Vocabulary

Question 1

v. steal

Answer 1

Filch

Question 2

adj. suave; elegant; refined

Answer 2

Urbane

Question 3

n. contrast; direct opposite

Answer 3

Antithesis

Question 4

n. person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church

Answer 4

Heretical

Question 5

v. combine; fuse

Answer 5

Coalesce

Question 6

n. quack; pretender to knowledge

Answer 6

Charlatan

Question 7

v. pour off gently

Answer 7

Decant

Question 8

adj. clumsy; boorish

Answer 8

Gauche

Question 9

adj. superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious

Answer 9

Redundant

Question 10

n. wasting away

Answer 10

Atrophy

Question 11

adj. elastic; having the power of springing back

Answer 11

Resilient

Question 12

n. similarity; parallelism

Answer 12

Analogy

Question 13

adj. humorous; jocular

Answer 13

Facetious

Question 14

v. bitter scolding; invective

Answer 14

Diatribe

Question 15

n. curse

Answer 15

Malediction

Question 16

adj. sum; total

Answer 16

Aggregate

Question 17

n. poise; self-assurance

Answer 17

Aplomb

Question 18

adj. curative

Answer 18

Therapeutic

Question 19

v. change; convert to something different

Answer 19

Transmute

Question 20

n. gradual wearing down

Answer 20

Attrition

Question 21

v. cut the top off

Answer 21

Truncate

Question 22

v. vibrate pendulum-like; waver

Answer 22

Oscillate

Question 23

v. vaccinate

Answer 23

Inoculate

Question 24

n. reading

Answer 24

Perusal

Question 25

adj. fretful; whining

Answer 25

Querulous