Chapter 3

Question 1

Intractable

Answer 1

Difficult to deal with

Question 2

Empirical analysis

Answer 2

Deals with testing observable, measurable phenomena

Question 3

Staid

Answer 3

Very serious

Question 4

Deluge

Answer 4

Overwhelm, swamp

Question 5

Eschew

Answer 5

Deliberately avoid using, abstain from

Question 6

Glibness

Answer 6

The quality of being confident but too simple and lacking in careful thought

Question 7

Pat

Answer 7

Said quickly and without any real thought

Question 8

Platitudes

Answer 8

The quality of being dull or insipid

Question 9

Succor

Answer 9

Aid

Question 10

Took exception to

Answer 10

To object to something

Question 11

Harangue

Answer 11

A long pompous speech, a tirade

Question 12

Amalgam

Answer 12

A mixture of multiple things

Question 13

Parsimonious

Answer 13

Extremely frugal, miserly

Question 14

Wanting

Answer 14

Lacking

Question 15

Mercurial

Answer 15

(of a person) prone to unexpected and unpredictable changes in mood

Question 16

Chastise

Answer 16

To reprimand harshly
Castigate

Question 17

Anomalous

Answer 17

Not normal

Question 18

Reticent

Answer 18

Disinclined to talk, not revealing one’s thoughts

Question 19

Conspicuous

Answer 19

Without any attempt at concealment
Completely obvious

Question 20

Perfidy

Answer 20

An act of deliberate betrayal
A breach of trust

Question 21

Exacerbate

Answer 21

Make worse

Question 22

Gall

Answer 22

The trait of being rude and impertinent
Feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
To strongly bother, vex, annoy, exasperate

Question 23

Estranged

Answer 23

Distant to

Question 24

Enigmatic

Answer 24

Confounding (cause surprise or confusion in especially by not according with their expectations)

Question 25

Stigmatized

Answer 25

Denounced (describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval)

Question 26

Lax

Answer 26

Lenient, not strict

Question 27

Fanciful

Answer 27

Over imaginative and unrealistic

Question 28

Irresolute

Answer 28

Hesitant, uncertain

Question 29

Resolute

Answer 29

Firm

Question 30

Zealot

Answer 30

A person who has strong opinions about something and tries to make other people have them too

Question 31

Zealous

Answer 31

Excited, interested and enthusiastic

Question 32

Imperious

Answer 32

Commanding High-handed

Question 33

Weary

Answer 33

Tired

Question 34

Plodding

Answer 34

Lumbering Slow

Question 35

Subvert

Answer 35

Undermine

Question 36

Diminutive

Answer 36

Extremely or unusually small

Question 37

Prosaic

Answer 37

Humdrum, boringly monotonous

Question 38

Droll

Answer 38

Funny

Question 39

Clangor

Answer 39

Excessive noise

Question 40

Panache

Answer 40

Flamboyance

Question 41

Culminate

Answer 41

Reach the highest or most decisive point

Question 42

Fortuitous

Answer 42

Occuring by happy chance Having no cause or apparent cause

Question 43

Cryptic

Answer 43

Mysterious or vague, usually intentionally

Question 44

Gossamer

Answer 44

Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

Question 45

Entrenched

Answer 45

Fixed firmly or securely

Question 46

Germane

Answer 46

Relevant and appropriate

Question 47

Preclude

Answer 47

Keep from happening or arising, make impossible