1. h
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. g
6. i
7. f
8. j
9. b
10. e
1. dogmatic and intransigent
2. didactic and pedagogical
3. synthesize and conjoin
4. iconoclastic and heretical
5. inherent and inveterate
6. accolade and elegy
7. hackneyed and trite
8. sophomoric and puerile
9. inchoate and nascent
10. renege and rescind
1. f
2. h
3. i
4. a
5. g
6. c
7. j
8. b
9. d
10. e
1. c
2. a
3. e
4. d
5. a
6. b
7. e
8. b
9. d
10. b
1. d
2. c
3. e
4. a
5. h
6. i
7. j
8. g
9. f
10. b
1. avaricious and penurious
2. indolent and phlegmatic
3. pithy and fundamental
4. plaintive and melancholy
5. quaff and satiate
6. cacophony and din
7. stymie and filibuster
8. loquacious and prolix
9. inimical and malevolent
10. beguile and dupe
1. e
2. f
3. h
4. i
5. a
6. d
7. j
8. b
9. c
10. g
1. d
2. e
3. a
4. e
5. c
6. d
7. a
8. c
9. d
10. d
1. k
2. j
3. a
4. d
5. f
6. b
7. e
8. i
9. g
10. h
11. c
12. l
1. b
2. j
3. a
4. f
5. c
6. i
7. g
8. h
9. d
10. e
1. d
2. c
3. l
4. j
5. b
6. e
7. g
8. i
9. h
10. f
11. a
12. k
1. h
2. g
3. c
4. j
5. b
6. d
7. i
8. f
9. e
10. a
1. b
2. e
3. f
4. h
5. g
6. d
7. i
8. j
9. a
10. c
1. g
2. c
3. d
4. e
5. a
6. i
7. f
8. h
9. b
1. d
2. a
3. g
4. f
5. h
6. c
7. b
8. j
9. i
10. e
11. k
1. h
2. a
3. e
4. c
5. g
6. i
7. d
8. b
9. f
10. j
1. l
2. g
3. a
4. b
5. m
6. e
7. d
8. i
9. j
10. f
11. h
12. c
13. k
1. f
2. e
3. h
4. i
5. k
6. g
7. d
8. a
9. c
10. j
11. b
12. m
13. l
1. i
2. h
3. g
4. j
5. c
6. e
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. k
11. f
1. b
2. h
3. a
4. g
5. i
6. f
7. k
8. c
9. e
10. j
11. d
1. f
2. g
3. e
4. c
5. a
6. h
7. i
8. d
9. b
10. j
1. e
2. f
3. g
4. b
5. c
6. d
7. a
1. f
2. j
3. a
4. k
5. l
6. i
7. h
8. c
9. b
10. n
11. d
12. e
13. g
14. o
15. m
16. p
1. e
2. f
3. i
4. g
5. c
6. h
7. b
8. d
9. a
1. h
2. d
3. f
4. c
5. b
6. e
7. i
8. k
9. a
10. g
11. j
1. i
2. c
3. j
4. g
5. f
6. h
7. a
8. d
9. e
10. k
11. b
1. h
2. d
3. b
4. e
5. g
6. f
7. a
8. i
9. j
10. c
1. f
2. j
3. h
4. e
5. b
6. c
7. i
8. a
9. d
10. g
11. k
1. c
2. i
3. j
4. g
5. a
6. h
7. e
8. f
9. b
10. d
1. d
2. h
3. g
4. f
5. l
6. b
7. a
8. m
9. e
10. n
11. j
12. i
13. c
14. k
15. q
16. p
17. o
1. i
2. b
3. h
4. e
5. g
6. a
7. j
8. d
9. c
10. f
11. l
12. k
1. g
2. d
3. i
4. h
5. b
6. l
7. j
8. f
9. a
10. e
11. k
12. c
1. h
2. d
3. i
4. c
5. a
6. f
7. g
8. j
9. e
10. b
11. k
1. i
2. j
3. f
4. g
5. e
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. k
10. d
11. h
1. g
2. b
3. j
4. h
5. a
6. l
7. k
8. c
9. i
10. e
11. d
12. f
13. n
14. m
1. c
2. a
3. g
4. b
5. e
6. h
7. f
8. d
9. j
10. i
1. f
2. j
3. a
4. d
5. b
6. g
7. c
8. i
9. h
10. e
11. k
1. g
2. h
3. b
4. d
5. k
6. c
7. i
8. j
9. f
10. l
11. e
12. a
1. i
2. a
3. k
4. b
5. e
6. f
7. d
8. g
9. c
10. h
11. j
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. f
