Set 1
A difficult situation where one must choose between two or more choices that seem unfavorable
What is Dilemma? (N)
To restrain, to hamper
What is fetter? (V)
A desire or intention to harm others
What is malice? (N)
Depressing, gloomy, dark
What is somber? (Adj)
A conference, especially between enemies
What is parley? (N)
At an angle; indirect or evasive
What is Oblique? (Adj)
Intensely hot, burning, passionate, rapid
What is Torrid? (Adj)
An unpleasant or offensive smell.
What is malodor? (N)
Various, several, miscellaneous
What is sundry? (Adj)
A conference, especially between enemies
What is parley? (N)
Hard to understand
What is abstruse? (Adj)
To irritate, to vex
What is nettle? (v)
A vague feeling of bodily discomfort
What is malaise? (n)
A lack of something, a scarcity
What is dearth? (n)
To avoid or shun
What is eschew (v)
A sworn, written statement
What is an affidavit? (N)
To mark with spots or blotches of different shades or colors
What is mottle? (V, Adj)
A pattern that serves as a model or example
What is a paradigm? (N)
To regard with great devotion or respect, to honor
What is revere? (V)
A violent upheaval or change.
Rural or rustic in nature, country-like
What are bucolic? (Adj)
Fat, oily
What is pinguid? (Adj)
A rapid outburst or barrage, usually of missles
What is Fusillade? (N)
What is insouciant? (Adj)
A bitter, verbal attack