WL 39

Question 1

simpering

Answer 1

adj. smirking

Question 2

sirocco

Answer 2

n. warm. sultry wind blown from Africa to southern Europe

Question 3

skeptic

Answer 3

n. doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view

Question 4

slander

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n. defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements

Question 5

slattern

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n. untidy or slovenly person

Question 6

sleight

Answer 6

n. dexterity

Question 7

slither

Answer 7

v. slip or slide

Question 8

sluice

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n. artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water

Question 9

smattering

Answer 9

n. slight knowledge

Question 10

sobriquet

Answer 10

n. nickname

Question 11

solace

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n. comfort in trouble

Question 12

somatic

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adj. pertaining to the body; physical

Question 13

sophist

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n. teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning

Question 14

sophistication

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n. artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning

Question 15

sophomoric

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adj. immature; shallow

Question 16

soporific

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n. sleep producer

Question 17

spate

Answer 17

n. sudden flood

Question 18

spatula

Answer 18

n. broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

Question 19

spectrum

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n. colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism

Question 20

spoliation

Answer 20

n. pillaging; depredation

Question 21

spoonerism

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n. accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

Question 22

spume

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n. froth; foam

Question 23

staccato

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adj. played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound

Question 24

stalemate

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n. deadlock

Question 25

stalwart

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adj. strong, brawny; steadfast

Question 26

statutory

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adj. created by statute or legislative action

Question 27

stereotyped

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adj. fixed and unvarying representation

Question 28

stertorous

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adj. having a snoring sound

Question 29

stigma

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n. token of disgrace; brand

Question 30

stilted

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adj. bombastic; inflated

Question 31

stratum

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n. layer of earth's surface; layer of society

Question 32

stultify

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v. cause to appear foolish or consistent

Question 33

suave

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adj. smooth; bland

Question 34

subjective

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adj. occurring or taking place within the subject; unreal

Question 35

subliminal

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adj. below the threshold

Question 36

subsidy

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n. direct financial aid by government, etc.

Question 37

substantive

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adj. essential; pertaining to the substance

Question 38

sudorific

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adj. pertaining to perspiration

Question 39

sumptuary

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adj. limiting or regulating expenditures

Question 40

superimpose

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v. place over something else

Question 41

supernal

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adj. heavenly; celestial

Question 42

supernumerary

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n. person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra

Question 43

supple

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adj. flexible; pliant

Question 44

suppurate

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v. create pus

Question 45

suture

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n. stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing

Question 46

syllogism

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n. logical formula utilizing a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

Question 47

symmetry

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n. arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity

Question 48

talon

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n. claw of bird

Question 49

tantamount

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adj. equal

Question 50

tarantula

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n. venomous spider

Question 51

tarn

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n. small mountain lake

Question 52

tatterdemalion

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n. ragged fellow

Question 53

taut

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adj. tight; ready

Question 54

tautology

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n. unnecessary repetition; pleonasm

Question 55

teleology

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n. belief that a final purpose or design exists for the presence of individual beings or of the universe itself

Question 56

temerarious

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adj. rash

Question 57

tenacity

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n. firmness; persistency; adhesiveness

Question 58

tendentious

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adj. having an aim; designated to further a cause

Question 59

tenebrous

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adj. dark; gloomy

Question 60

tergiversation

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n. evasion; fickleness