Word List 7

Question 1

Vacillate

Answer 1

To waver

Question 2

Vale

Answer 2

Earthly life, world

Question 3

Vat

Answer 3

A large vessel

Question 4

Venality

Answer 4

openess to corruption, bribery

Question 5

Vicariously

Answer 5

By substitute, through the experience of another

Question 6

Visceral

Answer 6

Pertaining to the viscera,Instinctive, profound

Question 7

Vitiate

Answer 7

Weaken, make ineffective

Question 8

Vivacious

Answer 8

Lively, spirited, outgoing

Question 9

Volatile

Answer 9

Explosive, unstable

Question 10

Wabi

Answer 10

The beauty of simplicity

Question 11

Wantoly

Answer 11

Unjustifiably, recklessly

Question 12

Winsome

Answer 12

Charming, attractive, engagement

Question 13

Zwischenraum

Answer 13

Literally the space between 2 objects

Question 14

Pushkin

Answer 14

A strainer hung on a barrel tap to catch and strain cider, of vinegar

Question 15

Quisquillous

Answer 15

Made of rubbish

Question 16

Rammish

Answer 16

Strongly scented

Question 17

Roorback

Answer 17

False report circulated to damage the reputation of a political candidate

Question 18

Rundle

Answer 18

Ladder rung

Question 19

Sanguisugent

Answer 19

Bloodsucking

Question 20

Saponify

Answer 20

To convert to soap

Question 21

Scissel

Answer 21

The strip of metal from which the the blanks for coins are made

Question 22

Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious

Answer 22

Very good

Question 23

Eriff

Answer 23

A two year old canary

Question 24

Errhine

Answer 24

Made to be snuffed into the nose

Question 25

Exigent

Answer 25

Urgent,needing immediate attention

Question 26

Fenks

Answer 26

Whale blubber refuse; rotten blubber

Question 27

Fescue

Answer 27

A small stick used by teachers to point at letters of numbers

Question 28

Ganch

Answer 28

To execute by impaling on hooks

Question 29

Gelogenic

Answer 29

Tending to produce laughter

Question 30

Helminthous

Answer 30

Infested with worms

Question 31

Hippocaust

Answer 31

The burning of a horse in sacrifice

Question 32

Ichor

Answer 32

In mythology, the fluid that ran instead of blood in the veins of the gods

Question 33

Ignivomous

Answer 33

Vomiting fire

Question 34

Impavid

Answer 34

Without fear

Question 35

Izzard

Answer 35

Ancient term for the letter z

Question 36

Jargoon

Answer 36

A second-rate zircon

Question 37

Keckle

Answer 37

To preserve from chafing by covering with powder

Question 38

Tacenda

Answer 38

Things that should not be mentioned

Question 39

Thunk

Answer 39

A very light verse that plays with syntax

Question 40

Xenoglossia

Answer 40

Understanding a language that one has never learned