Challenge 1

Question 0

Acerbic

Answer 0

a sharp, biting, acid temper, expression or tone

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

to cancel, destroy, revoke or void

Question 2

Acrimony

Answer 2

bitter, harsh or biting sharpness

Question 3

Acumen

Answer 3

quickness of perception or understanding

Question 4

Adumbrate

Answer 4

to sketch or outline in a shadowy way

Question 5

Allegory

Answer 5

the representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures or events in narrative, dramatic or pictorial form

Question 6

Ameliorate

Answer 6

to make or grow better

to improve

Question 7

Aphorism

Answer 7

a tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion

an adage

a proverb

Question 8

Apocryphal

Answer 8

of doubtful authority of authenticity

Question 9

Arcane

Answer 9

understood by only a few

Question 10

Avarice

Answer 10

an excessive desire of gain

greediness

Question 11

Subjective

Answer 11

based on one’s own ideas or opinions

sometimes unfair because facts do not factor in

opposite of OBJECTIVE

Question 12

Objective

Answer 12

considering only the facts

not influenced by one’s ideas or opinions

opposite of SUBJECTIVE

Question 13

Relative

Answer 13

considered and judged by comparison with something else

opposite of IRRESPECTIVE

Question 14

Irrespective

Answer 14

considered and judged independently of all else

opposite of RELATIVE