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2. Defenestration
a)
b)
c)
d)
3. Morganatic
a) pertaining to a form of marriage between a man of high rank and a woman of lower
station
b) payably at the end of the year by Wall Street brokers
c) temporarily inactive
d) living in tropical waters
4. Gullet
a)
b)
c)
d)
5. Polymath
a)
b)
c)
d)
6. Multifoliate
a)
b)
c)
d)
in a dying state
capable of moving spontaneously
motivated
having many leaves
7. Anfractuous
a)
b)
c)
d)
8. Wizened
a)
b)
c)
d)
magical
shriveled and dried up, as from age
in intense grievous distress
swollen (as from a growth in stomach)
9. Unctuous
a)
b)
c)
d)
indisputably good
hypocritically smooth or suave
not subject to conditions
greasy
10. Dormer
a)
b)
c)
d)
sleeping mouse
snout on a polar bear
vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof
weeding night (slang)
11. Chaplet
a)
b)
c)
d)
12. Crenel
a)
b)
c)
d)
hoped underskirt
gong
mouth of a canon
open space between the merlons of a battlement
13. Umbrage
a)
b)
c)
d)
14. Procrustean
a)
b)
c)
d)
fecund
tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means
dealing with the rectum and anus
pertaining to underside of a sea slug
15. Hobbledehoy
a)
b)
c)
d)
donkey work
extraordinary size or amount
lame child at play
awkward, clumsy youth
16. Avatar
a)
b)
c)
d)
17. Mulet
a)
b)
c)
d)
18. Threnody
a)
b)
c)
d)
group of three
sudden, keen excitement
song of lamentation
great number of persons or things crowded or considered together
19. Shibboleth
a)
b)
c)
d)
20. Cynic
a)
b)
c)
d)
center of attention
resident of an island country in the Mediterranean
person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions
owner of a brothel in Turkey
21. Quintessence
a)
b)
c)
d)
22. Capitation
a)
b)
c)
d)
23. Pantheism
a)
b)
c)
d)
24. Precursor
a)
b)
c)
d)
25. Sapient
a)
b)
c)
d)
dumb
wise and discerning
silly or foolish
derisive
26. Nugatory
a)
b)
c)
d)
of no value significance
golden
obnoxious
passing periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds
27. Megalomania
a)
b)
c)
d)
28. Diffident
a)
b)
c)
d)
29. Audacious
a)
b)
c)
d)
30. Redoubtable
a)
b)
c)
d)
to be feared
said in protest, objection, or disapproval
made more tense
mild, compassionate, or forgiving
31. Sanguine
a)
b)
c)
d)
32. Roseate
a)
b)
c)
d)
gullible
dissipated, lecherous
optimistic or promising
shaped roughly
33. To affiance
a)
b)
c)
d)
to treasure
to oppose
to make rich
to betroth
34. Artifice
a)
b)
c)
d)
35. Malefic
a)
b)
c)
d)
36. Capidity
a)
b)
c)
d)
37. Sedulous
a)
b)
c)
d)
preserving
upright
reversing the direction, as a electrical current
metallic
38. Ineffable
a)
b)
c)
d)
timid
oppressed or coerced
inefficient
unspeakable
39. Inductive
a)
b)
c)
d)
40. Empiricism
a)
b)
c)
d)
41. Mnemonic
a)
b)
c)
d)
42. Parsimony
a)
b)
c)
d)
43. Perception
a)
b)
c)
d)
example of excellence
mental recognition
upside-down vision
extinction or oblivion
44. Hypothesis
a) two-foot-long needle used to drug, thick-skinned mammals of Africa and India before
transporting them to safe preserves
b) exaggerated position in a college seniors term paper, to insure a passing grade
c) testable assumption
d) result of having too much sugar in the blood
45. To vulcanize
a)
b)
c)
d)
46. Euphemism
a)
b)
c)
d)
47. Stygian
a)
b)
c)
d)
48. Cyclopean
a)
b)
c)
d)
gigantic, vast (like cyclops, a giant with a single round eye in the middle of the forehead)
recurring with regularity
exclusive of the nucleus of a cell
referring to the machine that helped to decipher the Trojan code before Actium
