A+ Academy- Week 3

Question 0

Cajole

Answer 0

Coax

Question 1

Avid

Answer 1

Eager

Question 2

Rudimentary

Answer 2

Elementary, basic principles

Question 3

Enhance

Answer 3

Intensify, heighten

Question 4

Nuance

Answer 4

Slight variation in meaning, tone, etc.; subtle difference

Question 5

Loathe

Answer 5

To hate

Question 6

Reprimand

Answer 6

To show sharp disapproval

Question 7

Lackluster

Answer 7

Dull, lacking spirit, liveliness

Question 8

Caustic

Answer 8

Sarcastic, biting

Question 9

Wrest

Answer 9

Take by force

Question 10

Infamous

Answer 10

Having a bad reputation

Question 11

Jostle

Answer 11

To shove hard

Question 12

Dupe (n)

Answer 12

A person easily tricked

Question 13

Incipient

Answer 13

Just beginning to exist, initial stage

Question 14

Inadvertent

Answer 14

Heedless, not attentive

Question 15

Ominous

Answer 15

Threatening

Question 16

Tremulous

Answer 16

Quivering, shaky

Question 17

Repudiate

Answer 17

To reject, decline (to be associated with)

Question 18

Cessation

Answer 18

A stopping (bring to an end)

Question 19

Bristle (v)

Answer 19

Stiffen with fear or anger

Question 20

Felicitous

Answer 20

Very well suited for some purpose

Question 21

Peroration

Answer 21

Last part of a speech

Question 22

Restitution

Answer 22

Act of returning something that was lost or stolen

Question 23

Contention

Answer 23

Heated disagreement

Question 24

Cacophony

Answer 24

Harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

Question 25

Detest

Answer 25

Dislike intensely

Question 26

Decry

Answer 26

Publicly denounce

Question 27

Lament

Answer 27

A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 28

Ululate

Answer 28

Howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion especially grief

Question 29

Disparage

Answer 29

Regard as little or no worth

Question 30

Irreverence

Answer 30

A lack of respect for people or things that are taken seriously

Question 31

Aggrandizement

Answer 31

Act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power of something

Question 32

Fastidiously

Answer 32

Very careful about how you do something

Question 33

Compulsory

Answer 33

Required, mandatory

Question 34

Sporadically

Answer 34

Happening at irregular times

Question 35

Amelioration

Answer 35

Act of making something better

Question 36

Intermittently

Answer 36

Stopping and starting again (alternate)

Question 37

Perfunctorily

Answer 37

Done without energy or interest

Question 38

Extrication

Answer 38

Free or remove something

Question 39

Deleterious

Answer 39

Causing harm or damage

Question 40

Obdurate

Answer 40

Stubbornly refusing to change opinion or action

Question 41

Edifying

Answer 41

A way that improves mind or character

Question 42

Salutary

Answer 42

Beneficial, productive, helpful

Question 43

Conciliatory

Answer 43

To make someone less angry, more friendly

Question 44

Recidivism

Answer 44

Relapse into crime

Question 45

Pragmatism

Answer 45

Dealing with problems logically

Question 46

Torpor

Answer 46

State of deceased physiological activity

Question 47

Distention

Answer 47

Swollen

Question 48

Hermeneutic

Answer 48

A method or theory of interpretation

Question 49

Quixotic

Answer 49

Unrealistic, impractical

Question 50

Crux

Answer 50

A vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point

Question 51

Disconsolate

Answer 51

Unhappy, discouraged

Question 52

Conscripted

Answer 52

Enlist or draft for military or naval service

Question 53

Noxious

Answer 53

Harmful, poisonous, very unpleasant

Question 54

Lugubrious

Answer 54

Looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 55

Intransigent

Answer 55

Unwilling to change one's views or to agree about something

Question 56

Attested

Answer 56

Provide of serve as clear evidence of

Question 57

Susceptible

Answer 57

Capable of being affected

Question 58

Impervious

Answer 58

Not allowing something to pass through

Question 59

Uncouth

Answer 59

Lacking good manners or grace, unsophisticated

Question 60

Unfettered

Answer 60

Release from restraint or inhibition

Question 61

Unequivocal

Answer 61

Very strong and clear, not ambiguous

Question 62

Trite

Answer 62

Overused, lacking originality or freshness

Question 63

Lax

Answer 63

Not tense, rigid, or firm; loose

Question 64

Stringent

Answer 64

Strict, rigid, precise

Question 65

Imponderable

Answer 65

Not able to be measured or judged exactly

Question 66

Sparsely

Answer 66

Thinly scattered or distributed

Question 67

Internecine

Answer 67

Destructive to both sides in a conflict

Question 68

Derided

Answer 68

Express contempt for, mock, ridicule

Question 69

Congeniality

Answer 69

Agreeable, pleasing in nature or character, suitable

Question 70

Placate

Answer 70

Make someone less angry

Question 71

Dissolution

Answer 71

Closing down or dismissal of an assembly or partnership

Question 72

Itinerant

Answer 72

Traveling from place to place

Question 73

Eclectic

Answer 73

Diverse, wide ranging, broad