Nov 12

Question 1

Torpid

Answer 1

Lethargic, mentally or physically inactive

Question 2

Assiduous

Answer 2

Showing great care and perseverance

Question 3

Lachrymose 

Aunt Vicky right now

Answer 3

Tearful to given to weeping

Question 4

Diffident

Tyler - perf

Answer 4

Modest or shy because of lack of self confidence

Question 5

Avaricious

Answer 5

Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 6

Baleful

Answer 6

Harmful or menacing

Question 7

Portentously

P-ous

Answer 7

Done in an overly solem or pompous manner

Question 8

Sedulous (Sue Sue)

Answer 8

Showing dedication and diligence

Question 9

Phlegmatic

Answer 9

Having an unemotional and stupidly calm disposition

Question 10

Nonplussed

Answer 10

Surprise and confuse someone so much that they are unsure how to react

Question 11

Captious

Answer 11

Tending to find fault or raise petty objections

Question 12

Propagate

Answer 12

Spread and promote

Question 13

Noisome

Answer 13

Having offensive smell

Question 14

Discordant

Answer 14

Disagreeing or harsh and jarring because of lack of harmony

Question 15

Calumny

Answer 15

Making of false and defamatory statement about someone to damage their reputation

Question 16

Augury

Answer 16

Sign of what will happen in the future. An omen

Question 17

Portent

Answer 17

A sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen

OR

An exceptional or wonderful person or thing

Question 18

Aspersion

Answer 18

An attack on the reputation or integrity of something or someone

Question 19

Dirge

Answer 19

A lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite

Question 20

Distention

Dana’s baby

Answer 20

The act of swelling or becoming large by pressure from inside

Question 21

Veneration

Venhaus nation

Answer 21

Great respect or reverence

Question 22

Puissance

Answer 22

Great power, influence, or prowess

Question 23

Donnybrook

Answer 23

Uproar or disorder. A heated argument

Question 24

Jejune

Answer 24

Naive, simplistic, superficial

Question 25

Insouciant

Answer 25

Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent

Question 26

Vainglorious

Answer 26

Overly vain, excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements

Question 27

Inveterate Inveterate smoker. Most veterans smoked.

Answer 27

Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long established and unlikely to change

Question 28

Inimical Americans to the Indians

Answer 28

Tending to obstruct or harm, unfriendly, hostile

Question 29

Turgid Turgid language or writing

Answer 29

Language - tediously pompous or bombastic Adj - swollen and distended or congested

Question 30

Tumid

Answer 30

Pompous or bombast Adj - swollen

Question 31

Euphonious

Answer 31

Pleasing to the ear

Question 32

Sanguinary

Answer 32

Involving or causing much bloodshed

Question 33

Equable

Answer 33

Not easily disturbed or angered, calm and even tempered

Question 34

Restive

Answer 34

Unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom

Question 35

Refulgent Rori’s refulgent eyes

Answer 35

Shining brightly

Question 36

Inane Senator’s comments during Facebook ousting

Answer 36

Silly and stupid

Question 37

Vapid

Answer 37

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

Question 38

Soporific Sopranos or symphony makes Tyler…

Answer 38

Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep

Question 39

Predilection

Answer 39

A preference

Question 40

Impunity OJ murdered with impunity

Answer 40

Exemption from punishment

Question 41

Circumspection Circumspectacles

Answer 41

Exercise caution

Question 42

Incandescent Incandescent lighting

Answer 42

Emitting light as a result of being heated

Question 43

Clandestine

Answer 43

Kept secret or done secretly

Question 44

Reproach The child was reproached in the grocery story

Answer 44

Scold

Question 45

Reprove

Answer 45

Scold

Question 46

Disabuse

Answer 46

Persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken

Question 47

Dearth

Answer 47

Lack of something

Question 48

Surfeit Surplus

Answer 48

An excess

Question 49

Vestige

Answer 49

A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists, or the smallest amount