Group 10

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

The ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions

Question 2

Antithesis

Answer 2

Exact opposite, contrast

Question 3

Ascribe

Answer 3

Assign or give credit to

Question 4

Befuddle

Answer 4

Cause to become unable to think clearly

Question 5

Eschew

Answer 5

deliberately avoid using; abstain from

Question 6

Esoteric

Answer 6

likely to be understood by only a small number of people/abstruse/arcane/obscure

Question 7

Evasive

Answer 7

Tending to avoid something difficult

Question 8

Exculpate

Answer 8

Show or pronounce that someone is not guilty, of criminal charges

Question 9

Expedite

Answer 9

make(an action) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly

Question 10

Fastidious

Answer 10

Very attentive and concerned about accuracy and detail

Question 11

Feign

Answer 11

Pretend to be affected by(a feeling, state or injury)

Question 12

Furtive

Answer 12

Secretive/suggestive of guilty nervousness

Question 13

Hamper

Answer 13

basket/hinder

Question 14

Indispensable

Answer 14

absolutely necessary, something you can’t do without

Question 15

Lament

Answer 15

A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 16

Myopic

Answer 16

Short-sighted

Question 17

Nonchalant

Answer 17

Calm and relaxed/not displaying anxiety

Question 18

Partial

Answer 18

incomplete/biased/having a liking for

Question 19

Pensive

Answer 19

Engaged in serious thought

Question 20

Portend

Answer 20

be a sign or warning that something calamitous is likely to happen

Question 21

Provincial

Answer 21

Concerning a province of a country/religious regarded as narrow-minded

Question 22

Rudimentary

Answer 22

limited to basic principles/relating to immature form

Question 23

Salutary

Answer 23

Producing good efforts/beneficial

Question 24

Sever

Answer 24

divide by cutting or slicing, suddenly and forcibly/put to an end/break off

Question 25

Slight

Answer 25

small in degree/inconsiderate/insult by treating without proper respect

Question 26

Somnolent

Answer 26

Sleepy, drowsy

Question 27

Stoic

Answer 27

Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain, someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

Question 28

Supersede

Answer 28

Take the place of other/supplant

Question 29

Tout

Answer 29

Attempt to sell/attempt to persuade people of the merits of/informer

Question 30

Wane

Answer 30

Decrease in vigor or extent, become weaker