Match the words in the left-hand column with the correct definition in the right-hand column. The answers are located for you in "comments"...
1. obnubilate ...... A. Dull, gloomy speech 2. perorate ......... B. To deny or dispute 3. descry ............. C. Something knowable 4. gainsay ........... D. To finish a speech by summarizing its main points 5. inveterate ....... E. Being beyond consolation 6. tristiloquy ....... F. To cloud, obscure 7. disconsolate ... G. Having a changeable iridescent luster 8. chatoyant ....... H. Firmly established by long persistence 9. nostrum .......... I. To catch sight of 10. scibile .......... J. A usually questionable remedy or scheme
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. OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS *************************
1) porlockian por lok i en (adjective) : intrusive, interrupting
A man from Porlock wrecked Coleridge's train of thought during the writing of Kubla Khan.
2) nummamorous noo mam or es (adjective) : money-loving
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WEEKLY WORD-MATCH ANSWERs
1. obnubilate F. To cloud, obscure 2. perorate D. To finish a speech by summarizing its main points 3. descry I. To catch sight of 4. gainsay B. To deny or dispute 5. inveterate H. Firmly established by long persistence 6. tristiloquy A. Dull, gloomy speech 7. disconsolate E. Being beyond consolation 8. chatoyant G. Having a changeable iridescent luster 9. nostrum J. A usually questionable remedy or scheme 10. scibile C. Something knowable