#207-218

Question 1

shore

Answer 1

(v): to give support to; to brace (used with “up” – to shore up) (3)

Question 2

sordid

Answer 2

(adj): (1) dirty and unpleasant; (2) morally wrong and shocking (3)

Question 3

tableau

Answer 3

(n): a group of motionless people or figures (especially on a stage) representing a scene from a story or from history (3)

Question 4

frowsy

Answer 4

(adj): not attractive, new, or fashionable; scruffy and neglected in appearance (6)

Question 5

furtively

Answer 5

(adv): in a way that hopes to avoid notice or attention; secretively (7)

Question 6

urbane

Answer 6

(adj): polite and courteous in manner (11)

Question 7

specious

Answer 7

(adj): seeming to be right or true but really wrong or false (13)

Question 8

clandestinely

Answer 8

(adv): in a secretive and concealed way (14)

Question 9

lucid

Answer 9

(adj): (1) expressed clearly; easy to understand; (2) bright or luminous; filled with light (14)

Question 10

pretense

Answer 10

(n): (1) a false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions; (2) a claim made or implied that is not supported by the facts (14)

Question 11

deride

Answer 11

(v): to laugh at or show no respect for someone or something; to ridicule (15)

Question 12

truncheon

Answer 12

(n): a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer (15)