List #9

Question 1

abort (v.)

Answer 1

to give up unfinished

Question 2

alacrity (n.)

Answer 2

speed, readiness

Question 3

aphorism (n.)

Answer 3

a short saying

Question 4

bereft (adj.)

Answer 4

without, devoid of

Question 5

cajole (v.)

Answer 5

to urge, coax

Question 6

cliché (n.)

Answer 6

a trite, overused expression

Question 7

confound (v.)

Answer 7

to frustrate

Question 8

delude (v.)

Answer 8

to deceive, to mislead

Question 9

divergent (adj.)

Answer 9

different, deviating, contrary

Question 10

entomology (n.)

Answer 10

the study of insects

Question 11

fabricate (v.) -

Answer 11

to invent, make-up, concoct

Question 12

flout (v.)

Answer 12

to scorn, ignore, show contempt for

Question 13

gourmand (n.)

Answer 13

one who likes eating and drinking

Question 14

idolatrous (adj.)

Answer 14

worshiping excessively an object or person

Question 15

iniquity (n.)

Answer 15

a wicked act, a sin

Question 16

latent (adj.)

Answer 16

present but hidden

Question 17

malevolent (adj.)

Answer 17

having intent to harm others

Question 18

metamorphosis (n.)

Answer 18

a change of form, shape, substance

Question 19

noisome (adj.)

Answer 19

foul, offensive, particularly to the sense of smell

Question 20

parody (n.)

Answer 20

a satirical imitation

Question 21

placate (v.)

Answer 21

to soothe, appease

Question 22

profane (adj.)

Answer 22

• indecent, blasphemous

Question 23

rancid (adj.)

Answer 23

rotten, spoiled, disgusting in smell or taste

Question 24

replete (adj.)

Answer 24

filled or well supplied with something; full

Question 25

sagacious (adj.)

Answer 25

shrewd, showing sound judgment

Question 26

somnolent (adj.)

Answer 26

sleepy

Question 27

surfeit (n.)

Answer 27

an excess, a surplus, an overabundance

Question 28

terse (adj.)

Answer 28

abrupt, short, brief

Question 29

undulate (v.)

Answer 29

to move in a smooth wavelike motion

Question 30

vocation (n.)

Answer 30

one’s work or professional calling