Week 4 - Deck 2

Question 1

platitude

Answer 1

n. a remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful:

“she began uttering liberal ~s”

Question 2

exhort

Answer 2

v. [trans] strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:

“the media have been ~ing people to turn out for the demonstration”

Question 3

exhortation

Answer 3

n. an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something:

“~s to eat well”
“no amount of ~ had any effect”

Question 4

boon

Answer 4

1. (usu. in sing.) a thing that is helpful or beneficial:

“the navigation system will be a ~ to both civilian and military users.”

Question 5

insensate

Answer 5

adj. lacking physical sensation:
“a patient who was permanently unconscious and ~”
[]lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling: “a positively ~ hatred.”
[]completely lacking sense or reason: “~ jabbering”

Question 6

melancholy

Answer 6

n. a deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness.

adj. sad, gloomy, or depressed:
“She felt a little ~”
“The dog has a ~ expression”

Question 7

moors

Answer 7

n. a tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath.

Question 8

despondency

Answer 8

n. a state of low spirits caused by loss of hope or courage:

“He hinted at his own deep ~.”

Question 9

despondent

Answer 9

adj. in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Question 10

untoward

Answer 10

adj. unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient:

“Both tried to behave as if nothing ~ had happened.”
“~ jokes and racial remark.”

Question 11

endue

Answer 11

v. endow or provide with a quality or ability:

“Our sight would be ~d with a far greater sharpness.”

Question 12

hither

Answer 12

adverb
to or toward this place

“I little knew then that such a calamity would summon me ~!”

Question 13

thither

Answer 13

adverb
to or toward that place:

“No trickery had been necessary to attract him thither.”

Question 14

dire

Answer 14

adj. (of a situation or event)
extremely serious or urgent: “~ consequences”
[] (of a warning or threat) presaging disaster: “~ warning about breathing the fumes”

Question 15

dissipation

Answer 15

n.

1. dissipated living “a descent into drunkenness and sexual ~”
2. squandering of money, energy, or resources: “the ~ of the country’s mineral wealth”

[]scattering or dispersion

Question 16

dissipate

Answer 16

v.

1. disperse or scatter
2. squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources)

Question 17

sable

Answer 17

n. a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur, native to Japan and Siberia and valued for its fur.

[] the fur of the sable

Question 18

admonish

Answer 18

v [trans] warn or reprimand someone firmly

[] advise or urge (someone) earnestly

Question 19

visceral

Answer 19

adj. relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect: “The voters had a ~ fear of change.”

Question 20

interfuse

Answer 20

v. (trans) (poetic/literary) join or mix (two or more things) together:

“nowhere do art and life seem so ~d”

Question 21

poignant

Answer 21

adj. evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret: “a ~ reminder of the passing of time.”

[] keenly felt: “The sensation of being back at home was most ~ in the winter.”