Hard Words 3

Question 1

Panegyric

Answer 1

a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

Question 2

Harangue

Answer 2

a lengthy and aggressive speech

Question 3

Lionize

Answer 3

give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity

Question 4

Enervated

Answer 4

to drain of energy; weaken

Question 5

Burnish

Answer 5

to polish

Question 6

Buttress

Answer 6

to reinforce; support

Question 7

Captious

Answer 7

faultfinding; intending to entrap, as in an argumetn

Question 8

Caste

Answer 8

any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification

Question 9

Chicanery

Answer 9

trickery; fraud

Question 10

Demur

Answer 10

to express doubt

Question 11

Denigrate

Answer 11

to slur someone’s reputation

Question 12

Denouement

Answer 12

outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature

Question 13

Spasmodic

Answer 13

occurring or dine in brief, irregular bursts

Question 14

Infirmity

Answer 14

physical or mental weakness

Question 15

Pensive

Answer 15

engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought

Question 16

Trammels

Answer 16

a restriction or impediment to someone’s freedom of action; [a set net consisting of three layers of netting designed to trap fish]

Question 17

Recondite

Answer 17

little known; abstruse (of a subject)

Question 18

Recherche

Answer 18

rare, exotic, or obscure; [abstruse, recondite]

Question 19

Churlish

Answer 19

rude; boorish

Question 20

Cloister

Answer 20

to confine; seclude

Question 21

Skullduggery

Answer 21

underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behavior

Question 22

Legerdemain

Answer 22

sleight of hand; use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks

Question 23

Coalesce

Answer 23

to cause to become one

Question 24

Cognizant

Answer 24

informed; conscious, aware

Question 25

Commensurate

Answer 25

proportional

Question 26

Lilliputian

Answer 26

extremely small

Question 27

Limn

Answer 27

to draw; describe

Question 28

Limpid

Answer 28

clear; transparent

Question 29

Litany

Answer 29

lengthy recitation; repetitive chant

Question 30

Literati

Answer 30

scholarly or learned persons

Question 31

Litigations

Answer 31

legal proceedings

Question 32

Loquacious

Answer 32

talkative

Question 33

Lucre

Answer 33

money or profits

Question 34

Machiavellian

Answer 34

crafty; double-dealings

Question 35

Machinations

Answer 35

plots or schemes

Question 36

Malinger

Answer 36

to feign illness to escape duty

Question 37

Maverick

Answer 37

dissenter

Question 38

Megalomania

Answer 38

delusions of power or importance

Question 39

Mendacious

Answer 39

dishonest

Question 40

Mendicant

Answer 40

beggar

Question 41

Meretricious

Answer 41

gaudy; plausible but false; specious

Question 42

Minatory

Answer 42

threatening; menacing

Question 43

Minutia

Answer 43

petty details

Question 44

Miscreant

Answer 44

villain; criminal

Question 45

Modicum

Answer 45

limited quantity

Question 46

Mollify

Answer 46

to soothe

Question 47

Multifarious

Answer 47

diverse

Question 48

Neologism

Answer 48

new word or expression

Question 49

Nexus

Answer 49

a means of connection; a connected group or series; a center

Question 50

Nonplussed

Answer 50

bewildered