Hard Words 6

Question 1

Puerile

Answer 1

childishly silly and trivial

Question 2

Recalcitrance

Answer 2

obstinately defiant of authority or restrain

Question 3

Uncouth

Answer 3

(of a person or their appearance or behavior) lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

Question 4

Ire

Answer 4

anger

Question 5

Antipodal

Answer 5

relating or situated on the opposite side of the earth; diametrically opposed

Question 6

Benighted

Answer 6

in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance; typically owing to a lack of opportunity

Question 7

Comely

Answer 7

pleasant to look at; attractive

Question 8

Deluded

Answer 8

believing something that is not true

Question 9

Approbation

Answer 9

praise, approval

Question 10

Apropos

Answer 10

relevant

Question 11

Argot

Answer 11

specialized vocabulary used by a group (jargon)

Question 12

Ascetic

Answer 12

someone who practices self-denial

Question 13

Asperity

Answer 13

severity, harshness; irritability

Question 14

Astringent

Answer 14

harsh; severe

Question 15

Atavism

Answer 15

in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; return of trait after a period of absence

Question 16

Attenuate

Answer 16

to weaken

Question 17

Aver

Answer 17

to affirm; to declare to be true

Question 18

Avuncular

Answer 18

like an uncle; benevolent and tolerant

Question 19

Prurient

Answer 19

having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters; salacious, lasciviousness

Question 20

Supercilious

Answer 20

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

Question 21

Acquiescent

Answer 21

the reluctant acceptance of something without protest, compliant

Question 22

Demure

Answer 22

(of a woman or her behavior) reserved, modest, and shy

Question 23

Spleen

Answer 23

bad temper; spite

Question 24

Rarefied

Answer 24

refined

Question 25

Rebus

Answer 25

puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words

Question 26

Recant

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to retract a statement or opinion

Question 27

Redoubtable

Answer 27

formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect

Question 28

Refractory

Answer 28

stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods

Question 29

Refulgent

Answer 29

brightly shining; resplendent

Question 30

Regale

Answer 30

to entertain

Question 31

Respine

Answer 31

fret; complain

Question 32

Reparation

Answer 32

amends; compensation

Question 33

Reprise

Answer 33

repetition, especially of a piece of music

Question 34

Reprobate

Answer 34

morally unprincipled person

Question 35

Riposte

Answer 35

a retaliatory action or retort

Question 36

Rococo

Answer 36

excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth century Europe

Question 37

Salubrious

Answer 37

healthful; healthy

Question 38

Salutary

Answer 38

expecting an improvement; favorable to health

Question 39

Sartorial

Answer 39

pertaining to tailors

Question 40

Saturnine

Answer 40

gloomy

Question 41

Sedition

Answer 41

behavior prompting rebellion

Question 42

Sedulous

Answer 42

diligent

Question 43

Putrefaction

Answer 43

the process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter

Question 44

Connubial

Answer 44

relating to marriage or the other relationship of a married couple; conjugal

Question 45

Languor

Answer 45

the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia

Question 46

Servile

Answer 46

submissive; obedient

Question 47

Sidereal

Answer 47

relating to the stars

Question 48

Sensuous

Answer 48

relating to the senses; operating through the senses

Question 49

Simian

Answer 49

relating to apes; ape-like

Question 50

Sinuous

Answer 50

winding; intricate; complex