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Question 1

Exasperate

Answer 1

To irritate or provoke to a high degree
(He was exasperated by senseless delays)

Question 2

Caustic

Answer 2

1. Capable of burning or destroying
2. Severely critical or sarcastic
   (A caustic remark)

Question 3

Flagitious

Answer 3

Shamefully wicked as persons, actions or times

Question 4

Felicity

Answer 4

The state of being happy, especially in a high degree (marital felicity)

Question 5

Tyrant

Answer 5

A sovereign or a ruler who uses power unjustly

Question 6

Spasmodic

Answer 6

Resembling a spasm, sudden but brief
Spasmodic efforts

Question 7

Smother

Answer 7

1. To suffocate as by smoke or other means
2. To suppress or repress (to smother feelings)
3. Cooking: to steam food slowly in a tight container with minimum liquid

Question 8

Affliction

Answer 8

A state of pain, distress, grief or misery

Question 9

Vaudeville

Answer 9

Theatrical performance

Question 10

Obscurity

Answer 10

The condition of being unknown (he lived in obscurity for years before winning acclaim)
Ambiguity

Question 11

Dowager

Answer 11

An elderly woman who is,wealthy and dignified
A widow of a,king or duke

Question 12

Conjecture

Answer 12

Formation of an expression or theory without sufficient evidence

Question 13

Scandal mongering

Answer 13

Spreading malicious gossiping

Question 14

Clandestine

Answer 14

Done with secrecy and deception
(The clandestine meetings went undiscovered for years)

Question 15

Radical transperancy

Answer 15

Everyone’s duties and work are out in the open

Question 16

Impetus

Answer 16

Impulse, stimulus
(The grant for building an opera gave impetus to the city)

Question 17

Vicarious

Answer 17

1. Taking the place of another person or thing like a substitute (vicarious mother)
2. Felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others (vicarious thrill)

Question 18

Make him cave

Answer 18

To agree to something that you would not agree before, after someone has persuaded or threatened

Question 19

Snitch

Answer 19

1. Inform on someone (v)
2. An informer (n) (they thought he was a snitch)

Question 20

Affinity

Answer 20

A natural liking or attraction to a,person or thing

Question 21

Jab

Answer 21

1. To poke or thrust abruptly or sharply
2. Informal: to give a person hypodermic injection, esp of vaccine
   (I jab myself on insulin twice a day)

Question 22

Err

Answer 22

1. To go astray in thought, be mistaken
2. To go astray morallu
   (To err is human)

Question 23

Sophomore

Answer 23

1. A student in the 2nd year of high school or college
2. A person or group in 2nd year of any endeavor
   (He’s sophomore on Wall street)

Question 24

Precariously

Answer 24

In an unstable manner, at the will of others
In a way that is risky or dangerous

Question 25

Roster

Answer 25

1. A list of persons or groups with their turns or periods of duty 2. Any list, roll or register

Question 26

Impostor

Answer 26

A person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity