Common Word 4

Question 1

Praise or glorify

Answer 1

Exalt

Question 2

Trait of avoiding excesses

Answer 2

Temperance

Question 3

Describing a statement that is not believable

Answer 3

Implausible

Question 4

Not clearly understood or expressed

Answer 4

Opaque

Question 5

Behavior that is distinctive to an individual

Answer 5

Idiosyncrasy

Question 6

Serving to warn

Answer 6

Admonitory

Question 7

Refusing to change one’s mind

Answer 7

Adamant

Question 8

Pronounce not guilty of charges

Answer 8

Exonerate

Question 9

Completely obvious

Answer 9

Blatant

Question 10

Without principles

Answer 10

Unscrupious

Question 11

Constituting a separate entity or part

Answer 11

Discrete

Question 12

To completely destroy

Answer 12

Eradicate

Question 13

Inducing mental lethargy, sleep inducing

Answer 13

Soporific

Question 14

Grow and flourish

Answer 14

Burgeon

Question 15

Difficult to understand

Answer 15

Abstruse

Question 16

In abundant supply

Answer 16

Copious

Question 17

Give extra weight to

Answer 17

Underscore

Question 18

Lacking foresight or imagination

Answer 18

Myopic

Question 19

Intended to attract notice and impress others

Answer 19

Ostentacious

Question 20

The trait of seeming not to care

Answer 20

Indifference

Question 21

Defying tradition or convention

Answer 21

Iconoclastic

Question 22

To cause confusion, mistake one thing for another

Answer 22

Confound

Question 23

Unwilling to change one’s beliefs or course of action

Answer 23

Intransigent

Question 24

Add details or explanation, clarify the meaning

Answer 24

Expound

Question 25

Extreme generosity and giving

Answer 25

Largess

Question 26

Someone who's been admitted to membership in scholarly field

Answer 26

Pundit

Question 27

Not straightforward

Answer 27

Tortuous

Question 28

Requiring and demanding accuracy

Answer 28

Exacting

Question 29

Incapable of making less angry or hostile

Answer 29

Implacable

Question 30

Harsh in tone

Answer 30

Acerbic

Question 31

Make one thing compatible with another

Answer 31

Reconcile

Question 32

A narrow focus on or display of learning

Answer 32

Pedantic

Question 33

Dishonorable

Answer 33

Ignoble

Question 34

Lacking significance through having been overused

Answer 34

Hackneyed

Question 35

Impervious to correction by punishment

Answer 35

Incorrigible

Question 36

Propriety in manners/conduct

Answer 36

Decorum

Question 37

To adopt or support an idea or cause

Answer 37

Espouse

Question 38

To prove false/incorrect

Answer 38

Refute

Question 39

In opposition to an established system or institution

Answer 39

Subversive

Question 40

Attempting to win favor from people by flattery

Answer 40

Obsequious

Question 41

Reject as untrue or unfounded

Answer 41

Repudiate

Question 42

Give authority or permission to

Answer 42

Sanction

Question 43

An award or praise

Answer 43

Accolade

Question 44

A citizen who is represented in a government by officials they voted for

Answer 44

Constituent

Question 45

To be undecided about something

Answer 45

Vacillate

Question 46

An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions

Answer 46

Dilettante

Question 47

Cancel officially

Answer 47

Rescind

Question 48

Moderated in effect

Answer 48

Tempered

Question 49

Readily reacting to suggestions and influences

Answer 49

Tractable

Question 50

Exceedingly harmful, working in a hidden and injurious way

Answer 50

Pernicious

Question 51

Practicing in self denial, adorned in style or appearance

Answer 51

Austere

Question 52

Lacking social polish

Answer 52

Gauche

Question 53

Emotionally touching

Answer 53

Poignant

Question 54

Hostile (usually describes conditions or environments)

Answer 54

Inimical

Question 55

Try to stir up public opinion

Answer 55

Foment

Question 56

Sharply contrasted in character or purpose

Answer 56

Antithetical

Question 57

Recurring in scattered and irregular instances

Answer 57

Sporadic

Question 58

Rising again as to new life and vigor

Answer 58

Resurgent

Question 59

Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

Answer 59

Arcane

Question 60

Presenting favorable circumstances, likely to result in success

Answer 60

Propitious