List 2

Question 1

buffets

Answer 1

n. a blow especially from the hand

Question 2

cloistered

Answer 2

adj. secluded; surrounded in the darkness

Question 3

augures

Answer 3

n. signs from an omen

Question 4

malevolence

Answer 4

n. having or showing intense, often vicious, ill will or hatred

Question 5

rue

Answer 5

v. regret or sorrow

Question 6

gall

Answer 6

n. bile obtained from an animal and used in medicine

Question 7

confound

Answer 7

v. to destroy or ruin

Question 8

deftly

Answer 8

adv. characterized by facility and skill

Question 9

potent

Answer 9

adj. having or wieliding force; powerful

Question 10

resolute

Answer 10

adj. marked by firm determination

Question 11

vanquished

Answer 11

v. overcome in battle; subdued completely

Question 12

sear

Answer 12

v. to burn or scorch as if with sudden application of intense heat

Question 13

avaricous

Answer 13

adj. greedy of gain; excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches

Question 14

intemperance

Answer 14

n. lack of moderation; especially: habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants

Question 15

hoodwink

Answer 15

v. to decieve by false appearance

Question 16

pernicious

Answer 16

adj. highly injurious or destructive

Question 17

avarice

Answer 17

n. excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain

Question 18

abjure

Answer 18

v. remove & reject

Question 19

reconcile

Answer 19

v. to restore to friendship or harmony

Question 20

malady

Answer 20

n. an unwholesome or disordered condition

Question 21

sancity

Answer 21

n. holiness of life and character

Question 22

rent

Answer 22

v. to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence

Question 23

tidings

Answer 23

n. a piece of news-usually used in plural

Question 24

epicures

Answer 24

n. lovers of luxury; hence soft men

Question 25

oblivious

Answer 25

adj. causing utter forgetfullness

Question 26

dispatch

Answer 26

v. to send off or away with promptness or speed

Question 27

usurper

Answer 27

n. one who seizes authority by force and without right