| Question | Answer |
| rationalize | To make an excuse for |
| sagacious | Wise, having sound judgment |
| peccadillo | A minor offense or misdeed |
| patent | Evident or obvious |
| quiddity | An essential quality |
| laconic | Using few words, concise |
| callow | Young and inexperienced |
| dichotomy | A division into two parts |
| knell | A sound made by a bell (often rung for a death) |
| affectation | A phony pose |
| ferret | To search or drive out |
| bovine | Of or relating to cows |
| fatuous | Foolish, inane |
| macroscopic | Visible to the naked eye |
| adroit | Skillful and clever under pressuring conditions |
| denouement | an outcome or result |
| eschew | to keep away from, to avade, to shun |
| amoral | lacking morals |
| onerous | difficult, burdensome, hard to endure |
| sedulous | hard-work |
| parody | work which imitates another in a ridiculous way |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar |
| affluence | wealth, riches |
| bedlam | a noisy uproar, scene of wild confusion |
| peruse | to read carefully |
| obdurate | stubborn, hard-headed |
| banal | common, ordinary |
| imminent | bound to happen, threatening |
| elucidate | to make clear |
| antipathy | intense dislike |
| pedantic | tending to show off one's learning |
| elegy | sad or mournful poem |
| rakish | dashingly stylish and confident |
| nebulous | hazy, uncertain, vague |
| carnal | relating to physical appetite, especially sexual |
| deference | respect, consideration |
| ebullient | enthusiastic |
| quandary | a puzzling situation, a dilemma |
| panegyric | an expression of praise |
| impair | to weaken, to cause to become worse |
| bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages |
| sanguine | cheerfully optimistic |
| non sequitur | something that does not logically follow |
| imprecation | a curse |
| fop | an excessively fashion-conscious man |
| facetious | comical, jocular, flippant |
| demeanor | behavior |
| sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others |
| sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| imperative | extremely necessary |
| besmirch | to make dirty, to stain |
| quasi- | resembling, seeming, half |
| debacle | a complete failure, total collapse |
| obloquy | strong disapproval (opposite of praise) |
| hedonism | pursuit of pleasure, especially or the senses |
| baroque | overly decorated |
| perfunctory | done without care, in a routine way |
| recapitulate | to summarize, to repeat briefly |
| fortuitous | happening by chance or accident |
| celibate | abstaining from intercourse |
| importune | to beg, to ask persistently |
| optimum | best, ideal |
| cataclysm | a voilent change |
| ambiguous | open to 2 or more interpretations |
| edify | to improve something morally |
| glower | to state angrily |
| parochial | limited, narrow, local |
| extenuating | to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
| impale | to pierce through the middle |
| obfuscate | to confuse or to bewilder |
| deviate | stray or go off course |
| fecund | fertile, productive |
| adventitious | accidental, non-essential |
| bona fide | in good faith, genuine |
| pedestrian | commonplace, ordinary |
| nihilism | a total rejection of established laws |
| bland | tasteless, dull, mild |
| shard | fragment |
| effete | worn-out, barren |
| bestial | savage, brutal |
| impediment | impairment |
| gloat | to look at or think about with great satisfaction |
| labyrinth | crazy maze |
| diaphanous | very sheer and light |
| bauble | a showy but useless thing |
| chagrin | embarrassment, complete loss of courage |
| emendation | a correction |
| maelstrom | whirlpool, turbulence or agitated state of mind |
| antithesis | exact opposite, opposite extreme |
| impotent | powerless, lacking strength |
| ephemeral | short-lived, lasting only a brief time |
| besiege | to surround and attack |
| enervate | to weaken |
| rectify | to correct or make right |
| fervent | eager, earnest |
| perspicacity | keenness of judgment |
| aegis | a shield |
| boor | a rude of impolite person |
| inoble | dishonerable, shameful |
| factious | Causing disagreement |
100 cards - created nov 20, 2:39pm