Day 19-21

Question 1

contrite

Answer 1

sorry for past misdeed, to regret

Question 2

stoic

Answer 2

indifferent to or unaffected by emotion

Question 3

precocious

Answer 3

mature at an unusually young age

Question 4

obsequious

Answer 4

slavishly attentive, fawning, today, flatter

Question 5

insular

Answer 5

isolated, detached

Question 6

insinuate

Answer 6

to imply, to hint

Question 7

ascendancy

Answer 7

state of rising, ascending power or control

Question 8

disconcerting

Answer 8

bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing

Question 9

pomp

Answer 9

ostentatious, splendid display

Question 10

dissent

Answer 10

to disagree, to differ in

Question 11

incarcerate

Answer 11

to put in jail, to confine

Question 12

charlatan

Answer 12

quack, fake

Question 13

chary

Answer 13

watchful, cautious

Question 14

assuage

Answer 14

to make milder, less severe

Question 15

petulance

Answer 15

Bad tempered

Question 16

exculpate

Answer 16

to free from blame

Question 17

amerliorate

Answer 17

to improve

Question 18

rebuttal

Answer 18

refutation, response with contrary evidence

Question 19

truculent

Answer 19

aggressive, hostile

Question 20

truncate

Answer 20

to cut off, to shorten, to replace

Question 21

expedient

Answer 21

convenient, efficient, practical

Question 22

expatriate

Answer 22

to drive someone from his/her own country

Question 23

tableau

Answer 23

vivid description, striking scene

Question 24

tacit

Answer 24

silently understood, implied

Question 25

preempt

Answer 25

to acquire or appropriate before someone else

Question 26

demure

Answer 26

modest, shy

Question 27

denigrate

Answer 27

to criticize, belittle

Question 28

subterfuge

Answer 28

trick or tactic used to avoid something

Question 29

stalwart

Answer 29

sturdy, robust

Question 30

caviler

Answer 30

carefree, happy

Question 31

requite

Answer 31

to return, pay

Question 32

repudiate

Answer 32

disown, disavow

Question 33

portent

Answer 33

omen

Question 34

tryst

Answer 34

agreement between lovers to meet, rendezvous

Question 35

exporpriate

Answer 35

to seize ownership of

Question 36

bilk

Answer 36

to cheat, fraud

Question 37

blanch

Answer 37

pale, to take the color out

Question 38

iconoclast

Answer 38

one who attacks traditional beliefs

Question 39

depravity

Answer 39

corruption, wickedness

Question 40

aloof

Answer 40

detached indifference

Question 41

calumny

Answer 41

false and malicious accusation

Question 42

exculpate

Answer 42

to clear of blame or fault, vindicate

Question 43

enervate

Answer 43

to reduce the energy or strength

Question 44

candor

Answer 44

honesty of expression

Question 45

craven

Answer 45

cowardly

Question 46

frivolous

Answer 46

not having serious purpose or value

Question 47

supplant

Answer 47

to replace, to displace

Question 48

irascible

Answer 48

easily angered

Question 49

impetus

Answer 49

a moving force

Question 50

recalcitrant

Answer 50

not obedient, refractory

Question 51

pugnacious

Answer 51

quarrelsome, ready to fight

Question 52

spurious

Answer 52

false, counterfeit

Question 53

savant

Answer 53

learned person

Question 54

scourge

Answer 54

a cause of affliction or calamity

Question 55

rancorous

Answer 55

expressing bitter, hostility

Question 56

improvident

Answer 56

without planning, foresight, negligent

Question 57

clairvoyant

Answer 57

psychic

Question 58

matriculate

Answer 58

to enroll as a member of a college or university

Question 59

scrupulous

Answer 59

restrained, honest, careful, precise

Question 60

insurgent

Answer 60

rebellious

Question 61

jocular

Answer 61

joking, jesting, waggish

Question 62

subterfuge

Answer 62

trick, tactic

Question 63

baleful

Answer 63

harmful detrimental

Question 64

modicum

Answer 64

a small amount, tiny

Question 65

munificnet

Answer 65

very generous, lavish

Question 66

penchant

Answer 66

a strong inclination

Question 67

culpable

Answer 67

guilty, responsible for wrong

Question 68

laconic

Answer 68

brief and to the point

Question 69

lugubrious

Answer 69

sorrowful, mournful, dismal, gloomy

Question 70

verbose

Answer 70

wordy, talkative

Question 71

impecunious

Answer 71

having no money

Question 72

prescience

Answer 72

having foresight

Question 73

predilection

Answer 73

preference, tendency

Question 74

deleterious

Answer 74

harmful