| Question |
Answer |
| archaeology | the study of ancient life |
| biology | study of life |
| cosmology | study of the universe |
| etymology | study of word origins |
| genealogy | study of family origins |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| Malcontent | a person who is rebellious |
| Meander | to follow a winding course |
| Mendicant | a beggar |
| Mettle | courage and fortitude |
| Mimic | to imitate |
| Mollify | appease the anger/ anxiety of someone |
| Morose | sullen and ill-tempered |
| Mundane | ordinary |
| Nadir | lowest point of something |
| Noisome | having an extremely offensive smell |
| Obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change an opinion or action |
| Oblique | neither parallel nor at a right angle |
| Equivocate | to lie by using ambiguous language |
| Ethereal | extremely delicate, light, airy |
| Evoke | to call forth |
| Expedite | speed up |
| Extinct | not existing anymore, died out |
| Facile | performing with ease |
| Fallacy | a mistaken belief |
| Feign | to pretend |
| Frugal | sparing with regard to money or food, cheap |
| Fulsome | excessive, overdone praise |
| Garrulous | excessively talkative |
| Gregarious | fond of company |
| Gullible | easily persuaded to believe something |
| Hamper | To hinder; To get in the way of; To interfere with |
| Haughty | Arrogantly superior |
| Heinous | Utterly wicked |
| Hew | Chop or cut with an axe, pick, or other tools |
| Ignoble | Not honorable in purpose |
| Immaculate | Perfectly clean |
| Impair | Weaken or damage |
| Impede | Hinder |
| Inane | Silly, stupid |
| Incite | Stir up violent behavior |
| Incredulous | Unable to believe something |
| Cogent | clear, logical, convincing (of an argument) |
| Colloquial | used in ordinary conversation |
| Concur | to agree |
| Console | to comfort |
| Copious | plentiful |
| Corporeal | of or relating to a person’s body |
| Counterfeit | fake |
| Credulous | gullible |
| Defer | postpone |
| Deplete | to lessen |
| Deter | discourage |
| Dexterous | nimble, clever |
| Dilemma | problem |
| Obstreperous | noisy and difficult to control |
| Odious | Extremely unpleasant |
| Opulent | Luxurious or lavish |
| Ostracize | to exclude |
| Palpable | able to be touched or felt |
| Panegyric | a speech written in praise for someone |
| Paragon | a person or thing represented as a perfect example |
| Paramount | most important |
| Pathos | a quality that evokes pity or sadness |
| Perfidious | untrustworthy |
| Peripatetic | walking |
| Pernicious | extremely harmful |
| Petty | of little importance |
| Ameliorate | to make better or more bearable |
| Anomaly | something out of the ordinary; irregular |
| Antediluvian | belonging to the time before the biblical flood. |
| Antithesis | the opposite |
| Apex | top or highest part of something. |
| Apocryphal | doubtful in authenticity |
| Ardor | passion |
| Assuage | to lessen the intensity of, to ease |
| Astute | assess situations or people to turn in their advantage. |
| Autocrat | a ruler who has absolute power. |
| Avarice | greed |
| Avuncular | of or relating to an uncle. |
| Bellicose | warlike. |
| Indelible | permanent |
| Indolent | lazy |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Intrepid | fearless |
| Ire | anger |
| Jocular | funny |
| Jubilant | joyful |
| Laudable | deserving praise |
| Lax | loose; not strict |
| Lexicon | dictionary |
| Lithe | graceful |
| Loquacious | given to fluent or excessive talk |
| Lucid | understandable, clear |
| Diminutive | Small |
| Discreet | Prudent, modest or unobtrusive |
| Discrete | Separate from others |
| Divulge | To tell |
| Dormant | In a deep sleep |
| Dross | Rubbish |
| Edible | Consumable |
| Egress | A way to leave |
| Elegy | A poem for the dead |
| Empathy | identification with another's situation |
| Engender | To bring forth |
| Enmity | a feeling of hostility |
| Abet | to aid |
| Abjure | to renounce, to give something up |
| Abstemious | temperate in diet |
| Accede | to agree to |
| Acquiesce | to assent tacitly, to comply without protest |
| Acrid | bitterly pungent |
| Adamant | hard, stubborn |
| Affable | friendly |
