#243-254

Question 1

fulminate

Answer 1

(v): (1) to express strong and angry criticism; (2) to explode violently (55)

Question 2

keen

Answer 2

(adj): (1) eager; enthusiastic; (2) extremely sensitive in perception; (3) intellectually alert and quick; (4) having a fine edge or point; sharp (58)

Question 3

edify

Answer 3

(v): to instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually (60)

Question 4

tacitly

Answer 4

(adv): in a way that is understood or implied without being directly stated (67)

Question 5

consort

Answer 5

(v): to regularly associate with, typically with the disapproval of others (67)

Question 6

debauchery

Answer 6

(n): extreme indulgence in bodily pleasures (67)

Question 7

beget

Answer 7

(v): to give rise to; to bring about; to generate (67)

Question 8

aquiline

Answer 8

(adj): hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak; like an eagle (68)

Question 9

impregnable

Answer 9

(adj): unable to be captured, defeated, or broken into; unassailable (70)

Question 10

racketeer

Answer 10

(n): one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise, usually involving intimidation; a person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business practices (74)

Question 11

pillory

Answer 11

(n): a wooden framework with holes for the heads and hands in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse; (v) to attack or ridicule publicly (75)

Question 12

sinecure

Answer 12

(n): a paid position requiring little or no work (78)

Question 13

imposture

Answer 13

(n): the act or practice of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others (82)