Colleg Board 2007-01-27

Question 1

esoteric

Answer 1

Intended to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

Question 2

Digress

Answer 2

Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

Question 3

Tenable

Answer 3

Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection; Justifiable

Question 4

Impugned

Answer 4

Dispute the validity; Call into question

Question 5

Sustenance

Answer 5

Nourishment

Question 6

Raiment

Answer 6

Clothing

Question 7

Reconnaissance

Answer 7

Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.

Question 8

Flotsam

Answer 8

Wreckage

Question 9

Disposition

Answer 9

A person’s inherent qualities of mind and character

Question 10

Cantankerous

Answer 10

Bad-tempered

Question 11

Churlish

Answer 11

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

Question 12

Benevolent

Answer 12

Well-meaning; Kind-hearted

Question 13

Stature

Answer 13

Importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement

Question 14

Robust

Answer 14

Strong and healthy; Vigorous

Question 15

Irascible

Answer 15

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

Question 16

Corrosive

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Causing harm

Question 17

Disingenuous

Answer 17

Not candid or sincere; Dishonest

Question 18

Phlegmatic

Answer 18

Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

Question 19

Wistful

Answer 19

Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing; Nostalgic

Question 20

Witty

Answer 20

Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor

Question 21

Cynical

Answer 21

Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

Question 22

Resilient

Answer 22

Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions

Question 23

Deft

Answer 23

Neatly skillful and quick in one’s movements

Question 24

Languid

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Slow and relaxed

Question 25

Omnipotent

Answer 25

Able to do anything

Question 26

Contempt

Answer 26

The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

Question 27

Tentative

Answer 27

Not certain or fixed; provisional

Question 28

Whimsical

Answer 28

Playfully fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

Question 29

Callous

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Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

Question 30

Remiss

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Lacking care or attention to duty

Question 31

Impetuous

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Acting or done quickly and without thought or care(Impulsive)

Question 32

Gaudy

Answer 32

Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless; TOO SHOWY

Question 33

Precursor

Answer 33

A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; Predecessor

Question 34

Curative

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Able to be cured

Question 35

Dissent

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Hold opinions that are at different with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed.

Question 36

Divisive

Answer 36

Ending to cause disagreement or hostility between people

Question 37

Chicanery

Answer 37

The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

Question 38

Lassitude

Answer 38

Lack of energy

Question 39

Remonstrance

Answer 39

A forcefully reproachful protest

Question 40

Reproach

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Address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.

Question 41

Stringent

Answer 41

Strict, precise, exacting

Question 42

Obtrusive

Answer 42

Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way.