5. d
6. e
7. g
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. e
1. h
2. k
3. i
4. e
5. l
6. j
7. c
8. b
9. a
10. d
11. g
12. f
13. n
14. m
1. f
2. k
3. a
4. e
5. i
6. b
7. d
8. j
9. h
10. c
11. g
12. l
1. g
2. k
3. a
4. h
5. b
6. d
7. j
8. c
9. e
10. f
11. l
12. i
1. c
2. g
3. e
4. j
5. d
6. h
7. a
8. f
9. i
10. k
11. b
1. j
2. e
3. f
4. n
5. a
6. l
7. b
8. g
9. h
10. i
11. c
12. k
13. o
14. m
15. d
1. h
2. d
3. c
4. f
5. a
6. g
7. b
8. j
9. i
10. k
11. e
12. m
13. l
1. h
2. d
3. f
4. e
5. c
6. i
7. b
8. g
9. a
1. a
2. h
3. d
4. b
5. c
6. e
7. f
8. g
1. e
2. a
3. i
4. d
5. c
6. f
7. h
8. b
9. g
1. g
2. j
3. a
4. f
5. b
6. c
7. h
8. d
9. e
10. k
11. i
1. a
2. g
3. i
4. c
5. d
6. k
7. h
8. b
9. j
10. e
11. f
12. m
13. l
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. e
5. h
6. f
7. i
8. c
9. j
10. g
11. k
1. j
2. c
3. a
4. e
5. i
6. g
7. h
8. b
9. d
10. f
1. c
2. a
3. h
4. f
5. g
6. b
7. d
8. e
1. h
2. e
3. f
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. g
8. d
9. i
1. e
2. g
3. c
4. d
5. f
6. j
7. a
8. b
9. i
10. h
11. l
12. k
1. philistine and boor
2. lachrymose and melancholy
3. insipid and jejune
4. laud and aggrandize
5. obsequious and reverent
6. acumen and perspicacity
7. paean and elegy
8. assuage and mitigate
9. chic and natty
10. oscillate and waffle
1. a
2. i
3. f
4. c
5. e
6. b
7. g
8. h
9. j
10. d
1. d
2. e
3. j
4. i
5. a
6. b
7. h
8. c
9. g
10. f
1. b
2. c
3. e
4. g
5. a
6. h
7. d
8. f
9. i
10. j
1. i
2. f
3. d
4. g
5. a
6. h
7. c
8. j
9. b
10. e
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. e
5. b
6. e
7. a
8. d
9. a
10. d
1. EMPIRICAL means based on EXPERIMENT
2. CANON is religious LAW
3. PLUMB means to determine the DEPTH
4. FORESTALL means to prevent an ACTION
5. SUCCOR means providing aid in time of NEED
6. PERUSE means to examine with CARE
7. EXHORT means to make a strong APPEAL
8. INHERENT means ingrained in one’s NATURE
9. BROACH means to introduce a SUBJECT
10. STATIC means having no MOVEMENT
1. INNOCUOUS means causing no DAMAGE
2. ALCHEMY is the study of trying to make GOLD
3. CONVENTION is an agreed upon PRACTICE
4. PICARESQUE is a story of a ROGUE
5. SUPERFLUOUS means beyond what is NECESSARY
6. EFFRONTERY is extreme BOLDNESS
7. RECALCITRANT means characterized by DEFIANCE
8. TABLE is to prevent the discussion of a MOTION
9. IMPLACABLE means unable to CHANGE
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. f
5. g
6. e
7. c
8. i
9. j
10. h
1. TAMP means to pack TIGHTLY
2. DILATORY means causing DELAY
3. LUMBER is clumsily to MOVE
4. PECCADILLO is a minor SIN
5. DIFFIDENT means lacking CONFIDENCE
6. SOPORIFIC means causing SLEEP
7. CONDEMN is to strongly DISLIKE
8. PEDAGOGY is the art or practice of TEACHING