49. Bastinado
a)
b)
c)
d)
50. To beseech
a)
b)
c)
d)
to look sharply
to expectorate
to catch in or as in a trap
to beg or ask eagerly
51. Prophylactic
a)
b)
c)
d)
toxic
sterile
preventive
curative
52. Propinquity
a)
b)
c)
d)
stinginess
nearness
searching quality
absolute proof
53. Propitiate
a)
b)
c)
d)
conform
appease
influence
approach
54. Provender
a)
b)
c)
d)
55. Prurient
a)
b)
c)
d)
impoverished
guiltless
prudish
lewd
56. Pullulate
a)
b)
c)
d)
grasp
swarm
tug
applaud
57. Purblind
a)
b)
c)
d)
dazzling
lacking understanding
incomprehensible
conceited
58. Pylon
a)
b)
c)
d)
gateway
synthetic fabric
accumulation
asp
59. Quagmire
a)
b)
c)
d)
gradual rise
large clam
bog
underbrush
60. Quietus
a)
b)
c)
d)
conservatism
comfort
soft speech
release from life
61. Quizzical
a)
b)
c)
d)
antiquated
puzzling
odd
ill-tempered
62. Quotidian
a)
b)
c)
d)
trite
occurring every day
word for word
apportioning
63. Raucous
a)
b)
c)
d)
despairing
pugnacious
immature
harsh-sounding
64. Recrimination
a)
b)
c)
d)
counter-accusation
double jeopardy
flattery
needless repetition
65. Redaction
a)
b)
c)
d)
conquest
submission
editing
rehearsal
66. Redolent
a)
b)
c)
d)
fragrant
needy
lazy
grieving
67. Refection
a)
b)
c)
d)
meditation
light meal
remedy
dessert
68. Refulgent
a)
b)
c)
d)
brilliant
unstable
capacious
explosive
69. Relegate
a)
b)
c)
d)
put in order
tie together
assign to an inferior position
relieve
70. Comprehensible
a)
b)
c)
d)
easy to grasp
blameworthy
deferential
returnable
71. Robate
a)
b)
c)
d)
sinner
deserter
stickler for accuracy
official in charge of wills
72. Reproof
a)
b)
c)
d)
check
strengthening
demonstration
censure
73. Reticulated
a)
b)
c)
d)
purchased
in a network pattern
sewed together
drawn together
74. Revulsion
a)
b)
c)
d)
change of government
a drawing back in disgust
backward motion
degradation
75. Rhapsodic
a)
b)
c)
d)
ecstatic
fervent
bombastic
tightly knit
76. Risible
a)
b)
c)
d)
shimmering
likely
inducing laughter
climbable
77. Runnel
a)
b)
c)
d)
underground passage
race track
grain stalk
small stream
78. Salacious
a)
b)
c)
d)
flavoured
briny
obscene
purchasable
79. Salutatory
a)
b)
c)
d)
healthy
leaping
spies
attacking
80. Salver
a)
b)
c)
d)
tray
ointment
salute
rescuer
81. Sartorial
a)
b)
c)
d)
costly
flashy
well-dressed
relating to a tailor
82. Scrimshaw
a)
b)
c)
d)
83. Scurf
a)
b)
c)
d)
coarse linen
menial attendant
rough water
dandruff
earthquakes
tides
changes in the meaning of words
military signals
85. Senescence
a)
b)
c)
d)
86. Sequacious
a)
b)
c)
d)
preceding
following
isolated
forever questioning
87. Seraglio
a)
b)
c)
d)
silk culture
mediation
fracas
harem
88. Serried
a)
b)
c)
d)
notched
scattered
pursued
crowded together
89. Sibylline
a)
b)
c)
d)
poetic
oracular
hissing
luxurious
90. Simian
a)
b)
c)
d)
foolish
resembling
apelike
pertaining to Malaysia
91. Sirocco
a)
b)
c)
d)
hot wind
contagious disease
leather binding
style of painting
92. Skittles
a)
b)
c)
d)
pretzels
ale
bowling game
trifles
93. Sleazy
a)
b)
c)
d)
flimsy
disgusting
asthmatic
slippery
94. Slough
a)
b)
c)
d)
marsh
bed of coal
difficult journey
massacre
95. Sluice
a)
b)
c)
d)
microscopic section
period between two wars
multitude
artificial water channel
96. Sodality
a)
b)
c)
d)
sogginess
temperance
fellowship
saltiness
97. Soporific
a)
b)
c)
d)
indiscreet
inducing sleep
adolescent
causing trouble
caves
rhetoric
geysers
soil conservation
99. Splenetic
a)
b)
c)
d)
effusive
gorgeous
spiteful
damaging
100. Spoliation
a)
b)
c)
d)
marring
plundering
recession
embellishing