W4

Question 1

tousle

Answer 1

untidy/unkempt

{Towel of manu}

Question 2

underhanded

Answer 2

secret/dishonest

{Hand under the table , bribing}

Question 3

delectable

Answer 3

delicious

Question 4

scrupulous (1 & 2)

Answer 4

diligent/careful + honest/highminded

Question 5

querulous

Answer 5

complaining in a whining manner

Question 6

disheveled

Answer 6

untidy/unkempt

{Not heaven}

Question 7

morass

Answer 7

swamp/muddy pit/marshland/complicated situation

Question 8

impetuous

Answer 8

impulsive/rashly/hastly {impatien-us}

Question 9

irascible

Answer 9

ill-tempered/irritable {curmudgeon parsi old man}

Question 10

lurid

Answer 10

bright/sensational {alluring}

Question 11

ineffable

Answer 11

inexpressible in words {in-F-able}

Question 12

magisterial

Answer 12

authoritative {magistrate}

Question 13

morose

Answer 13

sad/gloomy/sullen {no-rose-on-valentine’s}

Question 14

pacific

Answer 14

peace-maker/irenic/non-violent {peace}

Question 15

pacifist

Answer 15

one who beliefs violence is unjustified {peace}

Question 16

pendulous

Answer 16

hanging/oscillating/sagging {pendulum}

Question 17

perquisite

Answer 17

benefits {perks}

Question 18

peripatetic

Answer 18

traveling from place to place for work / itinerant {per-pe-tic-tic}

Question 19

impassive

Answer 19

expressionless/inscrutable {i-m-passive English man}

Question 20

plaintive

Answer 20

sounding sad/mournful/doleful/piteous/dolorous {complaintive}

Question 21

piteous

Answer 21

mournful {pity}

Question 22

prolix

Answer 22

using or containing too many words {prolixity}

Question 23

quash

Answer 23

cancel/put an end to {squash}

Question 24

quiescent

Answer 24

inactive / quiet {essence of quietness}

Question 25

recapitulated

Answer 25

summarized {recap}

Question 26

scanty

Answer 26

inappropriately insufficient {scanty-panty}

Question 27

skullduggery

Answer 27

trickery {witches do that} {witchcraft}

Question 28

stilted

Answer 28

contrived/strained/artificially done {stiltoes increases height of women at the cost of comfort}

Question 29

toothsome

Answer 29

delicious {tooth-want-some}

Question 30

tout

Answer 30

sell/hawk/support/promote {hawkers shout on street}

Question 31

tremulous (1 & 2)

Answer 31

tremble/wavering/shaking/quivering + timid/diffident

Question 32

trepidation

Answer 32

fear {trapped in a box}

Question 33

succulent

Answer 33

juicy/tasty {suck the juicy lollipop}

Question 34

undulate

Answer 34

moving smoothly in a wave {smooth voice modulation}

Question 35

unkempt

Answer 35

untidy/shabby/disheveled {un-kept hair}

Question 36

usurp

Answer 36

forcefully or illegally take place of/seize/appropriate/ expropriate {u-slurp}

Question 37

vanquish

Answer 37

thoroughly defeat someone {vanish China from world map}

Question 38

vapid

Answer 38

uninteresting/uninspiring/colorless {rapidly done for namesake}

Question 39

stupefy

Answer 39

tranquilize/make numb/make (someone) unable to think {Hermione cast stupefy spell in H.P.}

Question 40

chicanery

Answer 40

subterfuge/deceit {chikni-chupdi-batein-karke- deceit}

Question 41

phlegmatic

Answer 41

calm/cool/impassive/having unemotional disposition {pragmatic English man}

Question 42

synopsis

Answer 42

summary/abstract

Question 43

precis

Answer 43

summary {precise}