Chapter 7

Question 1

Decorum

Answer 1

Propriety in manners and conduct

Question 2

Denigrate

Answer 2

Charge falsely or with malicious intent, attack the good name and reputation of someone

Question 3

Provincial

Answer 3

Characteristic of a limited perspective, not fashionable or sophisticated

Question 4

Ingratiate

Answer 4

Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

Question 5

Petulant

Answer 5

Easily irritated or annoyed

Question 6

Idiosyncracy

Answer 6

A behavioural attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

Question 7

Underscore

Answer 7

Give extra weight to (a communication)

Question 8

Construe

Answer 8

Interpreted in a particular way

Question 9

Espouse

Answer 9

To adopt or support an idea or cause

Question 10

Exacting

Answer 10

Requiring and demanding accuracy

Question 11

Bumbling

Answer 11

Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Question 12

Admonitory

Answer 12

Serving to warn, expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

Question 13

Implacable

Answer 13

Incapable of making less angry or hostile

Question 14

Blatant

Answer 14

Completely obvious

Question 15

Contingent

Answer 15

A gathering of persons representative of some larger group
Dependent on (usually used with upon)

Question 16

Obstruse

Answer 16

Difficult to understand, incomprehensible

Question 17

Acerbic

Answer 17

Harsh in tone

Question 18

Unscrupulous

Answer 18

Without scruples or principles

Question 19

Reconcile

Answer 19

Make (one thing) compatible with (another)

Question 20

Implausible

Answer 20

Describing a statement that is not believable

Question 21

Myopic

Answer 21

Lacking foresight or imagination

Question 22

Discrete

Answer 22

Constituting a separate entity or part

Question 23

Pundit

Answer 23

Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

Question 24

Hackneyed

Answer 24

Lacking significance through having been overused

Question 25

Apocryphal

Answer 25

Being of questionable authenticity

Question 26

Innocuous

Answer 26

Not harmful

Question 27

Largess

Answer 27

Extreme generosity and giving

Question 28

Confound

Answer 28

To cause confusion/ mistake one thing for another

Question 29

Incorrigible

Answer 29

Impervious to correction by punishment

Question 30

Ignoble

Answer 30

Dishonorable