Amore Hatcho Round 2

Question 1

Abet

Answer 1

to aid, help encoruage

Question 2

Anachronistic

Answer 2

being out of chronological order

Question 3

Erudite

Answer 3

learned

Question 4

Inimical

Answer 4

hostile, enemy like

Question 5

Officious

Answer 5

offering one’s service when they are neither wanted nor needed

Question 6

Potent

Answer 6

an omen

Question 7

Enervate

Answer 7

to weaken, exhaust

Question 8

Caucus

Answer 8

a meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal

Question 9

Augment

Answer 9

to add, to expand

Question 10

Ascetic

Answer 10

practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious

Question 11

Forbearance

Answer 11

patience, restraint, toleration

Question 12

Spurious

Answer 12

false but designed to seem plausible

Question 13

Wizened

Answer 13

dry, shrunken, wrinkled

Question 14

Oration

Answer 14

a speech delivered in a formal or ceremonious manner

Question 15

Licentious

Answer 15

displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints

Question 16

Abate

Answer 16

to reduce in intensity; to lessen

Question 17

Impetuous

Answer 17

acting or done quickly and without thought or care

Question 18

Torrent

Answer 18

a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid OR an overwhelming outpouring of something (typically words)

Question 19

Quixotic

Answer 19

extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Question 20

Contentious

Answer 20

causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

Question 21

Complacent

Answer 21

showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements

Question 22

Extraneous

Answer 22

irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

Question 23

Empirical

Answer 23

based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

Question 24

Covet

Answer 24

yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another)

Question 25

Innocuous

Answer 25

harmless

Question 26

Paucity

Answer 26

the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities

Question 27

Reprobate

Answer 27

an unprincipled person

Question 28

Vitriolic

Answer 28

filled with bitter criticism or malice

Question 29

Inimical

Answer 29

harmful or limiting

Question 30

Cupidity

Answer 30

greed for money or possessions