Week 3

Question 1

Flag

Answer 1

to fall off in energy, vigor, interest, or activity;

to droop

Question 2

Somatic

Answer 2

pertaining to the body

Question 3

Doff

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Apocryphal

Answer 4

of questionable authenticity or origin, spurious

Question 5

Scurvy

Answer 5

contemptible, despicable

Question 6

Apposite

Answer 6

appropriate, relevant

Question 7

Garrulous

Answer 7

wordy; overly talkative and given to long, rambling speech

Question 8

Gambol

Answer 8

to frolic, to skip or leap playfully

Question 9

Fulminate

Answer 9

to send out or issue with denunciation, invective;

to explode

Question 10

Salubrious

Answer 10

promoting or conducive to health or well being

Question 11

Abscission

Answer 11

the act of cutting off

Question 12

Gauche

Answer 12

lacking in tact, sensitivity

Question 13

Truculent

Answer 13

ferocious, cruel, savage;
scathing harsh;
belligerent or aggressive

Question 14

Asperity

Answer 14

Rigor or severity;
roughness, harshness, as of surface or sound;
roughness, harshness, as of temper

Question 15

Germane

Answer 15

relevant or closely related

Question 16

Viscid

Answer 16

having a sticky, adhesive, or viscous quality or consistency

Question 17

Glib

Answer 17

Fluent in speaking or writing to the point of insincerity;

done with natural ease

Question 18

Requite

Answer 18

to repay;

to avenge

Question 19

Appreciable

Answer 19

possible to see, measure, or estimate

Question 20

Antipathy

Answer 20

an aversion, disliking for;

an object of dislike

Question 21

Convoluted

Answer 21

having a great number of coils, loops;

intricate or involved

Question 22

Sangfroid

Answer 22

self-possession or composure, especially under stres

Question 23

Intemperance

Answer 23

indulgence of passions or appetites;

excessive drinking of alcohol

Question 24

Augment

Answer 24

to enlarge, make greater, more intense

Question 25

Abridge

Answer 25

to cut short, condense

Question 26

Extempore

Answer 26

done, said, or composed with little or no preparation

Question 27

Forestall

Answer 27

to hinder;
to anticipate or deal with in advance;
to buy up goods so as to drive up prices

Question 28

Quiescence

Answer 28

the state of being quiescent;

tranquil

Question 29

Nabob

Answer 29

a person who is wealthy, prominent;

a provincial governor or Mogul empire

Question 30

Puissance

Answer 30

power, might