Week 1

Question 1

slander

Answer 1

spread harmful lies to hurt someone’s reputation

Question 2

slothful

Answer 2

lazy, indolent

Question 3

sloth

Answer 3

laziness

Question 4

spartan

Answer 4

very disciplined, simple, austere, and frugal`

Question 5

spectrum

Answer 5

range of color in the rainbow

Question 6

sporadic

Answer 6

occasional, intermittent`

Question 7

squalid

Answer 7

filthy, disgusting

Question 8

statute

Answer 8

a law

Question 9

steadfast

Answer 9

firm in purpose

Question 10

stem

Answer 10

the main stalk of a plant or flower

to stop, to dam

Question 11

stern

Answer 11

firm, strict

the back of a boat or vehicle

Question 12

stupefy

Answer 12

to stun, to amaze

Question 13

sublime

Answer 13

awe-inspiring

Question 14

sublimate

Answer 14

to change something low into something high

Question 15

subsequent

Answer 15

coming later, coming next

Question 16

suffrage

Answer 16

the right to vote

Question 17

sullen

Answer 17

angry but silent, gloomy

Question 18

tactic

Answer 18

a plan or procedure to accompany something

Question 19

tactless

Answer 19

lacking tact, politeness or diplomacy; being too blunt or straightforward about a delicate matter

Question 20

tenant

Answer 20

a person who rents or occupies a house

Question 21

terminology

Answer 21

terms or words which are special to a certain discipline or subject

Question 22

theology

Answer 22

the study of God or of divine things

Question 23

treatise

Answer 23

a long, detailed and formal writing about the principles of a subject

Question 24

trepidation

Answer 24

fear or alarm

Question 25

untenable

Answer 25

indefensible

Question 26

uproar

Answer 26

a state of violent and noisy disturbance

Question 27

uproarious

Answer 27

very funny

Question 28

venom

Answer 28

ill-will, bitter anger

Question 29

vent

Answer 29

to release anger or emotion suddenly

Question 30

ventilate

Answer 30

to provide a room with fresh air

Question 31

wane

Answer 31

to decrease or decline in strength, intensity, importance, etc

Question 32

warrant

Answer 32

to justify

Question 33

warranty

Answer 33

a guarantee

Question 34

absolve

Answer 34

to free from guilt or blame, to pardon

Question 35

acquit

Answer 35

to declare not guilty of a crime

Question 36

adroit

Answer 36

skillful, dexterious

Question 37

affront

Answer 37

insult, an act of disrespct

Question 38

aggregate

Answer 38

a sum, mass, or assemblage, of parts

Question 39

alloy

Answer 39

a mixture, esp. of metals

Question 40

amorphous

Answer 40

shapeless w/o a specific form

Question 41

ample

Answer 41

large, plentiful

Question 42

anachronism

Answer 42

involving an error in chronology

Question 43

annul

Answer 43

to cancel an agreement or contract, esp. a marriage

Question 44

antipathy

Answer 44

dislike, or natural aversion

Question 45

antiseptic

Answer 45

either free of germs, or killing germs

Question 46

ascribe

Answer 46

to attribute; to assign or credit as the cause or author of something

Question 47

assent

Answer 47

agreement

Question 48

asset

Answer 48

the total wealth of a person | a useful/desirable thing

Question 49

auspicious

Answer 49

favorable, promising sucess

Question 50

axis

Answer 50

the line about which a rotating body turns

Question 51

blight

Answer 51

something that deteriorates or ruins things

Question 52

boisterous

Answer 52

rough and noisy

Question 53

bombard

Answer 53

to attack by throwing things

Question 54

bombastic

Answer 54

pompous, using big words and gestures to show off in a speech

Question 55

breadth

Answer 55

width; freedom from narrowness

Question 56

bungle

Answer 56

to do something clumsily, to mess something up, to botch

Question 57

burgeon

Answer 57

to grow or develop quickly, to flourish

Question 58

bustle

Answer 58

energetic and noisy activity

Question 59

buttress

Answer 59

something which props or supports a structure

Question 60

bygone

Answer 60

past, earlier, former

Question 61

cardiologist

Answer 61

a doctor who studies and treats the heart

Question 62

cardiac

Answer 62

having to do with the heart

Question 63

carp

Answer 63

to find fault with and complain without reason

Question 64

catalyst

Answer 64

a substance causing a chemical reaction without being affected itself`

Question 65

centrifugal

Answer 65

directed outward from the center

Question 66

chimerical

Answer 66

unreal, imaginary; wildly fanciful

Question 67

choreography

Answer 67

the act of composing dances

Question 68

chronic

Answer 68

continuing over a long period of time

Question 69

chronicle

Answer 69

a chronological record of events, a history

Question 70

clemency

Answer 70

mercy

Question 71

coalesce

Answer 71

to unite, to flow or grow together and become one

Question 72

condolence`

Answer 72

an expression of sympathy for someone who is suffering the loss of a loved one

Question 73

confound

Answer 73

to confuse; to miss or associate by mistake

Question 74

contrive

Answer 74

to plan cleverly, invent

Question 75

contrived

Answer 75

artificial, obviously planned, forced

Question 76

copious

Answer 76

plentiful, abundance, large in number

Question 77

corpulent,

Answer 77

fat, chubby, large of body

Question 78

cosmic

Answer 78

pertaining to the cosmos

Question 79

crass

Answer 79

gross, without refinement, crude

Question 80

demote

Answer 80

to lower in rank or grade