| Question | Answer |
| rich, luxurious; wealthy | opulent |
| shapeless; formless; vague | amorphous |
| pertaining to sexual love | erotic |
| decaying flesh | carrion |
| a concern for others; generosity | altruism |
| lasting only a brief time; short-lived | ephemeral |
| to overwhelm; to surround and attack | besiege |
| to weaken | enervate |
| to correct; make right | rectify |
| eager; ernest | fervent |
| keenness of judgement | perspicacity |
| a shield; protection | aegis |
| a rude or impolite person | boor |
| dishonorable; shameful | ignoble |
| causing disagreement | factious |
| a total rejection of established laws | nihilism |
| mild; tasteless; dull | bland |
| a fragment | shard |
| worn out; barren | effete |
| savage; brutal | bestial |
| a barrier; obstruction | impediment |
| to look at or think about with great satisfaction | gloat |
| a complicated network of winding passages; a maze | labyrinth |
| very sheer and light | diaphanous |
| a showy but useless thing | bauble |
| embarrassment; a complete loss of courage | chagrin |
| a correction | emendation |
| whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind | maelstrom |
| an exact opposite; an opposite extreme | antithesis |
| powerless; lacking strength | impotent |
| to ask persistently; to beg | importune |
| best; most favorable; ideal | optimum |
| a violent change | cataclysm |
| open to more than one interpretation | ambiguous |
| improve someone morally | edify |
| to stare angrily | glower |
| local; narrow; limited | parochial |
| to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses | extenuate |
| to pierce with a sharp stake through the body | impale |
| to confuse; to bewilder | obfuscate |
| to turn aside from a course; to stray | deviate |
| fertile; productive | fecund |
| accidental; nonessential | adventitious |
| in good faith | bona fide |
| ordinary or dull | pedestrian |
| comical; jocular; flippant | facetious |
| behavior; manner of conducting oneself | demeanor |
| deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others | sadistic |
| extremely holy | sacrosanct |
| extremely necessary; vitally important | imperative |
| to make dirty; to stain | besmirch |
| resembling; seeming; half | quasi |
| a complete failure; a total collapse | debacle |
| strong disapproval; a bad reputation from public criticism | obloquy |
| pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses | hedonism |
| overly decorated | baroque |
| done without care; in a routine fashion | perfunctory |
| to summarize; to repeat briefly | recapitulate |
| happening by chance or accident | fortuitous |
| abstaining from intercourse; unmarried | celibate |
| tending to show off one's learning | pedantic |
| a sad or mournful poem | elegy |
| dashingly stylish and confident | rakish |
| hazy; vague; uncertain | nebulous |
| relating to physical appetite, especially sexual | carnal |
| respect; consideration | deference |
| enthusiastic | ebullient |
| a puzzling situation; a dilemma | quandary |
| an expression of praise | panegyric |
| to weaken; to cause to become worse | impair |
| to remove passages of a play, novel, etc. | bowlderize |
| cheerful; optimistic | sanguine |
| something that does not logically follow | non sequitur |
| a curse | imprecation |
| an excessively fashion conscious man | fop |
| an outcome; result | denoument |
| to keep away from; to avoid; to shun | eschew |
| lacking a sense of right or wrong | amoral |
| burdensome; heavy; hard to endure | onerous |
| hard working; diligent | sedulous |
| a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner | parody |
| coarsely abusive; vulgar | scurrilous |
| wealth; richness | affluence |
| a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion | bedlam |
| to read carefully; to scrutinize | peruse |
| stubborn; hardhearted | obdurate |
| common; ordinary | banal |
| likely to happen; threatening | imminent |
| to make clear | elucidate |
| an intense dislike | antipathy |
| to make an excuse for | rationalize |
| wise; having keen perception and sound judgement | sagacious |
| a minor offense; a misdeed | peccadillo |
| evident or obvious | patent |
| an essential quality | quiddity |
| using few words; short; concise | laconic |
| young and inexperienced | callow |
| a division into two parts | dichotomy |
| a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral | knell |
| a phony attitude; pose | affectation |
| to search or drive out | ferret |
| pertaining to cows or cattle | bovine |
| foolish; inane | fatuous |
| visible to the naked eye | macroscopic |
| skillful; clever | adroit |
105 cards - created nov 10, 12:39am