adj. producing many works

Question 30

extant

Answer 30

adj. stil in existence, surviving [___writing]

Question 31

mellifluous

Answer 31

adj. sweet or musical, pleasant to hear

Question 32

panoply

Answer 32

n. a complete or impressive collection of things; splended display

Question 33

penchant

Answer 33

n. a liking for something or tendency to do something [despite the __ for suffering

Question 34

parlance

Answer 34

n. a manner of speaking; vernacular [legal ___]; speech, talk, parley; argot

Question 35

leit motif

Answer 35

n. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition associated with a particular person, idea or situation

Question 36

proclivity

Answer 36

n. a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing [a __ for hard work]

Question 37

trill

Answer 37

n. a vibratory sound esp a rapid altnernation of notes

Question 38

plexus

Answer 38

n. an intricate network or weblike formation

Question 39

conjecture

Answer 39

n. an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information [___about the unfinished lecture were many and varied]; [the purpose was open to ___]

Question 40

accolade

Answer 40

n. award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit [the ultimate official __]

Question 41

exegesis

Answer 41

n. critical explaination/interpretation of text

Question 42

argot

Answer 42

n. jargon or slang of a particular group [medical __]

Question 43

screed

Answer 43

n. long tedious speech

Question 44

euphemism

Answer 44

n. mild, indirect expression substituting one that's too harsh. [downsizing is a ___ for cuts]

Question 45

avant garde

Answer 45

n. new and unusual or experimental ideas esp in the arts or the people introducing them [us. The ___]

Question 46

cliche

Answer 46

n. predictable, overused

Question 47

precis

Answer 47

n. summary or abstract of text/speech

Question 48

vernacular

Answer 48

n. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular coutry or region; spoken as first language-native

Question 49

anagram

Answer 49

n. word, phrase, name formed by rearranging the letters of another [cinema=iceman]

Question 50

trite

Answer 50

overused, lacking originality