Quiz 3
Word of the Day The Crucible

  1. ambient

  2. ensconce

  3. tergiversation

  4. acumen

  5. phantasmagoria

  6. diffident

  7. Pickwickian

  8. devise

  9. mountebank

  10. inveterate

  11. superjacent

  12. wraith

  13. countenance

  14. accolade

  15. encomium

  16. mosque

  17. cachet

  18. meed

  19. recusant

  20. bemuse

  21. caduceus

  22. trepid

  23. scrutinize

  24. juncture

  25. dark horse

 
  1. wilt/ verb intransitive senses
    1 a : to lose turgor from lack of water <the plants wilted in the heat> b : to become limp
    2 : to grow weak or faint : LANGUISH
  2. calamity/ noun 1 : a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss
    2 : an extraordinarily grave event marked by great loss and lasting distress and affliction
  3. befuddle: to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink; confuse
  4. effrontery: n. shameless boldness : INSOLENCE
    synonym see TEMERITY
  5. qualm: a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or nausea
  6. placid: serenely free of interruption or disturbance ; COMPLACENT
  7. beguile :to lead by deception
  8. reprieve :to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner)2 : to give relief or deliverance to for a time
  9.  adamant :unshakable or immovable especially in opposition : UNYIELDING
  10. contentious:exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes

     

 

Oct

1
nexus		 2
arduous		 3
saga		 4
wistful		 5
abbreviate
6
denizen		 7
whilom		 8
nebbish		 9
coruscate		 10
tenet
11
epistemic		 12
blandish		 13
obdurate		 14
metonymy		 15
chicanery
16
mugwump		 17
purlieu		 18
dander		 19
itinerant		 20
oblivion
21
matriculate		 22
slake		 23
argosy		 24
macabre		 25
countenance
26
dark horse		 27
ambient		 28
superjacent		 29
wraith		 30
juncture
31
trepid
Nov
1
ensconce		 2
scrutinize		 3
tergiversation		 4
acumen		 5
phantasmagoria
6
diffident		 7
 Pickwickian		 8
devise		 9
mountebank		 10
inveterate
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accolade		 12
encomium		 13
mosque		 14
cachet		 15
meed
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recusant		 17
bemuse		 18
caduceus		 19
extremophile

 
Nov
1
ensconce		 2
scrutinize		 3
tergiversation		 4
acumen		 5
phantasmagoria
6
diffident		 7
Pickwickian		 8
devise		 9
mountebank		 10
inveterate
11
accolade		 12
encomium		 13
mosque		 14
cachet		 15
meed
16
recusant		 17
bemuse		 18
caduceus		 19
extremophile		 20
abeyance
21
dilatory		 22
feign		 23
reverberate		 24
hydromancy		 25
multitudinous
26
frenetic		 27
boilerplate		 28
diapause		 29
hibernaculum		 30
palliate
Dec
1
fidelity		 2
absinthe		 3
donnybrook		 4
uncouth		 5
hermitage
6
circumvent		 7
epenthesis		 8
ludic		 9
stringent		 10
whirligig
11
perpend		 12
rationale		 13
nefarious		 14
syllepsis

 

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