Books

Question 1

Obsequious

Answer 1

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

Question 2

Deference

Answer 2

Polite submission and respect.

Question 3

Roiling

Answer 3

It essentially means rile.

Question 4

Proponent

Answer 4

A person who advocates a theory, proposal or course of action.

Question 5

Deregulation

Answer 5

The removal of regulations or restrictions, especially in a particular industry.

Question 6

Edifice

Answer 6

A complex system of beliefs.

Question 7

Belie

Answer 7

Fail to give a true impression of something.

Question 8

Populist

Answer 8

A member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people.

Question 9

Lugubrious

Answer 9

Looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Question 10

Vertiginous

Answer 10

Extremely high or steep.

Question 11

Aberrations

Answer 11

A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.

Question 12

Prevaricate

Answer 12

To speak or act in a evasive way.

Question 13

Labyrinth

Answer 13

A complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

Question 14

Axiom

Answer 14

A statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.

Question 15

Cognition

Answer 15

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Question 16

Ubiquitous

Answer 16

Present, appearing, or found everywhere.

Question 17

Larceny

Answer 17

Theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.

Question 18

Venal

Answer 18

Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt.

Question 19

Symposium

Answer 19

1. A conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.
2. A drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in ancient Greece after a banquet (and notable as the title of a work by Plato).

Question 20

Jettisoned

Answer 20

To get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed.

Question 21

Opulence

Answer 21

Great wealth or luxuriousness.

Question 22

Glut

Answer 22

An excessively abundant supply of something.

Question 23

Espousal

Answer 23

An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.

Question 24

Merriment

Answer 24

Fun.

Question 25

Circumvent

Answer 25

Find a way around an obstacle.

Question 26

Sovereign

Answer 26

A supreme ruler.

Question 27

Egocentric

Answer 27

Thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centred.

Question 28

Fervor

Answer 28

Intense and passionate feeling.

Question 29

Secular

Answer 29

Not connected with religious or spiritual matters.