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Stack #5900
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| verity | quality or condition of being true, factual, or real |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated SYN: BRAVE, COURAGEOUS |
| scepter | a staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority |
| rancor | bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will SYN: ANIMOSITY, ANTAGONISM |
| sleight | clever or skillful trick or deception |
| spurn | reject disdainfully or contemptuously |
| malevolence | malicious behavior or feeling SYN: BITTERNESS, MALICE |
| entrails | internal organs, especially the intestines |
| hemlock | coniferous trees w/small cones and short flat leaves with two white bands underneath |
| pernicious | tending to cause death or serious injury |
| laudable | deserving praise |
| redress | to set right; remedy |
| avaricious | greedy of gain; desirous of accumulating property SYN: DESIROUS, GRASPING |
| mortify | to cause to experience shame |
| distemper | infectious viral disease occuring in dogs, characterized by loss of appetite, a caterwaul discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, fever |
| epicure | person who cultivates and enjoys good food and drink |
| treatise | systematic, intensive written report |
| equivocation | statement that is not literally false but cleverly avoids unpleasent truth |
| tarry | to delay in going SYN: STAY, REMAIN |
| clamorous | insistently demanding attention |