17-18

Question 1

deceitful, treacherous, deceptive

Answer 1

duplicitous

Question 2

bewildering, confounding, perplexing

Answer 2

disconcerting

Question 3

crazed, delusional, deranged

Answer 3

delirious

Question 4

doubt, hesitation, indecision,
uncertainty

Answer 4

ambivalence

Question 5

puzzled, confused, or bewildered

Answer 5

bemused

Question 6

Marxist, supporter, revisionist

Answer 6

revisionist

Question 7

encouragement, entreaty, sermon

Answer 7

exhortation

Question 8

catalogue, recitation, repetition

Answer 8

litany

Question 9

narrative, short story, tale

Answer 9

anecdote

Question 10

obsequious, slavish, subservient

Answer 10

servile

Question 11

sincere admission, honestly acknowledging, openly acknowledging

Answer 11

candid acknowledgement

Question 12

indirect questioning, psychological manipulation, deception

Answer 12

subtle interrogation

Question 13

bitter, scornful, or mocking turn of events

Answer 13

sardonic twist

Question 14

a concession (yielding or granting something) that causes someone to feel less proud or to acknowledge their own limitations or mistakes

Answer 14

humbling concession

Question 15

buffoonery, facetiousness, foolishness

Answer 15

drollery

Question 16

pretending to be interested in something or someone when you are not

Answer 16

feigned interest

Question 17

abstruse, pompous, stilted

Answer 17

pedantic

Question 18

analysis, therapy, Sigmund Freud

Answer 18

psychoanalysis

Question 19

esteemed, grand, revered

Answer 19

venerable

Question 20

a factual and unbiased portrayal of something

Answer 20

objective description