Deck 1

Question 1

subsume

Answer 1

include something in something else

Question 2

prescient

Answer 2

having knowledge of events before they happen

a prescient warning

Question 3

palatable

Answer 3

acceptable or satisfactory

Question 4

moot

Answer 4

1. subject to debate
2. having no practical significance

(a moot point)

Question 5

geniality

Answer 5

quality of being cheerful/friendly

Question 6

lucid

Answer 6

expressed clearly, easy to understand

Question 7

foreboding

Answer 7

feeling something bad will happen

Question 8

foment

Answer 8

instigate or stir up

fomenting political unrest

Question 9

prevarication

Answer 9

speak or act in an evasive way

prevaricate when journalist asks question

Question 10

agog

Answer 10

eager, excited, curious

Question 11

prodigious

Answer 11

enormous, huge

prodigious amounts of food

Question 12

commensurate

Answer 12

proportional

salary commensurate with experience

Question 13

languish

Answer 13

weaken, lose vitality, fail to make progress

plants languished and died

Question 14

burgeon

Answer 14

flourish, thrive

burgeoning demand

Question 15

staid

Answer 15

sedate, respectable and unadventurous

a staid librarian

Question 16

recondite

Answer 16

little known, abstruse

Question 17

stilted

Answer 17

stiff and unnatural

stilted conversation

Question 18

expansive

Answer 18

communicative, prone to talking in sociable manner

Question 19

hedge

Answer 19

avoid making direct statement

Question 20

intimate

Answer 20

suggest something subtly

Question 21

retiring

Answer 21

shy and retracting from company

Question 22

stem

Answer 22

stop or restrict

Question 23

artful / artifice

Answer 23

clever, crafty, cunning

trickery, deception

Question 24

beatific

Answer 24

blissfully happy

Question 25

demur

Answer 25

to object or show reluctance | erina demurred when we suggested seeing david guetta

Question 26

demure

Answer 26

reserved, shy (woman)

Question 27

errant

Answer 27

wandering, straying from standards

Question 28

arrant

Answer 28

complete and utter | an arrant fool/liar

Question 29

expurgate

Answer 29

to remove objectionable material, censor

Question 30

fatuous

Answer 30

silly and pointless | a fatuous question/comment

Question 31

histrionic

Answer 31

overly theatrical | i had a histrionic outburst when i got an A-

Question 32

indigent

Answer 32

very poor

Question 33

peremptory

Answer 33

bossy and domineering

Question 34

disinterested

Answer 34

unbiased, neutral

Question 35

feckless

Answer 35

lazy and irresponsible

Question 36

propitiate

Answer 36

placate or appease (a person) | propitiate the gods

Question 37

sententious

Answer 37

to be moralizing in a pompous sense

Question 38

tendentious

Answer 38

promoting a controversial view

Question 39

galvanize

Answer 39

to shock or urge somebody into action | galvanize the troops

Question 40

maudlin

Answer 40

self pityingly or tearfully sentimental | a maudlin ballad

Question 41

saturnine

Answer 41

gloomy, somber

Question 42

martinet

Answer 42

strict disciplinarian (drill sergeant)

Question 43

reprobate

Answer 43

unprincipled person (used humorously or affectionately)

Question 44

cardinal

Answer 44

of the greatest importance

Question 45

parochial

Answer 45

having limited or narrow outlook

Question 46

imbroglio

Answer 46

complicated or embarrassing situation

Question 47

venal

Answer 47

susceptible to bribery, corrupt

Question 48

cupidity

Answer 48

greed for money

Question 49

parsimonious

Answer 49

stingy, frugal

Question 50

penurious

Answer 50

extremely poor

Question 51

prodigal

Answer 51

wastefully extravagant

Question 52

profligate

Answer 52

recklessly extravagant

Question 53

spendthrift

Answer 53

person who spends money extravagantly, irresponsibly

Question 54

sybarite

Answer 54

self indulgent person fond of luxury

Question 55

calumny

Answer 55

slander

Question 56

chary

Answer 56

wary

Question 57

sartorial

Answer 57

relating to tailoring, clothes, dress style | sartorial elegance

Question 58

remiss

Answer 58

negligent

Question 59

remonstrate

Answer 59

make a reproachful protest

Question 60

repine

Answer 60

feel or express discontent

Question 61

venial

Answer 61

slight and pardonable (offense)

Question 62

excoriate

Answer 62

severely censure or criticize

Question 63

execrable

Answer 63

extremely bad

Question 64

exhort

Answer 64

encourage, urge

Question 65

immaterial

Answer 65

irrelevant

Question 66

impertinent

Answer 66

rude