9. DAMP is to lessen something’s INTENSITY
10. STANCH is to stop a FLOW
1. h
2. e
3. d
4. a
5. f
6. g
7. b
8. j
9. c
10. i
1. STRUT is used to SUPPORT
2. ARREST is to hold one’s ATTENTION
3. MINCE is too carefully to SPEAK
4. MISANTHROPE hates any HUMAN
5. FLOUT is to disregard a RULE
6. OBSEQUIOUS means tending to FAWN
7. QUALIFY is to place a LIMITATION
8. PARRY is to block a BLOW
9. DOGGEREL is a trivial type of VERSE
1. VENAL means able to be BOUGHT
2. APPROPRIATE is to take for one’s USE
3. OSCILLATION is the movement of a PENDULUM
4. INURED means accustomed to accepting the UNPLEASANT
5. UNTOWARD means displaying unseemly BEHAVIOR
6. ANATHEMA is a religious CURSE
7. MAVERICK is someone not part of the GROUP
8. INSULAR means characterized by ISOLATION
9. HEGEMONY is the dominance of one IDEOLOGY
10. ARABESQUE is a design that is ORNATE
1. RECONNOITER means to engage in RECONNAISSANCE
2. ABROGATE means to disregard RESPONSIBILITY
3. OBTUSE means lacking SHARPNESS
4. PRECEPT is a rule for CONDUCT
5. IMPECUNIOUS means lacking MONEY
6. CONTIGUOUS means sharing a BORDER
7. EPITHET is a disparaging WORD
8. PHILISTINE only cares about the MATERIAL
9. BOOR is characterized by being CHURLISH
10. OSTENTATIOUS means having a lot of PRETENSION
1. DIDACTIC means intended to INSTRUCT
2. PERSPICACIOUS means having keen PERCEPTION
3. CODA is the end of a COMPOSITION
4. LIBERTINE acts without moral RESTRAINT
5. ENDEMIC means particular to a REGION
6. LUMINOUS means filled with LIGHT
7. EXILE is the state of a PARIAH
8. IMPORTUNE means incessantly to ASK
9. ELEGY is a poem for the DEAD
10. INTREPID means having COURAGE
1. canonical
2. depredate
3. archaic
4. felicitous
5. excoriate
6. seminal
7. precipitate
8. satire
9. loquacious
10. undulate
1. fanatical and fervent
2. salubrious and giving succor
3. dirge and eulogy
4. diffident and timorous
5. didactic and pedagogical
6. hermetic and insular
7. inundate and importune
8. attenuate and rarefy
9. lavish and ostentatious
10. erudite and sagacious
1. c
2. j
3. i
4. d
5. e
6. a
7. f
8. g
9. b
10. h
1. j
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. e
6. c
7. i
8. h
9. f
10. g
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. f
5. i
6. b
7. h
8. e
9. j
10. g
1. d
2. g
3. e
4. f
5. b
6. a
7. i
8. h
9. c
10. j
1. b
2. g
3. f
4. j
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. e
9. h
10. i
1. PIRATE is illegally to USE
2. OBVIATE is to make no longer NECESSARY
3. LACHRYMOSE means causing to CRY
4. EXPIATE is to make AMENDS
5. STRIATED means marked by GROOVES
6. PAEAN is a song of PRAISE
7. TORQUE is a force causing ROTATION
8. HYPERBOLE is used to EXAGGERATE
9. INSCRUTABLE means incapable of being UNDERSTOOD
1. BYZANTINE means complex in DESIGN
2. SLAKE is to satisfy THIRST
