List 5

Question 1

Astral

Answer 1

Adj. relating to the stars

Question 2

Astringent

Answer 2

Adj. binding, causing contraction

Question 3

Astronomical

Answer 3

Adj. enormously large or extensive

Question 4

Astute

Answer 4

Adj. wise, shrewd, keen

Question 5

Asunder

Answer 5

Adj. into parts, apart

Question 6

Asylum

Answer 6

N. place of refuge or shelter, protection

Question 7

Asymmetric

Answer 7

Adj. not identical on both sides of dividing central line

Question 8

Atavism

Answer 8

N. reversion to an earlier type, throwback

Question 9

Atheistic

Answer 9

Adj. denying the existence of God

Question 10

Atlas

Answer 10

N. bound volume of maps, charts, or tables

Question 11

Atone

Answer 11

V. Make amends for, pay for

Question 12

Atrocity

Answer 12

N. brutal deed

Question 13

Atrophy

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V. Decrease in size or waste away of a body part or tissue

Question 14

Attain

Answer 14

V. Achieve or accomplish , gain

Question 15

Attentive

Answer 15

Adj. alert and watchful, considerate, thoughtful

Question 16

Attenuate

Answer 16

V. Make thin, weaken

Question 17

Attest

Answer 17

V. Testify, bear witness

Question 18

Attribute

Answer 18

N. essential quality

Question 19

Attribute

Answer 19

V. Ascribe, explain

Question 20

Attrition

Answer 20

N. gradual decrease in numbers, reduction in the work force without firing employees, wearing away of opposition by means of harassment

Question 21

Atypical

Answer 21

Adj. not normal

Question 22

Audacious

Answer 22

Adj. daring, bold

Question 23

Audit

Answer 23

N. examination of accounts

Question 24

Auditory

Answer 24

Adj. pertaining to the sense of hearing

Question 25

Augury

Answer 25

N. omen, prophey

Question 26

August

Answer 26

Adj. impressive, majestic

Question 27

Auroral

Answer 27

Adj. pertaining to the aurora borealis

Question 28

Austere

Answer 28

Adj. forbiddingly stern, severely simple and unornamented

Question 29

Authenticate

Answer 29

V. Confirm as genuine

Question 30

Authoritarian

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Adj. subordinating the individual to the state, completely dominating another's will

Question 31

Authoritative

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Adj. having the weight of authority, peremptory and dictatorial

Question 32

Autocratic

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Adj. having absolute, unchecked power, dictatorial

Question 33

Automaton

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N. robot, person performing a task mechanically

Question 34

Autonomous

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Adj. self-governing

Question 35

Autopsy

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N. examination of a dead body, post-mortem

Question 36

Auxiliary

Answer 36

Adj. helper, additional or subsidiary

Question 37

Avarice

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N. greediness for wealth

Question 38

Avenge

Answer 38

V. Take revenge for something (or on behalf of someone)

Question 39

Aver

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V. Assert confidently, affirm

Question 40

Averse

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Adj. reluctant , disinclined

Question 41

Aversion

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N. firm dislike

Question 42

Avert

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V. Prevent, turn away

Question 43

Aviary

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N. enclosure for birds

Question 44

Avid

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Adj. greedy, eager for

Question 45

Avocation

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N. secondary or minor occupation

Question 46

Avow

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V. Declare openly

Question 47

Avuncular

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Adj. like an uncle

Question 48

Awe

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N. solemn wonder

Question 49

Awry

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Adv. crooked, wrong, amiss

Question 50

Axiom

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N. self-evident truth requiring no proof

Question 51

Azure

Answer 51

Adj. sky blue

Question 52

Babble

Answer 52

V. Chatter idly

Question 53

Bacchanalian

Answer 53

Adj. drunken

Question 54

Badger

Answer 54

V. To harass or annoy persistently

Question 55

Badinage

Answer 55

N. teasing conversation

Question 56

Baffle

Answer 56

V. Frustrate, perplex

Question 57

Bait

Answer 57

V. Harass, tease

Question 58

Baleful

Answer 58

Adj. deadly, having a malign influence , ominous

Question 59

Balk

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V. Foil or thwart, stop short, refuse to go on

Question 60

Ballast

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N. heavy substance used to add stability or weight

Question 61

Balm

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N. something that relieves pain

Question 62

Balmy

Answer 62

Adj. mild, fragrant

Question 63

Banal

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Adj. hackneyed , commonplace , trite, lacking originality

Question 64

Bandy

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V. Discuss lightly or glibly, exchange (words) heatedly

Question 65

Bane

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N. cause of ruin, curse

Question 66

Bantering

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Adj. good-natured joke

Question 67

Barb

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N. sharp projection from fishhook , etc., openly cutting remark