WW L9

Question 1

cautionary

Answer 1

adj. Offering or serving as a warning

Question 2

constrain

Answer 2

v. To confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity

constraint: n. A restriction or limitation

Question 3

flotilla

Answer 3

n. A fleet of boats or small ships

Question 4

gossamer

Answer 4

n. 1. Thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze
2. A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb
adj. As light and delicate as a cobweb

Question 5

ignominious

Answer 5

adj. Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace

Question 6

incur

Answer 6

v. To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt

Question 7

liquidate

Answer 7

v. 1. To settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash
2. To get rid of; to kill or destroy

Question 8

magnate

Answer 8

n. An important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business

Question 9

misnomer

Answer 9

n. A name that does not fit

Question 10

onerous

Answer 10

adj. Burdensome; oppressive

Question 11

pandemonium

Answer 11

n. A state or place of great confusion or uproar

Question 12

quixotic

Answer 12

adj. Romantic and idealistic, but impractical

Question 13

tenacious

Answer 13

adj. Holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual
n. tenacity

Question 14

vestige

Answer 14

n. A trace of something that once was present

Question 15

zephyr

Answer 15

n. A light, gentle breeze