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Question 1

acquit (2)

Answer 1

1) to free someone from criminal charges by verdict of not guilty
eg. she was acquitted on all accounts
2) to conduct oneself/perform in a specified way
eg. young women all acquitted themselves well

Question 2

edict

Answer 2

official order issued by a person in an authority
eg. issued an edict protecting the private property

Question 3

delineate

Answer 3

describe/portray something precisely
eg. the law should delineate and prohibit behavior that is illegal

Question 4

salvage

Answer 4

retrieve/rescue from loss or adverse circumstances
eg. the only crumb of comfort that he could savage from the pain

Question 5

ordeal

Answer 5

a painful or horrific experience, especially a long one
eg. ordeal of interviewing with 7 different people

Question 6

protract

Answer 6

to prolong
eg. the team protracted the interview process, despite being so hasty

Question 7

guile

Answer 7

deceitful
eg. war that called for guile than firepower

Question 8

sly

Answer 8

clever, a bit deceitful
eg. a sly personality

Question 9

ingenious

Answer 9

clever, original and inventive
eg. he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget

Question 10

cunning

Answer 10

having/showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion
eg. cunning look came into his eyes

Question 11

embellishment (2)

Answer 11

1) the act of making something beautiful by decoration
eg. book embellished with illustrations
2) heighten the attractiveness by adding decorative details/enhancing
eg. embellished our account of the trip

Question 12

bloviate

Answer 12

to talk at length in a boastful way, without much substance
eg. Newsome to Trump: “Stop bloviating”

Question 13

verbose

Answer 13

expressed in more words than needed, prolixity
eg. academic language is often very verbose and obscrure

Question 14

windy

Answer 14

using or expressed in many words that sounds impressive, but mean little

Question 15

cursory

Answer 15

hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
eg. a cursory look at the figures

Question 16

repeal

Answer 16

annul or revoke, put an end to the validity
eg. the legislation was repealed 5 months later

Question 17

curb

Answer 17

to restrain/keep in check
eg. curb your ego please

Question 18

heap

Answer 18

to put things in a pile or in large amount
eg. heaped food on his plate

Question 19

heap on/heap upon

Answer 19

to give/direct a large amount of something, usually a criticism, blame, problems of something or someone
eg. they heaped abuse upon him during the debate

Question 20

fraught

Answer 20

full of
eg. fraught with evidence

Question 21

poles apart

Answer 21

completely different, opposite in every way
eg. their political views were poles apart