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Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Clever
Sentence: Flexible and adroit, he built his own ladder and climbed it.

Question 2

Amicable

Answer 2

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Friendly
Sentence: My friends parents are divorced but they still manage to keep an amicable relationship.

Question 3

Averse

Answer 3

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Unwilling
Sentence: It’s not too hard, as long as you aren’t averse to knocking a hole in the wall.

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

Part of Speech(s): 
-Adjective
-Noun
Definition:
-Assertive (Adj.)
-One at war (N.)
Sentence:
-When she made the class aware of the problem, they were rude and told her to sit down and stop being belligerent. (Adj.)
-My cousin was a belligerent in the U.S army. (N.)

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Kindly
Sentence: He is a very benevolent person because he gives to charity.

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Superficial
Sentence: Most only give the manuals a cursory glance and then only for the primary functions.

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

Part of Speech(s): Noun
Definition: Double-Dealing
Sentence: Sometimes my mother is duplicitous, she says I can have a piece of cake after dinner but does not really mean it.

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

Part of Speech(s): Verb
Definition: Glorify
Sentence: There are a number of sites that extol the virtues of cooking with frozen peas.

Question 9

Feasible

Answer 9

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Workable
Sentence: For this to be feasible, the steam must be used as efficiently as possible.

Question 10

Grimace

Answer 10

Part of Speech(s): 
-Noun
-Verb
Definition:
-Pained expression (N.)
-To make a wry face (V.)
Sentence:
-The prize was given to the man who made the most hideous grimace. (N.)
-I approach them and as soon as her son sees me, his face twists into an ugly grimace. (V.)

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

Part of Speech(s): Noun
Definition: Devastation
Sentence: An atomic holocaust can begin which will destroy society.

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Not affected or hurt by
Sentence: We have already established that certain people here are impervious to logic.

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

Part of Speech(s): Noun
Definition: A moving force
Sentence: What is striking is how this effort continued so naturally after the initial impetus was removed.

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

Part of Speech(s): Noun
Definition: Danger
Sentence: The person renting is in a far greater jeopardy than the buyer of many years.

Question 15

Meticulous

Answer 15

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Extremely careful
Sentence: He provided meticulous and compassionate care to his patients.

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

Part of Speech(s): Noun
Definition: Homesickness, looking back on something fondly
Sentence: I sometimes I feel nostalgic about my favorite christmas.

Question 17

Quintessence

Answer 17

Part of Speech(s): Noun
Definition: The most typical example
Sentence: ASK MR. POLLOCK!!

Question 18

Retrogress

Answer 18

Part of Speech(s): Verb
Definition: To decline
Sentence: The great civilization began to retrogress when Obama was elected for a second time

Question 19

Scurtinize

Answer 19

Part of Speech(s): Verb
Definition: To inspect
Sentence: It’s their money and they have the right to scrutinize what they pay for.

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

Part of Speech(s): Adjective
Definition: Half hearted
Sentence: His unprecedented and outrageous claims of executive
privilege received only a tepid response.