Quiz 10-03-2014

Question 0

Halcyon

Answer 0

calm;peaceful

Question 1

Badger

Answer 1

tease;annoy;nag

Question 2

Lionize

Answer 2

treat as highly important

Question 3

parrot

Answer 3

repeat mechanically

Question 4

Benign

Answer 4

1. not dangerous

2. gentle;kindly

Question 5

convalesce

Answer 5

recover health after illness; recuperate

Question 6

fester

Answer 6

form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy

Question 7

immunity

Answer 7

1. resistance (to disease)

2. Freedom (as from an obligation); exemption

Question 8

Malignant

Answer 8

1. Threatening to cause death

2. very evil

Question 9

Pestilential

Answer 9

1. morally, harmful

2. Pertaining to a pestilence(plague); deadly

Question 10

Salubrious

Answer 10

healthful

Question 11

Virulent

Answer 11

1. Extremely poisonous; deadly; venemous

2. Very bitter

Question 12

Encomium

Answer 12

speech or writing of high praise; tribute; eulogy; panegyric

Question 13

Kudos

Answer 13

fame or praise due to achievement

Question 14

Laudable

Answer 14

praiseworthy; commendable

Question 15

laudatory

Answer 15

expressing praise; eulogistic

Question 16

calumnious

Answer 16

falsely and maliciously accusing; defamatory; slanderous

Question 17

malign

Answer 17

speak evil of; vilify;traduce

Question 18

stigma

Answer 18

mark of disgrace

Question 19

facetious

Answer 19

in the habit of joking

Question 20

flippant

Answer 20

treating serious matters lightly

Question 21

levity

Answer 21

lack of proper seriousness; trifling gaiety; frivolity

Question 22

sardonic

Answer 22

bitterly sarcastic; mocking; sneering

Question 23

travesty

Answer 23

imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery