Word Skills #21

Question 0

Abase

Answer 0

Literally, to low or depress, to throw or cast down

Degrade
Elevate

Question 1

Enamor

Answer 1

To fill with love and desire

Charm

Repulse

Question 2

Au contraire

Answer 2

A French expression meaning “to the contrary” or “the opposite”

Question 3

Reiterate

Answer 3

To say something again or a number of times usually for emphasis or clarity

Repeat

Question 4

Amplify

Answer 4

To enlarge, increase, exaggerate

Expand

Restrict

Question 5

Malodorous

Answer 5

Having a bad smell

Reeking

Fragrant

Question 6

Celerity

Answer 6

Rapidity of motion; swiftness speed

Quickness

Slowness

Question 7

Nom de plum

Answer 7

Of French origin meaning pen name

Question 8

Expurgate

Answer 8

To remove anything considered obscene or other-wise objections

Question 9

Conjecture

Answer 9

Putting together, a guess

Theory

Proof

Question 10

Debonair

Answer 10

Characterized by courtesy or charm

Gracious

Rude

Question 11

Proliferate

Answer 11

To create or produce in rapid succession

Multiply

Decrease

Question 12

Supersede

Answer 12

To take place of a person or thing previously in authority or use

Question 13

Disconsolate

Answer 13

Without comfort

Question 14

Satiate

Answer 14

To satisfy an appetite or desire fully

Question 15

Impasse

Answer 15

A blind alley or difficult situation with no solution or escape

Question 16

Ineffable

Answer 16

Beyond expression

Question 17

Perfunctory

Answer 17

Done or acting routinely and with little care or concern

Question 18

Intractable

Answer 18

Difficult to manage

Question 19

Potentate

Answer 19

One who has the power and position to rule over others