Week 3

Question 1

Flag

Answer 1

To signal, with or as with a flag

1. To fall off in energy, vigor, interest, or activity
2. To droop or hang loose

Question 2

Somatic

Answer 2

1. Pertaining to the body (as opposed to the mind, a body part, or the environment) 2. Relating to the wall of the body cavity

Question 3

Fluke

Answer 3

A stroke of good luck; a chance occurrence or accident

Question 4

Doff

Answer 4

1. To take off or remove (as clothes); to tip or remove (one’s hat) in greeting 2. To put aside or discard

Question 5

Apocryphal

Answer 5

Of questionable authenticity or origin; spurious

Question 6

Scurvy

Answer 6

A wasting disease caused by vitamin C deficiency Contemptible, despicable, or mean

Question 7

Apposite

Answer 7

Appropriate, relevant, or apt

Question 8

Squalid

Answer 8

Foul, dirty, or wretched, as from extreme poverty or neglect Morally repulsive or sordid

Question 9

Garrulous

Answer 9

Wordy; overly talkative and given to long, rambling, often trivial speech

Question 10

Gambol

Answer 10

To frolic, to skip or leap about playfully

Question 11

Fulminate

Answer 11

1. To send out or issue with denunciation, invective, or condemnation
2. To explode

Question 12

Salubrious

Answer 12

Promoting or conducive to health or well being

Question 13

Abscission

Answer 13

The act of cutting off

Question 14

Gauche

Answer 14

Lacking in tact, sensitivity, or other social graces

Question 15

Truculent

Answer 15

Ferocious, cruel, or savage; Deadly or destructive

Scating or harsh; belligerent or agressive; disposed to fighting

Question 16

Asperity

Answer 16

Rigor or severity;

Roughness, unveness. or harhness, as of surface or sound;

Roughness or harhness of manner or temper

Question 17

Finesse

Answer 17

Skillful or adroit handling

Refinement or delicacy or performance, skill, or workmanship

Question 18

Germane

Answer 18

Relevant or closely related

Question 19

Viscid

Answer 19

Having a sticky, adhesive , or viscous quality or consistency

Question 20

Glib

Answer 20

Fluent in speaking or writing to the point of insincerity or thoughtlessness;

Done with natural ease or offhand nonchalance

Question 21

Requite

Answer 21

To repay or make return for; to reciprocate

To avenge

To compense for a service, benefit, or injury

Question 22

Grouse

Answer 22

To complain, grumble

A greivance, a persistent complaint

Any of various types of plump, chicken-like game birds

Question 23

Appreciable

Answer 23

Possible to see, measure, or estimate

Question 24

Dilate

Answer 24

1. To cause to expand, to widen or enlarge
2. To speak or write at length on a subject

Question 25

Subside

Answer 25

To sink to a lower or normal level (such as a fever); to sink or settle down (as onto a couch or to the bottom of a river. To become less agitated or active.

Question 26

Redundant

Answer 26

More than necessary, superfluous Excessively wordy or repetitive

Question 27

Antipathy

Answer 27

An aversion, disliking, or distaste for An object of dislike or aversion

Question 28

Convoluted

Answer 28

Having a great number of coils, loops, or folds Intricate or involved

Question 29

Mitigate

Answer 29

To moderate (the force, intensity, or strength of) or alleviate

Question 30

Sangfroid

Answer 30

Self-possession or composure, especially under stress

Question 31

Implosion

Answer 31

Forceful collapse inward

Question 32

Condone

Answer 32

To overlook, dismiss, or forgive (an offense)

Question 33

Catalyst

Answer 33

Something precipitating, provoking, or accelerating an action, event, or change. A substance that starts or speeds a chemical reaction

Question 34

Intemperance

Answer 34

Indulgence of passions or appetites Excessive drinking of alcohol

Question 35

Stalwart

Answer 35

Strong or vigorous in mind, body, or spirit

Question 36

Augment

Answer 36

To enlarge, make greater, more intense, or more numerous

Question 37

Abridge

Answer 37

To cut short, condense (especially of a written work)

Question 38

Indifferent

Answer 38

Not caring, having no interest, unbiased, impartial

Question 39

Verbose

Answer 39

Using more words than necessary, wordy

Question 40

Squelch

Answer 40

To crush or squash as if by trampling Toquell or suppress completely To silence, as by a crushing remark To emit a splashing, sucking sound

Question 41

Emaciate

Answer 41

Wastedaway, enfeebled, or made extremely thin

Question 42

Etempore

Answer 42

Done, said, or composed with little or no preparation

Question 43

Forestall

Answer 43

To hinder or prevent in advance To anticipate or deal with in advance To buy up goods so as to drive up prices for resale

Question 44

Analogous

Answer 44

Similar or related so that one can draw an analogy or comparison

Question 45

Quiescence

Answer 45

The state of being quiescent, tranquil restfulness or repose

Question 46

Adulterate

Answer 46

To make impure or corrup by adding foreign or inerior materials or ingredients, particularly in preparation for sale

Question 47

Nabob

Answer 47

A person who is wealthy, prominent, or important A provincial governor of India's Magul empire (historical)

Question 48

Cardinal

Answer 48

Of prime importance, chief, main

Question 49

Puissance

Answer 49

Power, might