Week 5

Question 1

(adj) lacking in strength, especially due to old age or illness

Answer 1

Decrepit

Question 2

(v) to come together; to meet

Answer 2

Converge

Question 3

Pommel

Answer 3

(v) to strike repeatedly; to beat, as with a club

Question 4

Absence

Answer 4

(n) the fact of being gone or not present

Question 5

Converge

Answer 5

(v) to come together; to meet

Question 6

Askance

Answer 6

(adj) with a sideways glance, as with distrust

Question 7

(n) a desire to atone for wrongdoing

Answer 7

Penitence

Question 8

Vapid

Answer 8

(adj) lacking in liveliness and flavor; dull

Question 9

Enthrall

Answer 9

(v) to hold in a rapt state; to have overpowering influence

Question 10

(n) particles that fall to the bottom of a liquid

Answer 10

Sediment

Question 11

Pyromania

Answer 11

(n) an abnormal and unhealthy obsession with fire; often the obsessive desire to start fires

Question 12

(adj) with a sideways glance, as with distrust

Answer 12

Askance

Question 13

(adj) having two possible meanings; able to be understood in two different ways

Answer 13

Ambiguous

Question 14

(n) the scientific study of plants

Answer 14

Botany

Question 15

(n) the fact of being gone or not present

Answer 15

Absence

Question 16

(v) to strike repeatedly; to beat, as with a club

Answer 16

Pommel

Question 17

Hypocrisy

Answer 17

(n) professing beliefs or acting in opposition to one’s true beliefs or actions; insincerity

Question 18

(n) professing beliefs or acting in opposition to one’s true beliefs or actions; insincerity

Answer 18

Hypocrisy

Question 19

Botany

Answer 19

(n) the scientific study of plants

Question 20

(adj) lacking in liveliness and flavor; dull

Answer 20

Vapid

Question 21

Inhospitable

Answer 21

(adj) ill-disposed toward newcomers; unwelcoming

Question 22

(v) to talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms

Answer 22

Malign

Question 23

Penitence

Answer 23

(n) a desire to atone for wrongdoing

Question 24

Diffidence

Answer 24

(n) not trusting or believing in one’s self; self-doubt

Question 25

Ambiguous

Answer 25

(adj) having two possible meanings; able to be understood in two different ways

Question 26

Tortuous

Answer 26

(adj) having many twists and turns; intricate and difficult to follow

Question 27

(v) to move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state

Answer 27

Regress

Question 28

Decrepit

Answer 28

(adj) lacking in strength, especially due to old age or illness

Question 29

Regress

Answer 29

(v) to move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state

Question 30

Foresight

Answer 30

(n) the ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future

Question 31

Mollify

Answer 31

(v) to calm or pacify

Question 32

(adj) occurring afterward

Answer 32

Subsequent

Question 33

(n) not trusting or believing in one's self; self-doubt

Answer 33

Diffidence

Question 34

(adj) no longer used or useful

Answer 34

Obsolete

Question 35

(n) a person, especially a child, with no home or prospects

Answer 35

Waif

Question 36

(adj) having many twists and turns; intricate and difficult to follow

Answer 36

Tortuous

Question 37

(v) to calm or pacify

Answer 37

Mollify

Question 38

(v) to hold in a rapt state; to have overpowering influence

Answer 38

Enthrall

Question 39

Clumsy

Answer 39

(adj) moving awkwardly, especially causing collisions, accidents, or mishaps

Question 40

(adj) moving awkwardly, especially causing collisions, accidents, or mishaps

Answer 40

Clumsy

Question 41

(n) the ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future

Answer 41

Foresight

Question 42

Malign

Answer 42

(v) to talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms

Question 43

Waif

Answer 43

(n) a person, especially a child, with no home or prospects

Question 44

(v) to work against a project or purpose; to subvert or sabotage

Answer 44

Undermine

Question 45

(n) an abnormal and unhealthy obsession with fire; often the obsessive desire to start fires

Answer 45

Pyromania

Question 46

Undermine

Answer 46

(v) to work against a project or purpose; to subvert or sabotage

Question 47

Obsolete

Answer 47

(adj) no longer used or useful

Question 48

Sediment

Answer 48

(n) particles that fall to the bottom of a liquid

Question 49

(adj) ill-disposed toward newcomers; unwelcoming

Answer 49

Inhospitable

Question 50

Subsequent

Answer 50

(adj) occurring afterward