Deriv 2.13-2.16

Question 1

Lacking in harmony or agreement, incompatible

Answer 1

Dissonant

Question 2

To make public, reveal

Answer 2

Divulge

Question 3

Sweet sounding, melodious

Answer 3

Dulcet

Question 4

Clever, resourceful, original and inventive

Answer 4

Ingenious

Question 5

Cheerful, pleasant, agreeable

Answer 5

Jocund

Question 6

Deserving of reward or praise, having merit

Answer 6

Meritorious

Question 7

Having a powerful, impressive sound

Answer 7

Sonorous

Question 8

The quality of being crude, coarse, unrefined

Answer 8

Vulgarity

Question 9

Received through one’s sense of hearing or through the ear

Answer 9

Aural

Question 10

Having or involving two sides; affecting both sides equally

Answer 10

Bilateral

Question 11

Pleasantly smooth, agreeable, mild

Answer 11

Bland

Question 12

Flattery or ingratiating remarks meant to persuade

Answer 12

Blandishments

Question 13

To burn to ashes, to burn up, cremate

Answer 13

Incinerate

Question 14

To confer, bargain with a view to reaching an agreement

Answer 14

Negotiate

Question 15

Useless, ineffective, superfluous

Answer 15

Otiose

Question 16

Below the threshold of conscious perception

Answer 16

Subliminal

Question 17

Free for all

Answer 17

Fracas

Question 18

Argumentative

Answer 18

Fractious

Question 19

To serve as a judge

Answer 19

Adjudicate

Question 20

Shared by all; public

Answer 20

Communal

Question 21

Existing as such at birth

Answer 21

Congenital

Question 22

A finger or toe, any numeral from 0 to 9 (so called because they can be counted on one’s fingers)

Answer 22

Digit

Question 23

Gloomy, dismal

Answer 23

Funereal

Question 24

Prohibited, unauthorized, unlawful

Answer 24

Illicit

Question 25

Having sound judgement, wise and careful

Answer 25

Judicious

Question 26

Lineage, descendants, offspring

Answer 26

Progeny

Question 27

The passing down to the firstborn

Answer 27

Primogeniture

Question 28

Bold, daring, fearless

Answer 28

Audacious

Question 29

Kindly, charitable

Answer 29

Benevolent

Question 30

Wishing evil or harm to others, malicious

Answer 30

Malevolent

Question 31

Very wicked, villainous

Answer 31

Nefarious

Question 32

Very fat, stout

Answer 32

Obese

Question 33

A poisonous snake, a malevolent or spiteful person

Answer 33

Viper

Question 34

Conscious or deliberate decision; using one’s will

Answer 34

Volition

Question 35

Of one’s own free choice

Answer 35

Voluntary