Week #8

Question 1

Define

Emaciated

(i māˊshi ā tid)

Answer 1

Abnormally thin, wasted away

The emaciated residents of the Warsaw Ghetto
managed to win several skimishes from the Nazis.

Question 2

Define

Surge

sėrj)

Answer 2

To rush suddenly

Chicago put its heaviest players up front, but they were
helpless as the Giants’ line surged toward them.

Question 3

Define

Tranquil

(trangˊkwəl)

Answer 3

Quiet

A firecracker terminated the tranquil climate of the
neighborhood.

Question 4

Define

Sanctuary

(sangkˊchü erˊi)

Answer 4

Shelter

When Richard III violated the sanctuary of the church to seize the princess, he exceeded his jurisdiction.

Question 5

Define

Ascend

(ə sendˊ)

Answer 5

To rise

Inexorably the determined climber began to ascend the
Himalayan peak.

Question 6

Define

Sour Grapes

Answer 6

To disparage something which I cannot have

Marcia said that she didn’t want to be on the Principal’s
Honor Roll anyway, but we knew that it was just sour
grapes on her part.

Question 7

Define

Malnutrition

(malˊnü trishˊən)

Answer 7

Faulty or inadequate diet

The emaciated prisoners were obviously suffering from
advance malnutrition.

Question 8

Define

Afflict

(ə fliktˊ)

Answer 8

To trouble greatly, to distress

Citizens of several Kentucky mountan communities are
afflicted by the worst poverty in the nation.

Question 9

Define

Besiege

(bi sējˊ)

Answer 9

To surround, hem in

By running up a white flag, the besieged troops
indicated their desire to withdraw from the fray.

Question 10

Define

Privation

(prī vāˊshən)

Answer 10

lack of necessities

Albert Schweitzer endured considerable privation as a
jungle doctor.

Question 11

Define

Sinister

(sinˊis tər)

Answer 11

Evil, ominous

The stool pigeon, the detectives’ confidant, told him
about the sinister plot.

Question 12

Define

To Swap Horses In Midstream

Answer 12

To vote against a candidate running for
re-election, to change your mind

The mayor asked for our support, pointing out how
foolish it would be to swap horses in midstream.

Question 13

Define

Ubiquitous

(ū bikˊwə təs)

Answer 13

To be everwhere at the same time

Sprinting all over the court, the ubiquitous referee called one foul after another.

Question 14

Define

Remote

(ri mōtˊ)

Answer 14

Distant, hidden away

Ben’s reprehensible table manners led his fraternity
brothers to seat him in a remote corner of the dining
room.

Question 15

Define

Thwart

(thwôrt)

Answer 15

To hinder, defeat

In an attempt to thwart the voracious ants, he
surrounded his house with a moat of burning oil.

Question 16

Define

Harbinger

(härˊbin jər)

Answer 16

A forerunner, advance notice

The excellent soup was a harbinger of the delicious meal to follow.

Question 17

Define

Malignant

(mə ligˊnənt)

Answer 17

likely to cause death

The surgeon finally located the malignant tumor which
had afflicted his patient for many months.

Question 18

Define

To Cool One’s Heels

Answer 18

To be kept waiting

The shrewd mayor made the angry delegates cool their heels in his outer office.

Question 19

Define

Excruciating

(eks krüˊshi ātˊing)

Answer 19

Agnonizing, torturing

With excruciating slownes, the minute hand inched its way around the clock.

Question 20

Define

Respite

(resˊpit)

Answer 20

An interval of relief, delay

The voluble insurance salesman gave my father no respite.

Question 21

Define

Reverberating

(ri vėrˊbər āt ing)

Answer 21

Re-echoing, resounding

The rescue team heard the miner’s voice reverberating through the caves.

Question 22

Define

Fretful

(fretˊfəl)

Answer 22

Worrisome, irritable

Around income tax time fretful faces are ubiquitous.

Question 23

Define

Succumb

(sə kumˊ)

Answer 23

To give way, yield

Besieged by debts, the corporation finally had to
succumb to bankrupcy.

Question 24

Define

A Red Herring

Answer 24

Something that diverts attention from the
main issue

We felt that the introduction of his war record was a red herring to keep us from inquiring into his graft.