Common Word 5

Question 1

Rude or arrogant

Answer 1

Insolent

Question 2

Aggressive boldness in certain situations

Answer 2

Audacity

Question 3

Charming in a childlike or naive way

Answer 3

Winsome

Question 4

Restrict or confine

Answer 4

Circumscribe

Question 5

Repeated too often, overuse

Answer 5

Trite

Question 6

To warn strongly, reprimand

Answer 6

Admonish

Question 7

Extremely hungry

Answer 7

Ravenous

Question 8

Habitual

Answer 8

Inveterate

Question 9

Great carelessness

Answer 9

Haphazard

Question 10

Unrestrained by convention or propriety

Answer 10

Brazen

Question 11

Feeling/showing great respect

Answer 11

Reverent

Question 12

Full of trivial conversation

Answer 12

Garruluous

Question 13

Fearless

Answer 13

Intrepid

Question 14

Intellectually productive

Answer 14

Prolific

Question 15

Not easily understood

Answer 15

Inscrutable

Question 16

Incapable of being retracted

Answer 16

Irrevocable

Question 17

Very generous

Answer 17

Munificent

Question 18

Exclude from a community or group

Answer 18

Ostracize

Question 19

Done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Answer 19

Precipitous

Question 20

A large indefinite number

Answer 20

Myriad

Question 21

Based on a random, groundless decision

Answer 21

Arbitrary

Question 22

Habitually reserved and uncommunicative

Answer 22

Taciturn

Question 23

A person who tries to please someone for personal advantage

Answer 23

Sycophant

Question 24

Assign great social importance to

Answer 24

Lionize

Question 25

So great in size/force as to elicit awe

Answer 25

Prodigious

Question 26

Lacking imagination

Answer 26

Pedestrian

Question 27

Extreme care and effort

Answer 27

Scrupulous

Question 28

Dominance over a certain area

Answer 28

Hegemony

Question 29

Not wise

Answer 29

Imprudent

Question 30

Overly concerned with details, fussy

Answer 30

Fastidious

Question 31

Repetitive and boring

Answer 31

Mundane

Question 32

Enlightening or uplifting

Answer 32

Edifying

Question 33

State or uncertainty about what should be done

Answer 33

Flux

Question 34

Expressing disapproval

Answer 34

Pejorative

Question 35

Cause to be more favorably inclined, gain the good will of

Answer 35

Placate

Question 36

Tendency to be untruthful

Answer 36

Mendacity

Question 37

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion/attitude

Answer 37

Nuance

Question 38

Pacify by acceding to the demands of

Answer 38

Appease

Question 39

Unsure how to act or respond

Answer 39

Nonplussed

Question 40

To express criticism towards

Answer 40

Reproach

Question 41

Full of high-spirited merriment

Answer 41

Jovial

Question 42

Not in keeping with accepted standards

Answer 42

Indecourous

Question 43

Demanding strict attention to rules/procedures

Answer 43

Stringent

Question 44

Criticize severely or angrily

Answer 44

Rebuke

Question 45

Avoiding waste, efficient

Answer 45

Economical

Question 46

Based on pretense, deceptively pleasing

Answer 46

Specious

Question 47

Wasting time

Answer 47

Dilatory

Question 48

Lasting a very short time

Answer 48

Transient

Question 49

Compulsory force or threat

Answer 49

Duress

Question 50

A strong verbal or written attack on someone/somethng

Answer 50

Polemic

Question 51

Confined to and understandable by an inner circle only

Answer 51

Esoteric

Question 52

Clumsy

Answer 52

Maladroit

Question 53

A trite or obvious remark

Answer 53

Banality

Question 54

Marked by quiet, caution, and secrecy

Answer 54

Furtive

Question 55

Demanding considerable mental effort and skill

Answer 55

Arduous

Question 56

Showing a brooding ill humor

Answer 56

Sullen

Question 57

Having/showing profound knowledge

Answer 57

Erudite

Question 58

Troubled persistently with petty annoyances

Answer 58

Harried

Question 59

Cause to become widely known

Answer 59

Disseminate

Question 60

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Answer 60

Elicit