Lexicon

Question 1

Reliquary

Answer 1

A container for holy relics.

Question 2

Pernicious

Answer 2

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Question 3

Bacchanalian

Answer 3

Characterized by or given to drunken revelry.

Question 4

Languish

Answer 4

(Of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak.

Fail to make progress or be successful.

Be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

Question 5

Commensurate

Answer 5

Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.

Question 6

(Un)assailable

Answer 6

(Un)able to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.

Question 7

Salutary

Answer 7

(Especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial.

Question 8

Fiat

Answer 8

A formal authorisation or proposition; a decree.

An arbitrary order.

Question 9

Acrimonious

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(Typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.

Question 10

Accolade

Answer 10

An award or privilege granted as a special honour or as an acknowledgement of merit.

An expression of praise or admiration.

A touch on a person’s shoulders with a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood.

Question 11

Fecundity

Answer 11

The ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility.

The ability to produce many new ideas.

Question 12

Vociferous

Answer 12

Expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful.

Question 13

Temerity

Answer 13

Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.

Question 14

Ornery

Answer 14

Bad-tempered or difficult to deal with.

Question 15

Facsimile

Answer 15

An exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

Make a copy of.

Question 16

Capitulate

Answer 16

Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield.

Question 17

Recapitulate

Answer 17

Summarize and state again the main points of.

Question 18

Congenial

Answer 18

(Of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one’s own.

(Of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one’s taste or inclination.

Question 19

Denigrate

Answer 19

Criticize unfairly; disparage.

Question 20

Pablum

Answer 20

Bland or insipid intellectual matter, entertainment, etc.

Question 21

Insipid

Answer 21

Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.

Lacking vigour or interest.

Question 22

Aspersion

Answer 22

An attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.

Question 23

Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

Question 24

Servile

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Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.

Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.

Question 25

Ascetic

Answer 25

Characterised by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. A person who follows an ascetic life.

Question 26

Mercurial

Answer 26

Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind. Of or containing the element mercury. Of the planet Mercury. A drug or other compound containing mercury.

Question 27

Inculcate

Answer 27

Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction. Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction.

Question 28

Verisimilitude

Answer 28

The appearance of being true or real.

Question 29

Cattail

Answer 29

A plant with long, thin parts suggestive of cats' tails.

Question 30

Dogma

Answer 30

A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.

Question 31

Saccharine

Answer 31

Excessively sweet or sentimental. Relating to or containing sugar; sugary.

Question 32

Saccharin

Answer 32

A sweet-tasting synthetic compound used in food and drink as a substitute for sugar.

Question 33

Portmanteau

Answer 33

A large travelling bag, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts. A word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel or brunch. Consisting of or combining two or more aspects or qualities.

Question 34

Benediction

Answer 34

The utterance of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service. (In the Roman Catholic Church) a service in which the congregation is blessed with the sacrament. A prayer asking for divine blessing. The state of being blessed.

Question 35

Reprobate

Answer 35

An unprincipled person. Unprincipled. Express or feel disapproval of.

Question 36

Vehement

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Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

Question 37

Propitiate

Answer 37

Win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them.

Question 38

Expedient

Answer 38

(Of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral. (Of an action) suitable or appropriate. A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral.

Question 39

Extricate

Answer 39

Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

Question 40

Disparage

Answer 40

Regard or represent as being of little worth.