Chapter 8

Question 1

Iconoclastic

Answer 1

Defying tradition or convention

Question 2

Forthcoming

Answer 2

Available when required or as promised/ at ease in talking to others

Question 3

Tortuous

Answer 3

Marked by repeated turns and bends, not straightforward

Question 4

Refute

Answer 4

Prove to be false or incorrect

Question 5

Burgeon

Answer 5

Grow or flourish

Question 6

Temperance

Answer 6

The trait of avoiding excesses

Question 7

Intemperance

Answer 7

Lack of moderation or restraint/ excessive indulgence, especially in alcohol

Question 8

Ostentatious

Answer 8

Intended to attract notice and impress others, tawdry or vulgar

Question 9

Exalt

Answer 9

Praise or glorify

Question 10

Elegiac

Answer 10

Expressing sorrow

Question 11

Derelict

Answer 11

Abandoned/ not doing one’s duties

Question 12

Ornate

Answer 12

Elaborated with decorative details

Question 13

Portentous

Answer 13

Ominously prophetic

Question 14

Perfunctory

Answer 14

Done routinely and with little interest or care

Question 15

Obtuse

Answer 15

Slow to learn or understand

Question 16

Indignant

Answer 16

Feeling anger over a perceived injustice

Question 17

Atavism

Answer 17

Throwback
A reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Question 18

Travail

Answer 18

Use of physical and mental energy, hardwork, agony or anguish

Question 19

Blinkered

Answer 19

To have a limited outlook or understanding

Question 20

Flippant

Answer 20

Showing inappropriate levity

Question 21

Levity

Answer 21

The treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect

Question 22

Ravenous

Answer 22

Extremely hungry, devouring or craving food in great quantities

Question 23

Tempered

Answer 23

Moderated in effect

Question 24

Myriad

Answer 24

A large indefinite number

Question 25

Antithetical

Answer 25

Sharply contrasted in character or purpose

Question 26

Dilettante

Answer 26

An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

Question 27

Circumscribe

Answer 27

Restrict or confine

Question 28

Munificent

Answer 28

Very generous

Question 29

Prodigious

Answer 29

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size or degree

Question 30

Irrevocable

Answer 30

Incapable of being retracted or revoked

Question 31

Constituent

Answer 31

A citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes/ an abstract part of something

Question 32

Poignant

Answer 32

Emotionally touching