Word List 29

Question 1

Stolid

Answer 1

Dull; Impassive

Question 2

Subdued

Answer 2

Less intense; Quieter

Question 3

Rustic

Answer 3

Pertaining to country people; Uncouth

Question 4

Ennui

Answer 4

Boredom

Question 5

Efficacy

Answer 5

Power to produce desired effect

Question 6

Leniency

Answer 6

Mildness; Permissiveness

Question 7

Anesthetic

Answer 7

Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness

Question 8

Pact

Answer 8

Agreement; Treaty

Question 9

Indolent

Answer 9

Lazy; Indolence

Question 10

Amenable

Answer 10

Readily manged; Willing to be led; Able to be controlled or influenced; Responsive

Question 11

Perturb

Answer 11

Disturb greatly

Question 12

Waffle

Answer 12

Speak equivocally about an issue

Question 13

Preempt

Answer 13

Head off; Forestall by acting first; Appropriate for oneself; Supplant

Question 14

Buoyant

Answer 14

Able to float; Cheerful and optmistic

Question 15

Truncate

Answer 15

Cut the top off

Question 16

Impropriety

Answer 16

Improperness; Unsuitableness

Question 17

Compelling

Answer 17

Overpowering; Irresistible in effect

Question 18

Privation

Answer 18

Hardship; Want

Question 19

Delete

Answer 19

Erase; Strike out

Question 20

Anarchy

Answer 20

Absence of governing body; State of disorder

Question 21

Antecede

Answer 21

Precede

Question 22

Levity

Answer 22

Lack of seriousness; Lightness

Question 23

Heterodox

Answer 23

Unorthodox; Unconventional

Question 24

Absolve

Answer 24

Pardon (an offense)

Question 25

Multiform

Answer 25

Having many forms

Question 26

Lummox

Answer 26

Big, clumsy, often stupid person

Question 27

Lneage

Answer 27

Descent;Ancestry

Question 28

Ingenuous

Answer 28

Naive and trusting; Young; Unsophisticated

Question 29

Devise

Answer 29

Think up; Invent; Plan

Question 30

Lap

Answer 30

Take in food or drink with one's tongue; Splash gently

Question 31

Ecclesiastic

Answer 31

Pertaining to the church

Question 32

Natty

Answer 32

Neatly or smartly dressed

Question 33

Humid

Answer 33

Damp

Question 34

PAraphernalia

Answer 34

Equipment; Odds and ends

Question 35

Sedition

Answer 35

Resistance to authority; Insubordination

Question 36

Exacting

Answer 36

Extremely demanding

Question 37

Ferret

Answer 37

Drive or hunt out of hiding

Question 38

Valor

Answer 38

Bravery

Question 39

Impassive

Answer 39

Without feeling; Imperturbable; Stoical

Question 40

Luscious

Answer 40

Pleasing to taste or smell

Question 41

Enclave

Answer 41

Territory enclosed within an alien land

Question 42

Charlatan

Answer 42

Quack; Pretender to knowledge

Question 43

Gamut

Answer 43

Entire range

Question 44

Willful

Answer 44

Intentional; eadstrong

Question 45

Annals

Answer 45

Records; History