126-150

Question 1

entrenched

Answer 1

dug in

Question 2

rote

Answer 2

mechanical memorization; often without full understanding

Question 3

replete

Answer 3

well-filled; abundantly supplied

Question 4

aptitude

Answer 4

an inherent capacity for learning, understanding, or performing

Question 5

exiguous

Answer 5

scanty, meager, small; slender

Question 6

parochial

Answer 6

restricted; limited, narrow; local

Question 7

negotiate

Answer 7

to succeed in going over, coping with, or accomplishing

Question 8

acclaim

Answer 8

to praise enthusiastically, esp publicly

Question 9

rigor

Answer 9

strictness or severity

Question 10

incessant

Answer 10

never pausing; continuous; without a stop

Question 11

cede

Answer 11

to give or formally surrender to another

Question 12

recumbent

Answer 12

lying down in a position of comfort

Question 13

consensus

Answer 13

a position reached by a group as a whole or by majority will; general agreement

Question 14

intrinsic

Answer 14

relating to the essential nature of a something

Question 15

herald

Answer 15

to bear news; to announce

Question 16

procastinate

Answer 16

to delay; to put off

Question 17

sanction

Answer 17

to give official approval

Question 18

gist

Answer 18

the main objective or point

Question 19

resonate

Answer 19

echo

Question 20

loquacious

Answer 20

very talkative

Question 21

contumacious

Answer 21

stubbornly disobedient; rebellious; insubordinate

Question 22

impervious

Answer 22

completely resistant to penetration; unaffected

Question 23

timorous

Answer 23

full of fear

Question 24

fidelity

Answer 24

a strict faithfulness to vows or promises; exact correspondence with fact

Question 25

oblivous

Answer 25

unaware

Question 26

gauche

Answer 26

socially awkward

Question 27

downtrodden

Answer 27

badly and unfairly treated; oppressed

Question 28

ramification

Answer 28

a development or consequence resulting from a course of action

Question 29

skirt

Answer 29

to lie along the edge of; to pass nearby or around, rather than through

Question 30

adept

Answer 30

very skilled, esp. natural talent improved by practice

Question 31

jargoon

Answer 31

the specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech

Question 32

windfall

Answer 32

unexpected good fortune

Question 33

anathema

Answer 33

someone or something that is hated

Question 34

curtail

Answer 34

to cut short, abbreviate

Question 35

patriarch

Answer 35

a man who rules a family clan; a very respected old man

Question 36

balk

Answer 36

to stop short and refuse to continue

Question 37

belligerent

Answer 37

eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare

Question 38

reciprocate

Answer 38

to give something in return

Question 39

epithet

Answer 39

a descriptive term for a person or thing

Question 40

facilitate

Answer 40

to make easier

Question 41

deficit

Answer 41

an inadequacy; an unfavorable condition or position

Question 42

pedagogy

Answer 42

the art or profession of teaching

Question 43

forbidding

Answer 43

disagreeable; menacing

Question 44

arduous

Answer 44

difficult; laborious

Question 45

pristine

Answer 45

remaining in a pure state

Question 46

equanimity

Answer 46

evenness of temper, esp. as a characteristic state

Question 47

arduous

Answer 47

difficult; laborous

Question 48

innate

Answer 48

possessed at birth; inborn

Question 49

emolument

Answer 49

payment for an office or employment

Question 50

pique

Answer 50

to arouse;(interest, curiosity, etc.); to irritate

Question 51

pacify

Answer 51

to make peaceful; to restore calm