word power

Question 0

inarticulate

Answer 0

a. unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly

=\ fluent, natural, eloquent, effortless

Question 1

degenerate

Answer 1

decline, deteriorate physically, mentally, morally
profligate, debauched, lapse, regress, slump
=\ improve

Question 2

take on

Answer 2

oppose, be against

a wrestler who took on all comers.

Question 3

parable

Answer 3

a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson 
allegory
fable
exemplum
parable of a prodigal son

Question 4

bolt

Answer 4

2. run away suddenly out of control
   the horse shied and bolted.
   dash, dart, sprint, hurtle, careen, shoot, bound

eat or swallow quickly
puppies bolt down their food.
devour, gobble up, gulp down, wolf down

Question 5

fecal

Answer 5

excrement
solid waste released from the body
fecal incontinence (failure to control the evacuative functions)

Question 6

prickly

Answer 6

having many sharp points
stinging sensation
troublesome, vexatious
=\ freckle

Question 7

shear [shir]

Answer 7

cut the hair, wool off (animal)
deprive of sth as if by cutting
Lives SHORN of any hope
pp. shorn or sheared

Question 8

attire

Answer 8

dress, array especially fancy or rich garments

proper attire is required at the restaurant.
needed some snazzy (attractive and stylish) attire for the interview.

Question 9

conceited

Answer 9

haughty, fanciful, arrogant, biggety, bigheaded, swellheaded, complacent, consequential, overweening, self-conceited, smug, stuck-up, vainglorious, pompous

Question 10

assail

Answer 10

attack violently with blows or words

syn. sally (sudden attack, funny and
smart remarks )
bash, blast, belabor, castigate, excoriate, jump on, lambast, savage, potshot, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate

Question 11

surmise

Answer 11

conjecture, speculate, assume, daresay, presume
form a notion from scanty evidence

surmettre pp. surmise from Middle English to allege

Question 12

analgesic

Answer 12

painkiller, anesthetic, anodyne

Question 13

briquette

Answer 13

a compact often brick shaped mass of usually fine material
a charcoal briquette
brique - brick

Question 14

pneumatic

Answer 14

curvy, curvaceous, shapely
filled with air
a pneumatic blonde
a pneumatic sex symbol in the 1950s

Question 15

scanty

Answer 15

a very small amount

his allegation was based on scanty evidence.

Question 16

despondency

Answer 16

depression

despair

Question 17

denigrate

Answer 17

minimise
belittle
derogate

Question 18

recalcitrant

Answer 18

stubbornly disobedient
defiant
resistant
difficult to manage
not responsive to treatment

re-
calc- : kick
kick back

Question 19

disembowel

Answer 19

take the stomach out
remove the substance of

a program disembowelled by spending cuts

Question 20

epithet

Answer 20

an offensive name or word used as a way of abusing or insulting

racial epithets
earn the epithet “smart ass”
hurling epithets at one another

Question 21

eponymous

Answer 21

a name (as of drug or disease) based on or derived from the name of a person

named after someone’s name

Question 22

hypothermia

Answer 22

subnormal temperature of the body

hypo- : under, down
less than normal
hypoblast
hypodermic injection
hypesthsia (impaired or decreased tactile sensibility)
hypotension (low blood pressure)

Question 23

pluripotent

Answer 23

capable of differentiating into one of many cell types

pluripotent stem cells

Question 24

rattle

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rattlesnake make a rapid succession of short sharp noises move with a clatter or rattle say, perform, affect in a brisk lively fashion rattled around the big old house

Question 25

bewilder

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confuse someone very much baffle, maze, astonish (great wonder, sudden fear), stagger (move unsteadily)

Question 26

reprobate

Answer 26

criminal evildoer villain v. reject

Question 27

lax

Answer 27

not stringent being loose slack ``` lax control lax foreman (a leader member of the jury) ```

Question 28

ocular

Answer 28

relating to the eye ``` ocular inspection ocular testimony ocular muscle ocular spectrum ocular diseases ```

Question 29

rectitude

Answer 29

moral righteousness rectus: straight, right

Question 30

contrive

Answer 30

form or make in a skillful or clever way devise, plan, manage concoct, trump up, vamp up, excogitate, fabricate, make up con(composer) + trive (trouver)

Question 31

wind up [waind]

Answer 31

bring to a conclusion end up put in order for the purpose of bringing to an end winds up the meeting

Question 32

bellicose

Answer 32

favouring or inclined to start quarrels or fight ``` belligerent agonistic brawly chippy feisty ```

Question 33

hypoallergenic

Answer 33

having little likelihood of causing an allergic response hypoallergenic food/cosmetics

Question 34

opt

Answer 34

choose OPT FOR a tax increase OPT TO reinstate the fixed telephone service =\ OPT OUT: exclude in the final decision opt out of the project

Question 35

otiose [osheos]

Answer 35

futile pointless idle functionless it would be OTIOSE to inquire what you thought of it since you haven't read the book.

Question 36

derange

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``` fr. déranger confuse disarrange make insane disturb ```

Question 37

supplant

Answer 37

supersede (another) by force or treachery displace substitute old fashions were SUPPLANTED by modern ways.

Question 38

profuse

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pouring forth liberally extravagant bountiful be PROFUSE in their thanks offer PROFUSE apologies a PROFUSE harvest

Question 39

RETICENT

Answer 39

``` reluctant hesitant cagey dubious disinclined indisposed loath ```

Question 40

brawn

Answer 40

muscular strength an actor more famous for his BRAWN than for his talent

Question 41

contemptuous

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abhorrent disdainful scornful loutish tourists who are CONTEMPTUOUS of the ways and traditions of their host countries.

Question 42

seclusion

Answer 42

segregation sequestration isolation seclusion of women occurs in some countries.

Question 43

antidote

Answer 43

something that corrects or improve the bad effects of something ANTIDOTE to the poison an ANTIDOTE to boredom

Question 44

apparatus

Answer 44

tool of equipment used for specific activities systems or organisations for operating something APPARATUS of society gymnastics APPARATUS medical APPARATUS

Question 45

congenital | connatural

Answer 45

inborn | innate