| Agile | nimble, quick |
| Redoubtable | intimidating |
| Regicide | the act of killing a king |
| Repugnant | offensive |
| Ruminate | to think deeply |
| Sage | a wise person |
| Sanguine | 1. cheerful |
| Serendipity | the occurrence of events by chance in a happy way |
| Shrewd | keen |
| Smite | strike |
| Solace | comfort in a time of distress |
| Soporific | inducing drowsiness or sleep |
| Squalid | extremely dirty |
| Stealthy | sneaky |
| Vex | irritate, annoy |
| Wan | pale |
| Wane | to decrease in size |
| Wax | to increase in size |
| Pied | having patches of two or more colors, as a horse or bird |
| Pique | anger |
| Plea | an appeal, an excuse |
| Potent | powerful |
| Precocious | developing before others |
| Prim | neat and trim |
| Protean | readily taking on varied shapes |
| Prudent | wise in practical affairs |
| Pugnacious | combative in nature |
| Query | a question or inquiry |
| Rapacious | Greedy, ravenous |
| Raze | to tear down |
| Submerge | to put below water |
| Subtle | mysterious, cunning |
| Taciturn | inclined to silence |
| Tenacious | stubborn persistent |
| Torpid | inactive |
| Transient | not lasting |
| Travail | hard work |
| Trepidation | alarm |
| Truculent | fierce |
| Ubiquitous | being everywhere |
| Unctuous | smooth and greasy in texture or appearance, smug |
| Usurp | to seize and hold without legal right |
| Valor | courage |
| Veneer | a thin layer of wood |
| verbose | wordy |
| visage | aspect |
| vivify | quicken |
| zealot | fanatic |
| zephyr | a gentle breeze |
| Benefactor | a person who gives aid especially financial aid |
| Benighted | overcome by darkness |
| Benign | good |
| Blatant | loud |
| Blithe | happy |
| Boon | a gift |
| Breach | (n) a break (v) to break |
| Cacophony | a jarring sound |
| Candid | informal, unposed |
| Capitulate | to give up resistance |
| Chaff | the husks of grain and grasses that are separated during threshing |
| Circumlocution | talking in a roundabout way |
| Garrulous | excessively talking |
| Hereunto | to this document |
| Dilapidated | in a state of ruin |
| Narrative | spoken or written about connected events |
| Finesse | refined delicacy |
| Cipher | a code |
| Ornery | bad tempered |
| Furnaces | a structure in which the material can be heated |
| Jest | done for amusement |
| Lattice | a structures consisting of strips of metal and wood crossing each other |
| Awry | away from the expected or proper direction |
| Unrequited | (of a feeling, esp. love) not returned or rewarded. |
| Sagacity | the quality of being sagacious |
| Prospect | search for mineral deposits in a place, esp. by means of Experimental drilling and excavation |
| Abide | accept or act in accordance |
| Accordance | in a manner conforming with |
| Sagacious | having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd |
| Magnanimously | very generous or forgiving |
| Lath | a thin flat strip of wood |
| Accordance | in a manner confirming with |
| Imperishable | enduring forever |
| Consternation | feelings of anxiety |
| Invariably | in every case |
| Dumfounded | greatly amazed |
| Tract | an area of extent |
| Admonish | warn or reprimand someone firmly |
| Nitroglycerin | an explosive yellow liquid |
| Adjoining | joined with |
| digress | to stray from the main point |
| coup d'etat | an overthrow of a government (coo-day-ta) |
| Surplus | an amount if something left over |
| Compensate | make up for something unwelcome |
| Clamor | a loud and confused noise |
| Deceit | the action of deceiving someone |
| Divulge | make known |
| Despondent | in low spirits from loss of courage |
| Excitable | responding rather too readily to something |
| Ingenious | have solidified from lava or magma |
| Abhor | regard with disgust |
| Apparition | a ghost or a ghostlike image of a person |
| Myopic | nearsightedness |
| Prolific | producing much fruit or foliage |
| Nefarious | wicked or criminal |
| Meager | lacking in quantity or quality |
| Lackadaisical | lacking enthusiasm |
| Irate | feeling characterized by anger |
| Curmudgeon | a bad tempered person |
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