3. SODDEN means filled with WATER
4. SOPHISTRY is faulty REASONING
5. ABATE is to lessen the DEGREE
6. CAUSTIC means causing to BURN
7. INSOUCIANT means having no CARE
8. DESUETUDE means lack of USE
9. EDIFYING means causing ENLIGHTENMENT
10. GLIB means lacking DEPTH
1. INVEIGLE is to obtain by DECEPTION
2. SPEECH honoring the dead is a EULOGY
3. CHANGE is accelerated by a CATALYST
4. TAUTOLOGY is a circular ARGUMENT
5. PILLORY is used for PUNISHMENT
6. RAREFY is to make less DENSE
7. REDOUBTABLE means worthy of HONOR
8. FROWARD means unwilling to YIELD
9. DENOUEMENT is the resolution of a PLOT
10. PERNICIOUS means potentially causing DEATH
1. WAFFLE is to shift in POSITION
2. INSIPID means lacking FLAVOR
3. DESULTORY means done without a PLAN
4. EQUIVOCATE is to deceive through the use of ambiguous LANGUAGE
5. FORD is to cross a RIVER
6. VERISIMILITUDE means having the appearance of TRUTH
7. PITH is the center of an ARGUMENT
8. FORTUITOUS means happening by CHANCE
9. PAIN is soothed by something ANODYNE
1. SINECURE is a job that requires little or no WORK
2. IMPUNITY is immunity from PENALTY
3. SIMPER is to talk with a silly SMILE
4. INTRANSIGENT means unwilling to COMPROMISE
5. SAGACIOUS means having great WISDOM
6. SYNTHESIS is the merging of parts into a WHOLE
7. EPICURE seeks LUXURY
8. JEJUNE means lacking MATURITY
9. SHARD is a broken piece of POTTERY
10. NOSTRUM is a questionable REMEDY
1. LAUD is to highly PRAISE
2. PRODIGIOUS means large in SIZE
3. EMOLLIENT soothes something HARSH
4. HERMETIC means impervious to AIR
5. DECORUM is behavior that is POLITE
6. RAMIFY is to spend out in BRANCHES
7. JOCOSE is characterized by HUMOR
8. REDOLENT means full of FRAGRANCE
9. MALINGER is to avoid WORK
10. FETTER is to restrain in CHAINS
1. RELEGATE is to assign to a position that is LOWER
2. IMMINENT means about to OCCUR
3. FILIBUSTER is to stall LEGISLATION
4. PREEN is to groom FEATHERS
5. ANACHRONISM means in the wrong TIME
6. NEOLOGISM is a new WORD
7. RHETORIC is the effective use of LANGUAGE
8. AGGRANDIZE is to increase in POWER
9. PARODY is a humorous work using IMITATION
10. AESTHETIC means dealing with ART
1. MERCURIAL means frequently changing in MOOD
2. EXPURGATE is to remove everything OBSCENE
3. FERVENT means filled with EMOTION
4. QUIESCENCE is a state of REST
5. GAUCHE means lacking good TASTE
6. BURNISH means to rub until SHINY
7. MITIGATE is to lessen the SEVERITY
8. FLAG is to droop in SPIRITS
9. UBIQUITOUS means in all PLACES
10. ERUDITE means having great LEARNING
1. TENUOUS means lacking STRENGTH
2. ASSUAGE is to cause to LESSEN
3. SEINE is a type of NET
4. AMENABLE means open to SUGGESTION
5. INIMICAL means causing HARM
6. PUNDIT is someone who expresses OPINION
7. ATTENUATE is to lessen in THICKNESS
