Set 23

Question 2

constraint

Answer 2

restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; v. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison

Question 3

grunt

Answer 3

utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does); n.

Question 4

viscid

Answer 4

adhesive; gluey

Question 5

parsimony

Answer 5

stinginess; excessive frugality; adj. parsimonious

Question 6

pinnace

Answer 6

small boat

Question 7

clamber

Answer 7

climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble

Question 8

gleam

Answer 8

brief flash of light; glow; v.

Question 9

feature

Answer 9

distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; v. make prominent

Question 10

vying

Answer 10

contending; ex: vie

Question 11

prune

Answer 11

cut away; trim

Question 12

denounce

Answer 12

condemn; criticize; n. denunciation

Question 13

deplore

Answer 13

regret; express sorrow and severe disapproval for something bad; ex. deplore their violent behavior; adj. deplorable: very bad; deserving severe disapproval; ex. deplorable living condition

Question 14

interjection

Answer 14

exclamation; ex. ``Ouch’’

Question 15

bevy

Answer 15

large group; ex. a bevy of starlets

Question 16

precept

Answer 16

practical rule guiding conduct; ex. mother’s precept

Question 17

distinctive

Answer 17

clearly different from others of the same kind

Question 18

concord

Answer 18

harmony; accord

Question 19

peripatetic

Answer 19

walking about from place to place (to work); moving; ex. peripatetic school of philosophy

Question 20

solicitous

Answer 20

anxious; worried; concerned; eager; ex. solicitous to do something; n. solicitude

Question 21

cipher

Answer 21

nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; v.

Question 22

contrive

Answer 22

invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; ex. contrive to attract his attention

Question 23

brawn

Answer 23

human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness

Question 24

euthanasia

Answer 24

mercy killing

Question 25

pariah

Answer 25

social outcast; ex. Mariah the pariah

Question 26

inhibited

Answer 26

(of a person) unable to express what one really feels

Question 27

delusive

Answer 27

deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; ex. delusive promises

Question 28

propensity

Answer 28

natural inclination

Question 29

vex

Answer 29

annoy; distress

Question 30

alliteration

Answer 30

repetition of beginning sound in poetry

Question 31

recast

Answer 31

reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again

Question 32

cession

Answer 32

yielding to another; ceding

Question 33

blasphemy

Answer 33

irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; v. blasphem; adj. blasphemous; ex: sacrilege

Question 34

emblazon

Answer 34

ornament richly (a shield or flag); n. emblazonment

Question 35

cleft

Answer 35

n. split

Question 36

seamy

Answer 36

sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; ex. seamy side of city life

Question 37

scad

Answer 37

a great quantity; ex. scads of clothes

Question 38

licentious

Answer 38

amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained

Question 39

opalescent

Answer 39

iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; n. opalescence

Question 40

impasse

Answer 40

predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress

Question 41

sinuous

Answer 41

twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest

Question 42

perpetrate

Answer 42

commit an offense; do (something wrong)

Question 43

crypt

Answer 43

secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)

Question 44

lot

Answer 44

object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land

Question 45

clarion

Answer 45

shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times

Question 46

transpire

Answer 46

(of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores

Question 47

buffet

Answer 47

strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; n. table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set

Question 48

muddle

Answer 48

confuse; mix up confusedly; n. state of confusion

Question 49

harry

Answer 49

harass, annoy, torment (by repeated attacks); raid

Question 50

atypical

Answer 50

not normal; not typical

Question 51

redundant

Answer 51

superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious

Question 52

podium

Answer 52

pedestal; raised platform

Question 53

levitate

Answer 53

rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); ex: light

Question 54

defile

Answer 54

pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; n. narrow passage or gorge through mountains

Question 55

verbiage

Answer 55

pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness

Question 56

flay

Answer 56

strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly

Question 57

raspy

Answer 57

making a harsh noise; grating; harsh

Question 58

aphorism

Answer 58

pithy maxim or saying; adj. aphoristic

Question 59

correlation

Answer 59

mutual relationship

Question 60

callous

Answer 60

hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind

Question 61

badger

Answer 61

pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; n. a kind of mountain animal

Question 62

primary

Answer 62

first in rank or importance; principal; earliest in time; ex. primary stages; n. ex: first

Question 63

quack

Answer 63

charlatan; impostor