Week 3

Question 1

didactic

Answer 1

intended to teach, making moral observations

Question 2

warrant

Answer 2

to justify

Question 3

oblique

Answer 3

neither parallel nor perpendicular; indirect, devious

Question 4

verbose

Answer 4

wordy

Question 5

tacit

Answer 5

quiet, silent

Question 6

inimical

Answer 6

hostile, unfriendly

Question 7

ameliorate

Answer 7

to make better or more tolerable

Question 8

talisman

Answer 8

a charm used to avert evil and bring good fortune

Question 9

harbinger

Answer 9

one who presages or foreshadows what is to come

Question 10

beneficent

Answer 10

doing or producing good, especially acts of kindesss and charity

Question 11

dilettante

Answer 11

a person having a superficial interest in an art or branch of knowledge

Question 12

itinerant

Answer 12

one who travels from place to place

Question 13

obstreperous

Answer 13

stubbornly resistant to control

Question 14

soporific

Answer 14

something that induces sleep

Question 15

repugnance

Answer 15

strong dislike or distaste

Question 16

molt

Answer 16

the shedding of shells, horns, fur or feathers

Question 17

digress

Answer 17

to turn from the main subject of attention

Question 18

voracious

Answer 18

having a huge appetite

Question 19

congenial

Answer 19

pleasant, sociable

Question 20

immaterial

Answer 20

of no substantial importance

Question 21

drone

Answer 21

a monotonous sound, also a drudge; parasite

Question 22

inflection

Answer 22

a change in pitch or loudness of voice

Question 23

carp

Answer 23

to find fault, complain

Question 24

castigation

Answer 24

severe punishment

Question 25

collaborate

Answer 25

to work jointly with others

Question 26

exacerbate

Answer 26

to make more violent, bitter or severe

Question 27

exonerate

Answer 27

to relieve of responsibility or blame

Question 28

temporal

Answer 28

relating to earthly life

Question 29

impeccable

Answer 29

incapable of sinning; flawless

Question 30

mitigate

Answer 30

to lessen in severity

Question 31

propagate

Answer 31

to increase; to foster growing knowledge

Question 32

revile

Answer 32

to subject to verbal abuse

Question 33

novice

Answer 33

a beginner

Question 34

equivocate

Answer 34

to use ambiguous language with intent to deceive; to avoid committing oneself

Question 35

paragon

Answer 35

a model of excellence

Question 36

conundrum

Answer 36

an intricate and difficult problem; mystery

Question 37

vignette

Answer 37

a short, descriptive, literary sketch

Question 38

somnolent

Answer 38

heavy with sleep, drowsy

Question 39

charlatan

Answer 39

a fraud or faker

Question 40

quack

Answer 40

a fraud, one who pretends to have medical skills