1/25
Name taken by an author instead of his real name.
Patronymic✔X
Pseudonym✔X
Instinct✔X
Obsolete✔X
2/25
The officer was not willing to take a definite stand on the point.
vague✔X
evasive✔X
ambiguous✔X
omplex✔X
3/25
One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto himself.
anarchist✔X
belligerent✔X
Iconoclast✔X
agnostic✔X
4/25
One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in a cause
pedant✔X
patriot✔X
fanatic✔X
martyr✔X
5/25
List of the points of business to be transacted at a meeting
minutes✔X
agenda✔X
excerpts✔X
proceedings✔X
6/25
Regard for others as a principle of action
altruism✔X
philanthropy✔X
nepotism✔X
cynicism✔X
7/25
Incapable of error
sure✔X
certain✔X
infallible✔X
definite✔X
8/25
To compose or think up on the spur of the moment
improvise✔X
reflect✔X
debonair✔X
artful✔X
9/25
One who is fond of inflicting pain
painful✔X
sadist✔X
mischievous✔X
harmful✔X
10/25
To be in an unpleasant situation for a long time
expiate✔X
languish✔X
brag✔X
tremble✔X
11/25
Long intensely for something that belongs to another.
desire✔X
hanker✔X
covet✔X
languish✔X
12/25
The act or practice of spying
Strategy✔X
Espionage✔X
Diplomacy✔X
Enumeration✔X
13/25
A person who readily changes his party or principles
Scapegoat✔X
Turncoat✔X
Mercenary✔X
Immigrant✔X
14/25
That which cannot be perceived
Imperceptible✔X
Anonymous✔X
Intelligible✔X
Illegible✔X
15/25
One who does not follow the usual rules of social life
Bohemian✔X
Artisan✔X
Partisan✔X
Physician✔X
16/25
Predicament from which there is no obvious escape
held up✔X
impasse✔X
captive✔X
confined✔X
17/25
Dead without having made a valid will
will-less✔X
insolvent✔X
intestate✔X
insupportable✔X
18/25
A song to induce sleep in children
melody✔X
music✔X
lullaby✔X
lyric✔X
19/25
One who has exaggerated anxiety about one’s health
Pediatric✔X
Hypochondriac✔X
Mentally sick✔X
Petrify✔X
20/25
One who is well versed in the science of languages
Philosopher✔X
Theologies✔X
Philologist✔X
Zoologist✔X
21/25
An admirer of fine arts
Dilettante✔X
Flamboyant✔X
Fatalist✔X
Evasive✔X
22/25
A child born after the death of his father
Premature✔X
Posthumous✔X
Consort✔X
Censer✔X
23/25
Unintentional misuse of a word or phrase that makes it humorous
Dead language✔X
Illegal✔X
Stored✔X
Malapropism✔X
24/25
One who entertains his guests well
Inhospitable✔X
Incognito✔X
Parasitic✔X
Hospitable✔X
25/25
A story that can hardly be believed
Fictitious✔X
Imaginary✔X
Concocted✔X
Incredible✔X
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