Hard Words 2

Question 1

Beatify

Answer 1

to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to

Question 2

Bedizen

Answer 2

to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

Question 3

Antithetical

Answer 3

directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

Question 4

Abdicate

Answer 4

to give up a position, right or power

Question 5

Abeyance

Answer 5

temporary suppression or suspension

Question 6

Abject

Answer 6

miserable, pitiful

Question 7

Blandishment

Answer 7

flattery

Question 8

Blase

Answer 8

bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned

Question 9

Boorish

Answer 9

rude; insensitive

Question 10

Cant

Answer 10

insincere talk; language of a particular group

Question 11

Cadge

Answer 11

to beg; sponge

Question 12

Calumny

Answer 12

false and malicious accusation; slander

Question 13

Canard

Answer 13

false; deliberately misleading story

Question 14

Sedentary

Answer 14

tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive

Question 15

Bovine

Answer 15

cow like

Question 16

Brazen

Answer 16

bold, shameless

Question 17

Bucolic

Answer 17

characteristic of the countryside; pastoral

Question 18

Dearth

Answer 18

scarcity

Question 19

Deference

Answer 19

respect; regard for another’s wish

Question 20

Defunct

Answer 20

no longer exist

Question 21

Incipient

Answer 21

in an initial stage; beginning to develop

Question 22

Abjure

Answer 22

to reject; to abandon formally

Question 23

Abscission

Answer 23

the act of cutting

Question 24

Burgeon

Answer 24

to flourish

Question 25

Demotic

Answer 25

pertaining to people

Question 26

Insuperable

Answer 26

insurmountable; unconquerable

Question 27

Interdict

Answer 27

to forbid; to prohibit; to confront and halt the activities, advances, or entry of

Question 28

Internecine

Answer 28

deadly to both sides

Question 29

Interregnum

Answer 29

interval between reigns; gaps in continuity

Question 30

Intimate

Answer 30

to make known subtly and indirectly

Question 31

Intransigence

Answer 31

stubbornness; refusal to compromise

Question 32

Inured

Answer 32

hardened; accustomed to

Question 33

Invective

Answer 33

verbal abuse

Question 34

Inveigh

Answer 34

to disapprove; protest vehemently

Question 35

Inveigle

Answer 35

to win over by flattery or coaxing

Question 36

Inveterate

Answer 36

confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted

Question 37

Invidious

Answer 37

likely to provoke ill will; offensive

Question 38

Irascible

Answer 38

easily angered

Question 39

Itinerant

Answer 39

wandering from place to place; unsettled

Question 40

Jaundiced

Answer 40

having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy, resentment, or hostility

Question 41

Jocose

Answer 41

fond of joking; jocular; playful

Question 42

Jibe

Answer 42

to be in agreement

Question 43

Junta

Answer 43

a group of people united in political intrigue

Question 44

Labile

Answer 44

likely to change

Question 45

Laconic

Answer 45

using few words

Question 46

Lambaste

Answer 46

to thrash verbally or physically

Question 47

Lassitude

Answer 47

lethargy; sluggishness

Question 48

Laud

Answer 48

to praise

Question 49

Levee

Answer 49

an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing

Question 50

Libertine

Answer 50

one without moral restraint