Word Smart 2

Question 1

Admonish (ad MAH nish)

Answer 1

v. to reprove; to express warning or disapproval

Question 2

reprove

Answer 2

v. reprimand or censure (someone)

Question 3

Admonition

Answer 3

a warning or scolding

Question 4

Admonitory

Answer 4

expressing warning or disapproval

Question 5

Adroit (uh DROYT)

Answer 5

adj. adept, dexterous

Question 6

adept

Answer 6

adj. very skilled or proficient at something

n. a person who is skilled or proficient at something

Question 7

dexterous

Answer 7

adj. demonstrating neat skill, esp. with the hands

adj. mentally adroit; clever

Question 8

adroit

Answer 8

adj. clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

Question 9

Maladroit

Answer 9

clumsy or bungling

Question 10

Adulation (a ju LAY shun)

Answer 10

n. excessive praise; intense adoration

Question 11

Adulterate (uh DUL tur ayt)

Answer 11

v. reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 12

Adulteration

Answer 12

the process or effect of adulterating

Question 13

unadulterated

Answer 13

pure

Question 14

Adumbrate (a DUM brayt)

Answer 14

v. to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily

Question 15

Advocate (AD vun cayt)

Answer 15

v. to argue for or support a cause

Question 16

Advocate

Answer 16

n. a person who advocates something

Question 17

Aesthetic (es THET ik)

Answer 17

adj. dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

Question 18

Aggrandize (uh GRAND yz)

Answer 18

v. to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater

Question 19

Alacrity (uh LAK ruh tee)

Answer 19

n. eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 20

Alchemy (AL kuh mee)

Answer 20

n. a magical or wonderful transformation

Question 21

Alchemist

Answer 21

one who practices or studies alchemy

Question 22

Alloy (uh LOY)

Answer 22

v. to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

Question 23

commingle

Answer 23

v. mix; blend

Question 24

Alloy

Answer 24

n. the mixture itself

Question 25

Unalloyed

Answer 25

pure

Question 26

Amalgamate (uh MAL guh mayt)

Answer 26

v. to combine several elements into a whole

Question 27

Ambiguity (am big YOO uh tee)

Answer 27

n. uncertainty in meaning

Question 28

Ambiguous

Answer 28

adj.

Question 29

Ambivalence (am BIV uh lunts)

Answer 29

b. the quality of having opposing ideas or feelings

Question 30

Ambivalent

Answer 30

adj.

Question 31

Ameliorate (uh MEE lee or ayt)

Answer 31

v. to make better of more tolerable

Question 32

palatable

Answer 32

adj. (of food or drink) pleasant to taste

adj. (of an action or proposal) acceptable or satisfactory

Question 33

adversary

Answer 33

n. one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

Question 34

futile

Answer 34

adj. incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

Question 35

Amenable (uh MEE nuh bul)

Answer 35

adj. agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Question 36

Anachronism (uh NA krah ni zum)

Answer 36

n. something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
(e. g. The wristwatch worn by one of the characters in the period move set in Rome in 25 B.C. was just one of the many anachronisms that spoiled the movies credibility)

Question 37

Anathema (uh NA thuh muh)

Answer 37

n. a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing

Question 38

Anodyne (AN uh dyn)

Answer 38

adj. soothing

Question 39

Anodyne

Answer 39

something that assuages or allays pain, or comforts

Question 40

Anomaly (uh NAH muh lee)

Answer 40

n. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

Question 41

Antagonize (an TAG uh nyz)

Answer 41

v. to irritate or cause hostility

Question 42

Antipathy (an TI puh thee)

Answer 42

n. aversion. dislike

Question 43

Antipathetic

Answer 43

showing a strong aversion