Zb

Question 1

imperturbable

Answer 1

unbothered or calm under pressure

I remain imperturbable in the Operating Room.

Question 2

animus

Answer 2

hatred

The animus against Trump was drowned beneath a monstrous Red Wave that swept the Nation.

Question 3

haute monde

Answer 3

high society

The Haute Monde is out tonight at Lincoln Center.

Question 4

heirophant

Answer 4

one who understands and explains mysterious and esoteric knowledge esp. religious mysteries

Zacharia Stitchin was a hierophant of Ancient Aliens.

Question 5

antipathy

Answer 5

repugnance towards someone or something

Bill Gates antipathy for the Human Race is palpable.

Question 6

malentendu

Answer 6

a misunderstanding

The malentendu between the Capulets and the Montagues led to the lovers deaths.

Question 7

cap-a-pie

Answer 7

head to foot

I stood cap-a-pie in goose down.

Question 8

plebiscite

Answer 8

A group of qualified voters who vote on a public issue of importance

The Floridian plebiscite has defeated pro-abortion Proposition 4.

Question 9

spancel

Answer 9

a rope on an animal to prevent straying

Henry would continuously fight, chokingly at the spancel’s limit.

Question 10

mettlesome

Answer 10

spirited, courageous

The mettlesome amputee Veteran fought off the crowd of attackers.

Question 11

handsel

Answer 11

a gift given for good luck

She gave her suitor a handsel, consisting of a Daisy with one petal, and then kissed him.

Question 12

eristic

Answer 12

finely argumentative

JD Vance is wonderfully eristic.

Question 13

mulct

Answer 13

to defraud or swindle

Kamala did her best to mulct her voters.

Question 14

parvenue

Answer 14

a woman who has suddenly come into some money

John pulled me aside and whispered, “The hottest parvenue is 28 year old Sheila whose 90 year old husband finally, excuse me, unfortunately died.”

Question 15

iatrophobia

Answer 15

fear of going to the doctor

Iatrophobia is quite common.

Question 16

Baudelairian

Answer 16

salacious, morbid, satanic

The Baudelairian Taylor Swift song left me stunned.

Question 17

asseverate

Answer 17

to declare earnestly

I can only asseverate my innocence.

Question 18

valorous

Answer 18

courageous and brave

On Veteran’s Day we celebrate the valorous.

Question 19

fey

Answer 19

unreal, enchanted, also gay

Suddenly Wendy was whisked off by Peter to the fey Kingdom of Neverland.

Question 20

aberrant (noun)

Answer 20

a person whose behavior departs from normal

The pink-haired , pierced-tongued aberrant literally barked at the Trump supporter.

Question 21

abjure

Answer 21

to swear off or formally disclaim

Putin will not abjure the use of nuclear weapons on the West.

Question 22

asperity

Answer 22

noun=harshness in tone or manner
Joy Reid’s ugly asperity is consistent with the malignant tenets of MSNBC.

Question 23

tenet

Answer 23

a principle belief or philosophy

Joy Reid’s asperity is consistent with the malignant tenets of MSNBC.

Question 24

ineffable

Answer 24

incapable of being expressed

My joy is ineffable.

Question 25

sanctimonious

Answer 25

overbearingly self-righteous and smug The sanctimonious hosts on the View should be ashamed of their vitriol against 80 million citizens of the United States.

Question 26

languidly

Answer 26

showing little energy or interest The fat old cat lay languidly on the sill in the egg-frying heat.

Question 27

festoon

Answer 27

a wreath of flowers The funereal festoon drooped sadly in the rain.

Question 28

jejune

Answer 28

empty of any substance Her comments are jejune.

Question 29

an alley of…

Answer 29

the collective noun for clowns Liberals are an alley of clowns.

Question 30

a sleuth of …

Answer 30

a sleuth of bears We slowly backed away from the sleuth of bears.

Question 31

a raft of…

Answer 31

a raft of otters Marty skillfully weaved his magnificent Alaskan Lander through the raft of otters.

Question 32

agastopia

Answer 32

admiration of part of someone’s body He unfortunately committed the unforgivable sin of mammary agastopia on their first and last date.

Question 33

ab initio

Answer 33

from the beginning I am restarting my Vocabulary Studies ab initio.

Question 34

burlesques verb

Answer 34

to comically exaggerate Shakespeare burlesques Pyramus and Thisbe in a Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Question 35

derogate

Answer 35

to lessen something or someone in esteem Do not derogate my attempts.

Question 36

nabalitic

Answer 36

miserly Scrooge is the most nabalitic character in English Literature.

Question 37

habile

Answer 37

handy Tim is extremely habile.

Question 38

gothic

Answer 38

gloomy and horrific Poe’s gothic stories scare the shit out of me.

Question 39

gaucherie noun

Answer 39

socially clumsy mive My arriving in my new favorite sweater at the apparently formal party was a gaucherie.

Question 40

a convocation of…

Answer 40

a convocation of eagles The convocation of eagles fed upon the fish carcasses.

Question 41

a stemwinder

Answer 41

a rousing speech Vance delivered a stemwinder speech at the Republican convention.

Question 42

agelast adj uh list

Answer 42

a person who never laughs Around me, Shana is an agelast.

Question 43

palmary

Answer 43

praiseworthy The palmary film Gladiator won five Oscars.

Question 44

misandrist

Answer 44

a hater of men Whoopi and Joy Reid are misandrists.

Question 45

pleionosis

Answer 45

an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance Pelosi’s pleinosis is evident to everyone.