Barron's 8

Question 1

equanimity

Answer 1

composure; calmness

Question 2

pervasive

Answer 2

spread throughout every part

Question 3

caucus

Answer 3

smaller group within an organization

Question 4

nexus

Answer 4

a means of connection; a center

Question 5

fusion

Answer 5

union; synthesis

Question 6

irresolute

Answer 6

unsure of how to act; weak

Question 7

discerning

Answer 7

perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgement

Question 8

grouse

Answer 8

to complain

Question 9

anomalous

Answer 9

irregular; deviating from the norm

Question 10

pique

Answer 10

fleeting feeling or hurt pride

Question 11

denigrate

Answer 11

to slur someone’s reputation

Question 12

antecedent

Answer 12

something that comes before

Question 13

conciliatory

Answer 13

overcoming distrust or hostility

Question 14

contiguous

Answer 14

touching; neighboring; connecting without a break

Question 15

eugenics

Answer 15

study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those qualities

Question 16

existential

Answer 16

having to do with existence

Question 17

apposite

Answer 17

strikingly appropriate and relevant

Question 18

contend

Answer 18

to assert

Question 19

elixir

Answer 19

a sustance believed to have the power to cure ills

Question 20

minatory

Answer 20

threatening; menacing

Question 21

schematic

Answer 21

relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram

Question 22

rarefied

Answer 22

refined

Question 23

minuscule

Answer 23

very small

Question 24

untenable

Answer 24

indefensible

Question 25

exhort

Answer 25

to urge by strong appeals

Question 26

turbid

Answer 26

muddy, opaque, in a state of great confusion

Question 27

tenet

Answer 27

belief, doctrine

Question 28

lascivious

Answer 28

lustful

Question 29

quagmire

Answer 29

marsh, difficult situation

Question 30

castigation

Answer 30

punishment; chastisement; criticism