v3

Question 1

supplanted

Answer 1

supersede or replace

Question 2

supersede

Answer 2

take the place of

Question 3

infringed

Answer 3

actively breaking the terms of a law or agreement

Question 4

exigency

Answer 4

urgent need or demand

Question 5

consummate

Answer 5

make a relationship official by sexual intercourse

Question 6

wiles

Answer 6

devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants

Question 7

eunuch

Answer 7

castrated male employed to guard women’s living areas at oriental court, ineffectual person

Question 8

petulant

Answer 8

childish sulking or bad tempered

Question 9

bursar

Answer 9

college financial manager

Question 10

evasive

Answer 10

avoid commitment or self-revelation, responding indirectly

Question 11

flummoxed

Answer 11

bewildered or perplexed

Question 12

anthologized

Answer 12

include in an anthology

Question 13

anthology

Answer 13

published series of poems or pieces of writing

Question 14

martinet

Answer 14

strict disciplinarian in army

Question 15

tantalizing

Answer 15

torment or tease of something unattinable

Question 16

perogative

Answer 16

right or privilege exclusive to individual

Question 17

pugnacity

Answer 17

earger or quick to fight or argue

Question 18

spinsters

Answer 18

typically older unmarried women

Question 19

subsect

Answer 19

sect directly derived from another

Question 20

eclectic

Answer 20

deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad range of sources

Question 21

allude

Answer 21

suggest or call attention to indirectly, hint at

Question 22

prudent

Answer 22

acting with care or thought of the future

Question 23

expositional

Answer 23

expounding, setting forth, explaining, detailed statement

Question 24

posthaste

Answer 24

with great speed or immediacy

Question 25

geritol

Answer 25

trademark name for various dietary supplements, typically for iron deficiency

Question 26

settee

Answer 26

long upholstered seat, typically with back and arms

Question 27

akin

Answer 27

similar character, related by blood

Question 28

cloak and dagger

Answer 28

involving characteristic of mystery, intrigue, or espionage

Question 29

prowl

Answer 29

move around restlessly and stealthily, in search of prey, prowling

Question 30

taciturn

Answer 30

reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little

Question 31

his girl friday

Answer 31

efficient and faithful female assistant

Question 32

evocative

Answer 32

bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind

Question 33

deluding

Answer 33

impose a misleading belief upon someone, deceive, fool

Question 34

hospice

Answer 34

home providing care for the sick and terminally ill

Question 35

melancholia

Answer 35

subtype of depression, extreme despair or guilt

Question 36

contemporaries

Answer 36

person or thing living or existing at the same time as another, same age

Question 37

sojourn

Answer 37

temporary stay

Question 38

cobbler

Answer 38

mender/maker of shoes and leather goods, clumsy workman

Question 39

denizens

Answer 39

inhabitant or occupant of a particular space

Question 40

pious

Answer 40

devoutly religious, hypocritical display of virtue

Question 41

faux pa

Answer 41

significant or embarrassing error or mistake

Question 42

petulance

Answer 42

quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered

Question 43

gangbusters

Answer 43

police officer/person who takes part in breaking up criminal gangs, very successful

Question 44

canape

Answer 44

small bread or pastry with topping often served with drinks at a formal party

Question 45

lugged architrave

Answer 45

clasically inspired window or door casing

Question 46

wainscot

Answer 46

wooden paneling on the lower part of walls of a room

Question 47

Mennonite

Answer 47

chrisitan group of anabaptist similar to amish

Question 48

ouzo

Answer 48

is a dry anise-flavoured aperitif that is widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus. It is made from rectified spirits that have undergone a process of distillation and flavoring

Question 49

saccharin

Answer 49

sweet-tasting synthetic compound used as a sugar substitite

Question 50

nonsensical

Answer 50

having no meaning or not making sense