Wordly Wise Puzzle Test 18

Front 1

stubbornly disobedient

Back 1

recalcitrant

Front 2

an imposed isolation

Back 2

quarantine

Front 3

to become the father of

Back 3

beget

Front 4

adverse criticism; a critical remark

Back 4

stricture

Front 5

excessively wordy

Back 5

prolix

Front 6

to become simi solid; to clot

Back 6

coagulate

Front 7

to imitate or feign

Back 7

simulate

Front 8

the systematic killing of a whole race

Back 8

genocide

Front 9

stubbornly or noisily defiant

Back 9

obstreperous

Front 10

a pair of eyeglasses with a handle

Back 10

lorgnette

Front 11

to deprive of vitality; to enfeeble

Back 11

enervate

Front 12

of or relating to the woods

Back 12

sylvan

Front 13

an important principle

Back 13

canon

Front 14

intercommunication between units

Back 14

liaison

Front 15

kindly and indulgent as befits an uncle

Back 15

avuncular

Front 16

not genuine; artificial or forced

Back 16

factitous

Front 17

of animal fat; fatty

Back 17

adipose

Front 18

having a part cut off; shoutened

Back 18

truncated

Front 19

to be fitting or necessary

Back 19

behooves

Front 20

to protect until ready for hatching

Back 20

incubate

Front 21

that can be forgiven; pardonable

Back 21

venial

Front 22

to love lightly and insincerely

Back 22

philander

Front 23

to call into question

Back 23

impung

Front 24

a painting medium of pigment and egg white

Back 24

tempra

Front 25

surgical stitch used to close a wound

Back 25

suture

Front 26

capable of feeling; conscious

Back 26

sentient

Front 27

to revive from near death

Back 27

resuscitate

Front 28

burial clothes

Back 28

cerements

Front 29

a three hundredth anniversary

Back 29

tercentenary

Front 30

that can be held or maintained

Back 30

tenable

Front 31

a link or connection

Back 31

nexus

Front 32

the notes of a chord played in quick succession

Back 32

arpeggio

Front 33

a (usually inessential) attachment

Back 33

appendage

Front 34

a speaking together; an informal discussion

Back 34

colloquy

Front 35

to space a word or line in from the margin

Back 35

indent

Front 36

to stick together

Back 36

cohere

Front 37

a gap or blank space

Back 37

lacuna

Front 38

lacking density

Back 38

rarefied

Front 39

a state of disuse

Back 39

desuetude

Front 40

to wage or conduct, as a war

Back 40

levy

Front 41

one who chooses to live in exile

Back 41

expatriate

Front 42

fullness; abundance

Back 42

plenitude

Front 43

the low point, as of a career

Back 43

nadir

Front 44

to become hard and stoney

Back 44

calcify

Front 45

a highly successful suddenly executed stratagem

Back 45

coup

Front 46

a blessing spoken by a person

Back 46

benediction

Front 47

a written statement made on oath

Back 47

affidavit

Front 48

a greenish coating formed on copper, brass, and bronze

Back 48

verdigris

Front 49

utter disgrace

Back 49

obloquy

Front 50

recently begun; rudimentary

Back 50

inchoate

Front 51

conforming to what is generally accepted

Back 51

orthdox

Front 52

a flooding or overflowing, as of a stream

Back 52

freshet

Front 53

to attack or lower the reputation of

Back 53

traduce

Front 54

to rub the surface of; to scrape

Back 54

abrade