Summit Week 5

Question 1

Arrogate (v)

Answer 1

To claim or take without right

Question 2

Belabor (adj)

Answer 2

To work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Question 3

Carping (adj/n)

Answer 3

Tending to find fault, especially in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
Petty, nagging criticism

Question 4

Congeal (v)

Answer 4

To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

Question 5

Emulate (v)

Answer 5

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Question 6

Encomium (n)

Answer 6

A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Question 7

Eschew (v)

Answer 7

To avoid, shun, keep away from

Question 8

Insatiable (adj)

Answer 8

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Question 9

Intransigent (adj)

Answer 9

Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Question 10

Invidious (adj)

Answer 10

Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Question 11

Largesse (n)

Answer 11

Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 12

Reconnaisance (n)

Answer 12

A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Question 13

Substantiate (v)

Answer 13

To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

Question 14

Temporize (v)

Answer 14

To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

Question 15

Tenable (adj)

Answer 15

Capable of being held or defended

Question 16

Animadversion (n)

Answer 16

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 17

Avid (adj)

Answer 17

Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 18

Brackish (adj)

Answer 18

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 19

Devious (adj)

Answer 19

Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in s shifty or underhanded way

Question 20

Gambit (n)

Answer 20

In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

Question 21

Histrionic (adj)

Answer 21

Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

Question 22

Incendiary (adj/n)

Answer 22

Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion
One who deliberately sets fire, arsonist; one who cause strife

Question 23

Maelstrom (n)

Answer 23

A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

Question 24

Myopic (adj)

Answer 24

Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

Question 25

Overt (adj)

Answer 25

Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Question 26

Pejorative (adj)

Answer 26

Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

Question 27

Propriety (n)

Answer 27

The state of being proper, appropriateness | (Pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Question 28

Sacrilege (n)

Answer 28

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 29

Summarily (adv)

Answer 29

Without delay or formality; briefly, defilement

Question 30

Suppliant (adj/n)

Answer 30

Asking humbly and earnestly | One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, petitioner, suitor

Question 31

Talisman (n)

Answer 31

An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

Question 32

Acquisitive (adj)

Answer 32

Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Question 33

Cavort (v)

Answer 33

To romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

Question 34

Credence (n)

Answer 34

Belief, mental acceptance

Question 35

Decry (v)

Answer 35

To condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

Question 36

Dissemble (v)

Answer 36

To disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false inpression

Question 37

Distraught (adj)

Answer 37

Very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Question 38

Evince (v)

Answer 38

To display clearly, to make evidence, to provoke

Question 39

Exhume (v)

Answer 39

To remove from a grave, to bring to light

Question 40

Feckless (adj)

Answer 40

Lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Question 41

Murky (adj)

Answer 41

Dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Question 42

Nefarious (adj)

Answer 42

Wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Question 43

Piquant (adj)

Answer 43

Stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

Question 44

Propinquity (n)

Answer 44

Nearness in place or time; kinship

Question 45

Unwonted (adj)

Answer 45

Not usual or expected, not in character

Question 46

Utopian (adj)

Answer 46

Founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Question 47

Verbiage (n)

Answer 47

A language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense of content, wordiness, a manner of expression