Set 1

Question 1

Proscribe

Answer 1

v.

to prohibit or forbid something harmful or unlawful

Question 2

Wend

Answer 2

v.

to go, proceed, walk

Question 3

Attenuate

Answer 3

v.

To weaken or reduce
To make small or fine

Question 4

Factitious

Answer 4

adj.

Artificial, fake

Question 5

Supercilious

Answer 5

adj.

Arrogant

Question 6

Supine

Answer 6

adj.

Lying face-up, morally slack

Question 7

Froward

Answer 7

adj.

Intractable, stubbornly disobedient, difficult to manage

Question 8

Stygian

Answer 8

adj.

Pitch black, hellish

Question 9

Obstreperous

Answer 9

adj.

Unruly and noisy

Question 10

Apoplectic

Answer 10

adj.

Furious, enraged

Question 11

Simper

Answer 11

v.

To say with a smirk, to smirk.

Question 12

Aphorism

Answer 12

n.

A phrase of principle, general truth, or opinion

Question 13

Phlegmatic

Answer 13

adj.

Apathetic

Question 14

Miscegenation

Answer 14

n.

• Interbreed of different races.
• Mixture or hybrid

Question 15

Cozen

Answer 15

v.

To cheat, deceive

Question 16

Genuflect

Answer 16

v.

to kneel, grovel

Question 17

Refulgent

Answer 17

adj.

Shining brightly

Question 18

Callous

Answer 18

adj.

Insensitive; having no feelings

Question 19

Parley

Answer 19

n.

Discussion between foes, often to prepare terms of surrender.

Question 20

Epistle

Answer 20

n.

Written letter

Question 21

Nostrum

Answer 21

n.

Shady med

Question 22

Denouement

Answer 22

n.

Outcome or solution to complex series of events

Question 23

Gainsay

Answer 23

v.

To contradict

Question 24

Limpid

Answer 24

adj.

Calm or clear

Question 25

Regale

Answer 25

v.

To entertain

Question 26

Pied

Answer 26

adj.

Have 2 or more colors

Question 27

Disingenuous

Answer 27

adj.

Lacking sincerity

Question 28

Depredate

Answer 28

v.

to plunder, pillage, destroy
to exploit

Question 29

Militate

Answer 29

v.

To heavily prevent, argue, or discourage

Question 30

Temerity

Answer 30

n.

Reckless confidence

Question 31

Purloin

Answer 31

v.

to steal

Question 32

Palliate

Extenuate

Answer 32

v.

To alleviate

Question 33

Pelagic

Answer 33

adj.

Relating to open seas

Question 34

Succor

Answer 34

n.

Relief during time of struggle

Question 35

Esoteric

Answer 35

adj.

• Intended for or understood only by a particular group.
• Confidential

Question 36

Covey

Answer 36

n.

A family of partridges
A small group

Question 37

Protean

Answer 37

adj.

versatile

Question 38

Punctilious

Answer 38

adj.

meticulous

Question 39

Ambit

Answer 39

n.

Extant

Question 40

Apostate

Answer 40

n.

One who abandons a belief, cause, party, or religion

Question 41

Sophistry

Answer 41

n.

Deceptive reasoning

Question 42

Perspicuity

Answer 42

n.

Clearness