7&8

Question 1

Accolade

Answer 1

Praise, an award

Question 2

Ascetic

Answer 2

One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation, absent of luxury

Question 3

Bequeath

Answer 3

To hand down, to give or to leave in a will

Question 4

Charlatan

Answer 4

One who claims to know something that he does not, a quack

Question 5

Conflagration

Answer 5

A large fire

Question 6

Dearth

Answer 6

A lack, scarcity

Question 7

Diffidence

Answer 7

Shyness, reserved, unassertive

Question 8

Effervescent

Answer 8

Showing high spirits

Question 9

Ethereal

Answer 9

Heavenly, unusually delicate, lights

Question 10

Expunge

Answer 10

To remove, to erase

Question 11

Guile

Answer 11

Deceitfulness, duplicity

Question 12

Implausible

Answer 12

Not believable

Question 13

Incongruity

Answer 13

Nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

Question 14

Insularity

Answer 14

Qualities of an island, narrow-mindedness of opinions

Question 15

Morose

Answer 15

Being sullen or gloomy

Question 16

Placate

Answer 16

To appease or to pacify by making concessions

Question 17

Poignant

Answer 17

Piercing, incisive, and keen

Question 18

Provincial

Answer 18

Lacking sophistication, narrow minded

Question 19

Reiterate

Answer 19

To repeat

Question 20

Spontaneous

Answer 20

Having no external cause, acting on impulse

Question 21

Synthesis

Answer 21

Combining parts into a whole

Question 22

Toxic

Answer 22

Poisonous

Question 23

Vigilant

Answer 23

Very alert, watchful

Question 24

Voluble

Answer 24

Ability to use words easily, fluent and glib

Question 25

Acquiesce

Answer 25

To give in, to comply

Question 26

Affinity

Answer 26

A likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship

Question 27

Blasphemous

Answer 27

Irreverent, profane

Question 28

Buttress

Answer 28

A support or prop

Question 29

Circumspect

Answer 29

Careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent

Question 30

Corroboration

Answer 30

Confirmation

Question 31

Deplete

Answer 31

To use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value

Question 32

Despotic

Answer 32

Ruling oppressively and absolutely, tyrannical

Question 33

Emaciated

Answer 33

Very thin, wasting away

Question 34

Empirical

Answer 34

Based on observation or experiment and not on theory

Question 35

Extraneous

Answer 35

Not essential or vital

Question 36

Fallow

Answer 36

Inactive, plowed but not sowed

Question 37

Homogenous

Answer 37

Of the same kind

Question 38

Hyperbole

Answer 38

Obvious exaggeration

Question 39

Incontrovertible

Answer 39

Indisputable

Question 40

Irascible

Answer 40

Irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross

Question 41

Laconic

Answer 41

Using a minimum of words, concise to the point of seeming rude

Question 42

Magnanimity

Answer 42

Having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit

Question 43

Obsequious

Answer 43

Overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile

Question 44

Proliferation

Answer 44

An increase in number, multiplication

Question 45

Scrupulous

Answer 45

Very principled, very careful and conscientious

Question 46

Sublime

Answer 46

Exalted, Noble, uplifting

Question 47

Surreptitious

Answer 47

Secret, clandestine, stealthy

Question 48

Veracity

Answer 48

Devotion to the truth

Question 49

Zeal

Answer 49

Enthusiasm, fervor

Question 50

Abhor

Answer 50

To regard with extreme repugnance, to detest utterly, to loathe