Vocabulary Words

Front 1

bulwark

Back 1

(1) a defensive wall, (2) a person, institution or principle that acts as a defensive wall

protector, defender

Hint 1

protector, defender

Front 2

reticent

Back 2

not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily

reserve, restraint

Hint 2

reserve, restraint

Front 3

recalcitrant

Back 3

having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline; uncooperative, insubordinate, defiant

Hint 3

uncooperative, insubordinate, defiant

Front 4

preternatural

Back 4

beyond what is normal or natural; extraordinary, uncommon, exceptional

Hint 4

extraordinary, uncommon, exceptional

Front 5

annex

Back 5

append or add as an extra or subordinate part; add, seize, conquer

Hint 5

add, seize, conquer

Front 6

opprobrium

Back 6

(1) harsh criticism or censure, (2) the public disgrace arising from someone's shameful conduct; vilification, abuse, condemnation

Hint 6

vilification, abuse, condemnation

Front 7

indemnity

Back 7

security or protection against a loss or other financial burden; insurance, protection

Hint 7

insurance, protection

Front 8

didactic

Back 8

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive; instructive, pedagogic

Hint 8

instructive, pedagogic

Front 9

patriciate

Back 9

a noble order or class

Front 10

propitiate

Back 10

win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit or person) by doing something that pleases them; appease, placate, conciliate

Hint 10

appease, placate, conciliate

Front 11

lugubrious

Back 11

looking or sounding sad and dismal; gloomy, melancholy

Hint 11

gloomy, melancholy, dismal

Front 12

acolyte

Back 12

(1) a person assisting the celebrant in a religious right or service, (2) an assistant or follower; assistant, aide, disciple

Hint 12

assistant, aide, disciple

Front 13

adjunct

Back 13

(noun) a thing added to something as a supplementary rather than essential part; addition, complement

(adjective) connected or added to something, typically in an auxiliary way; subordinate

Hint 13

addition, complement

subordinate

Front 14

troglodyte

Back 14

a hermit. a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old fashioned

Front 15

prevaricate

Back 15

deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; speak or act in an evasive way

Hint 15

dodge, be evasive, hedge

Front 16

moribund

Back 16

(1) (of a person) at the end of death, (2) (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality and vigor; dying, expiring, declining

Hint 16

dying, expiring, declining

Front 17

inimitable

Back 17

so good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique, incomparable, unparalleled

Hint 17

incomparable, sui generis, unparalleled

Front 18

forbearance

Back 18

patient self control; restraint and tolerance; tolerance, resignation, endurance

Hint 18

tolerance, resignation, endurance

Front 19

venial

Back 19

(with regards to an offense) slight or pardonable; forgivable, pardonable

Hint 19

forgivable, pardonable

Front 20

pettifoggery

Back 20

quibbling about petty points

Front 21

gasconade

Back 21

extravagant boasting

Front 22

poltroon

Back 22

an utter coward

Front 23

anomie

Back 23

the lack of the usual social or ethical standards in a group

Front 24

alarum

Back 24

archaic term for alarm

Front 25

lackey

Back 25

(noun) a servant, especially a footman or manservant

flunkey, footman

(verb) behave servilely to

Hint 25

flunkey, footman

Front 26

erudite

Back 26

having or showing great knowledge or learning; learned, knowledgeable, intellectual

Hint 26

learned, knowledgeable, intellectual

Front 27

foment

Back 27

instigate or stir up (an undesirable sentiment or course of action); incite, provoke

Hint 27

instigate, incite, provoke

Front 28

banal

Back 28

so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring; trite, cliched, vapid

Hint 28

trite, cliched, vapid

Front 29

vernacular

Back 29

the terminology used by people belonging to a specific group or engaging in a specific activity; common parlance, language

Hint 29

common parlance, language

Front 30

parlance

Back 30

particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest; jargon, language, talk

Hint 30

jargon, language, talk

Front 31

anathema

Back 31

something or someone that one vehemently dislikes; an abomination, abhorrence, outrage

Hint 31

an abomination, an outrage, an abhorrence

Front 32

invective

Back 32

insulting, abusive or highly critical language; expletives, insults, abuse

Hint 32

abuse, insults, expletives, foul language

Front 33

irrupt

Back 33

enter forcibly or suddenly

Front 34

incorrigible

Back 34

(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved or reformed; habitual, chronic, hardened

Hint 34

habitual, chronic, hardened

Front 35

array

Back 35

(1) an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing, (2) an ordered arrangement, in particular; collection, assortment, variety, arrangement

Hint 35

collection, assortment, variety, arrangement

Front 36

finesse

Back 36

(noun) an intricate and refined delicacy

(verb) do something in a subtle and delicate manner

skill, flair, panache, tact

Hint 36

skill, flair, panache, tact