words

Question 1

euthanasia

Answer 1

the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; a mercy killing

Question 2

ineffable

Answer 2

indescribable, inexpressible

Question 3

expedite

Answer 3

to speed up; to hasten; to cause to progress faster

Question 4

expatiate

Answer 4

to elaborate; to speak or write at length

Question 5

hagiography

Answer 5

the biography of a saint

Question 6

mirabile dictu

Answer 6

wonderful to say

Question 7

mellifluous

Answer 7

sweetly flowing or sounding; honeyed

Question 8

patronize

Answer 8

to condescend to; to speak down to with an air of superiority

Question 9

autochthonous

Answer 9

native, indigenous

Question 10

inter alia

Answer 10

among other things

Question 11

bellicose

Answer 11

aggressive or warlike in manner; quarrelsome

Question 12

anthropomorphic

Answer 12

having human characteristics; attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods

Question 13

malediction

Answer 13

a curse; a wish of evil upon another

Question 14

xenophobia

Answer 14

the fear or hatred of foreigners

Question 15

specious

Answer 15

seemingly true but actually false; deceptively attractive