Wordly Wise

Question 1

cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious

Answer 1

adroit

Question 2

to excite; stir up or set going; animate; rouse; inflame

Answer 2

kindle

Question 3

deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited

Answer 3

desolate

Question 4

a disorderly crowd; mob

Answer 4

rabble

Question 5

an especially holy place in a temple or church

Answer 5

sanctuary

Question 6

to coincide; occur at the same time

Answer 6

concur

Question 7

gruesome; horrible; revolting

Answer 7

lurid

Question 8

confused, dejected, frustrated

Answer 8

discomfited

Question 9

lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale

Answer 9

trite

Question 10

open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

Answer 10

ambiguous

Question 11

to make more certain; confirm

Answer 11

corroborate

Question 12

to relieve temporarily or to delay impending punishment

Answer 12

reprieve

Question 13

inscription on a tomb about the person buried inside or a brief writing or poem praising the deceased

Answer 13

epitaph

Question 14

extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge

Answer 14

colossal

Question 15

to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material

Answer 15

swathe

Question 16

steady

Answer 16

stable

Question 17

to carry out; accomplish to perform - also to assassinate; murder

Answer 17

execute

Question 18

an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful

Answer 18

awe