Core II

Question 1

Diminutive

Answer 1

Very small

Question 2

Minutiae

Answer 2

Trifling; unimportant; insignificant/minor everyday details

Question 3

Exhort

Answer 3

To encourage, to urge, to give a pep talk, to implore

Question 4

Antipathy

Answer 4

Strong dislike, ill will, the state of DETESTING someone, ENMITY, RANCOR

Question 5

Digress

Answer 5

To depart from a subject, to wander, to ramble

Question 6

ROOT: Gress
WORDS: Regress, transgress, egress

Answer 6

To step/
Regress: to step back
Transgress: to step across the line that divides right from wrong
Egress: to step out, to exit

Question 7

Tenacious, ten, tenet, tenable

Answer 7

Characterized by holding fast to something valued, showing great determination/to hold/tenet: an idea held true by someone/tenable: capable of being held or supported

Question 8

Indulgent

Answer 8

Characterized by excessive generosity; overly tolerant

Question 9

Polarize

Answer 9

To be divisive, to crest disunity or dissension

Question 10

Nebulous

Answer 10

Vague, cloudy, misty, lacking a fully developed form

Question 11

Ephemeral, evanescent/

Perennial

Answer 11

Very brief, lasting for a short time, transient/

Returning year after year, enduring

Question 12

Penchant, propensity

Answer 12

A liking or preference for something; a BENT, an INCLINATION, PREDILECTION

Question 13

Capricious, mercurial,

Answer 13

Very changeable; characterized by constantly-shifting moods

Question 14

Medieval humours

Answer 14

Sanguine - cheerful, hopeful, optimistic
Melancholy - gloomy, depressed, DESPONDENT, PENSIVE
Choleric- angry, irritable, IRASCIBLE
Phlegmatic- self-possessed, impertubable, apathetic
Mercurial - volatile, changeable, FICKLE

Question 15

Boorish, uncouth

Answer 15

Vulgar, characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners; refined

Question 16

Indignant

Answer 16

Characterized by outrage at something that is perceived as unjust

Question 17

Innuendo

Answer 17

A veiled reference, an insinuation

Question 18

stymie

Answer 18

To stop, to frustrate, to prevent; to THWART

Question 19

Adroit

Answer 19

Having or showing great skill; DEXTEROUS, nimble/ MALADROIT - not skillful; DEFT

Question 20

Admonish

Answer 20

To earnestly caution, to warn another to avoid a course of action

Question 21

ROOT: Mon

Answer 21

to warn, remind

Question 22

Incontrovertible

Answer 22

Impossible to deny or disprove, demonstrably true

Question 23

Voracious, rapacious

Answer 23

Ravenous, having a huge appetite that can’t be satisfied; INSATIABLE

Question 24

Callous

Answer 24

Emotionally hardened, insensitive, unfeeling

Question 25

Intrepid

Answer 25

Courageous; RESOLUTE, fearless, UNDAUNTED

Question 26

Nonchalant

Answer 26

Having an air of casual indifference; cooly unconcerned, UNFLAPPABLE

Question 27

Convoluted

Answer 27

Winding, twisting, and therefore difficult to understand; intricate

Question 28

Itinerant

Answer 28

Migrating from place to place; NOT SEDENTARY

Question 29

Poignant

Answer 29

Moving; touching, heartrending

Question 30

Impetus

Answer 30

A stimulus or encouragement that results in an increased activity

Question 31

Bucolic

Answer 31

Rustic, pastoral; Characteristic of charming, unspoiled countryside and the simple, rural life

Question 32

Equanimity

Answer 32

Calmness, composure, even-temperedness, polite

Question 33

Panache, verve, élan,

Answer 33

Great vigor and energy; dash, esp in artistic performance and composition; flamboyance

Question 34

Provocative

Answer 34

Provoking discussion, stimulating controversy, arousing a reaction

Question 35

Placid, serene

Answer 35

Calm or quiet; undisturbed by tumult or disorder

Question 36

Fortuitous

Answer 36

Of accidental but fortunate occurrence, having unexpected good fortune

Question 37

Dispel

Answer 37

To drive away; scatter, as to DISPEL a misconception

Question 38

Amalgram

Answer 38

A mixture, a blend, a combination of different elements

Question 39

Viable, feasible

Answer 39

Capable of being accomplished; possible

Question 40

Anguish

Answer 40

Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment

Question 41

Intemperate/temperate

Answer 41

Lacking restraint, excessive/exercising moderation and restraint

Question 42

Superficial

Answer 42

Shallow, lacking in depth

Question 43

Laud, extol, tout

Answer 43

Acclaim, to praise, to applaud

Question 44

Dismissive

Answer 44

Showing overt intentional indifference or disregard; rejecting

Question 45

Mitt/miss

Answer 45

To send

Question 46

Remit

Answer 46

To send back

Question 47

Omit

Answer 47

To send by, pass by, neglect, leave out

Question 48

Remiss

Answer 48

Negligent, lax, careless

Question 49

Remittance

Answer 49

A payment sent to pay a bill

Question 50

Disparage

Answer 50

To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; to belittle

Question 51

Pompous

Answer 51

Filled with excessive self-importance; pretentious; ostentatious

Question 52

Cryptic

Answer 52

Having a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious

Question 53

Subtle

Answer 53

Difficult to detect; faint, mysterious, likely to elude perception

Question 54

Disparity

Answer 54

An inequality, a gap, an imbalance

Question 55

Curtail

Answer 55

To cut short or reduce

Question 56

Innocuous

Answer 56

Harmless, unlikely to give offense or to around strong feelings or hostility, NOT INIMICAL

Question 57

Diatribe, tirade, harangue

Answer 57

A bitter abusive denunciation, a thunderous verbal attack, a rant