8. PUNCTILIOUS means attentive to DETAILS
9. SATIATE is to satisfy to EXCESS
10. ABSCISSION is the act of making a CUT
1. IMPERTURBABLE means characterized by great CALM
2. HIRSUTE means having a lot of HAIR
3. ADULTERATE is to reduce the PURITY
4. MISOGYNIST hates WOMEN
5. MARTIAL means having to deal with WAR
6. RENEGE is to go back on a PROMISE
7. WAFT is to float on the AIR
8. AVER is to state as a FACT
9. PETROUS means like a ROCK
10. BOLSTER is to provide SUPPORT
1. i
2. c
3. b
4. h
5. d
6. g
7. a
8. f
9. e
10. j
1. e
2. g
3. a
4. d
5. f
6. h
7. c
8. i
9. b
10. j
1. g
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. e
6. i
7. b
8. h
9. f
10. j
1. c
2. b
3. f
4. i
5. e
6. d
7. a
8. g
9. h
10. j
1. d
2. e
3. a
4. j
5. i
6. b
7. c
8. f
9. g
10. h
1. e
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. h
6. f
7. i
8. c
9. g
10. j
1. i
2. f
3. c
4. a
5. d
6. g
7. h
8. b
9. j
10. e
1. h
2. e
3. d
4. g
5. a
6. c
7. i
8. f
9. b
10. j
1. b
2. d
3. b
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. a
9. d
10. b
1. d
2. h
3. g
4. a
5. f
6. b
7. e
8. i
9. c
10. j
1. b
2. f
3. d
4. c
5. i
6. g
7. a
8. j
9. e
10. h
1. f
2. e
3. g
4. i
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. b
9. j
10. h
1. b
2. e
3. d
4. a
5. g
6. f
7. c
8. i
9. h
10. j
1. c
2. h
3. a
4. d
5. j
6. b
7. e
8. i
9. f
10. g
1. FALLACY is a false BELIEF
2. TIMOROUS means lacking CONFIDENCE
3. TIRADE is a harshly critical SPEECH
4. ACUMEN means having keen INSIGHT
5. EXIGENT means requiring immediate ACTION
6. USURY is charging exorbitant INTEREST
7. AUGUST means having great DIGNITY
8. PROSCRIBE is to place RESTRICTIONS
9. SUBPOENA is used to make someone TESTIFY
10. PROVIDENT means looking to the FUTURE
1. APOSTATE betrays his or her FAITH
2. UNTENABLE incapable of being DEFENDED
3. RECANT is to retract a BELIEF
4. AXIOM is a universally recognized PRINCIPLE
5. RUE is to feel great REMORSE
6. PROLIX means using many WORDS
7. TAWDRY means lacking good TASTE
8. BOMBASTIC is pompous SPEECH
9. NATTY means stylish in DRESS
10. PUSILLANIMOUS means lacking COURAGE
1. b
2. h
3. f
4. e
5. i
6. c
7. d
8. g
9. a
10. j
1. intransigent and recalcitrant
2. fallacy and tautology
3. inimical and deleterious
4. erratic and mercurial
5. impassive and imperturbable
6. arrest and forestall
7. slake and satiate
8. fetter and table
9. abrogate and renege
1. d
2. f
3. b
4. a
5. e
6. h
7. c
8. j
9. g
10. i
1. REVERENT means feeling profound AWE
2. BELIE is to inaccurately REPRESENT
3. HACKNEYED is a phrase that is WORN
4. AVARICE is greed for WEALTH
5. REPINE is to feel DISCONTENT
6. LIST is to lean to the SIDE
7. BANE is a source of HARM
8. IMPASSIVE means revealing no EMOTION
9. INDEFATIGABLE means tending not to TIRE
10. SALUBRIOUS means promoting HEALTH