Chapter 5: Mighty Affixes

Question 1

Expunge, Excise, Expurgate

Answer 1

To take OUT; to delete; to remove

Question 2

Eccentric

Answer 2

Literally OUT of the center; departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm; an odd, UNCONVENTIONAL person

Question 3

Extricate

Answer 3

To get OUT of a difficult situation or entanglement

Question 4

Exemplary

Answer 4

Standing OUT from the norm; outstanding; worthy of imitation

Question 5

Enumerate

Answer 5

To count OUT; to list; to tick off the reasons for

Question 6

Elusive

Answer 6

OUT of reach and therefore difficult to catch, define, or describe

Question 7

Exorbitant

Answer 7

Literally OUT of orbit and therefore unreasonable expensive

Question 8

Redundant

Answer 8

Needlessly repetitive; saying things AGAIN and AGAIN

Question 9

Repudiate, Recant, Renounce

Answer 9

To take BACK; to reject; to DISAVOW

Question 10

Relinquish

Answer 10

To surrender or give BACK a possession, right, or privilege

Question 11

Resilient

Answer 11

Bouncing BACK from ADVERSITY or misfortune; recovering quickly

Question 12

Reaffirm

Answer 12

To assert AGAIN; to confirm; to state positively

Question 13

Reticent

Answer 13

To hold BACK one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs; restrained or reserved

Question 14

Rebuff

Answer 14

To repel or dive BACK; to bluntly reject

Question 15

Renovate

Answer 15

To make new AGAIN; restore by repairing and remodeling

Question 16

Rejuvenate

Answer 16

To make young AGAIN; to restore youthful vigor and appearence

Question 17

Resurgent

Answer 17

Rising AGAIN; sweeping or surging BACK

Question 18

Repugnant

Answer 18

ABHORRENT; offensive to the mind or senses; causing distaste or AVERSION

Question 19

Deleterious

Answer 19

Going DOWN in the sense of having a harmful effect; injurious

Question 20

Decry

Answer 20

To put DOWN in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong disapproval

Question 21

Despondent, Morose

Answer 21

DOWNCAST; very dejected; FORLORN

Question 22

Denouce

Answer 22

To put DOWN in the sense of making a formal accusation; to speak against

Question 23

Demise

Answer 23

Sent DOWN in the sense of ending in death; the cessation of existence or activity

Question 24

Debunk

Answer 24

To put DOWN by exposing false and exaggerated claims

Question 25

**Deride, Derisive**

Answer 25

To put DOWN with contemptuous jeering; to ridicule or laugh at

Question 26

**Devoid**

Answer 26

DOWN in the sense of being empty; completely lacking in substance or quality; BEREFT; vacant

Question 27

**Impeccable**

Answer 27

Having NO flaws; perfect

Question 28

**Implacable**

Answer 28

NOT capable of being PLACATED or appeased

Question 29

**Inexorable**

Answer 29

NOT capable of being stopped; relentless; inevitable

Question 30

**Incoherent**

Answer 30

NOT coherent and therefore lacking organization; lacking logical or meaningful connections

Question 31

**Insurmountable**

Answer 31

NOT capable of being surmounted or overcome

Question 32

**Irreverent**

Answer 32

Lacking proper respect of seriousness; disrespectful

Question 33

**Irresolute**

Answer 33

NOT RESOLUTE; uncertain how to act or proceed; INDECISIVE; VACILLATING

Question 34

**Circumspect**

Answer 34

Looking carefully AROUND - thus cautious and careful; PRUENT; discreet

Question 35

**Circuitous**

Answer 35

CIRCULAR and therefore indirect in language, behavior, or action, roundabout

Question 36

**Circumvent**

Answer 36

To circle AROUND and therefore bypass; to avoid by artful manuvering

Question 37

**Circumscribe**

Answer 37

To draw a line AROUND and therefore to narrowly limit or restrict actions

Question 38

**Magnanimous**

Answer 38

FILLED WITH generosity and forgiveness; forgoing resentment and revenge

Question 39

**Erroneous**

Answer 39

FILLED WITH errors; wrong

Question 40

**Momentous**

Answer 40

FILLED WITH importance; very significant

Question 41

**Mellifluous**

Answer 41

Smooth and sweet; flowing like honey

Question 42

**Ominous**

Answer 42

FILLED WITH menace; threatening

Question 43

**Acrimonious**

Answer 43

FILLED WITH bitterness; sharpness in words; RANCOROUS

Question 44

**Copious**

Answer 44

FILLED WITH abundance; plentiful

Question 45

**Abstemious**

Answer 45

FILLED WITH moderation; TEMPERATE in eating and drinking

Question 46

**Malodorous**

Answer 46

FILLED WITH an unpleasant odor; foul-smelling

Question 47

**Tedious**

Answer 47

FILLED WITH boredom; very tiresome; dull and fatiguing

Question 48

**Heinous, Egregious**

Answer 48

Flagrantly, conspicuously bad; abominable; shockingly evil; monstrous; outrageous

Question 49

**Gratuitous**

Answer 49

Unwarranted; not called for by the circumstances; unnecessary

Question 50

**Precarious, Perilous**

Answer 50

Uncertain; characterized by a lack of security or stability