General Knowledge 3

Question 1

sheer, filmy, translucent

Answer 1

diaphanous
sent: diaphanous curtains let in the morning light

Question 2

invective, tirade, rant

Answer 2

diatribe
sent: your diatribe at the meeting jusr made you seem hysterical

Question 3

informative, educational, instructive

Answer 3

didactic
sent: to poem is didactic and has a clear moral

Question 4

shy, reticent, timid

Answer 4

diffident
sent: his diffident actions can seem unfriendly

Question 5

lagging, slow, sluggish

Answer 5

dilatory
sent: they used dilatory tactics to delay the preoceedings

Question 6

to embrass, mortify, disconcert

Answer 6

discomfit
sent: dad’s hilarity is designed to discomfit his daughter

Question 7

to belittle, mock, criticize

Answer 7

disparage
sent: he chose to disparage his staff rather than supporting them

Question 8

to evade, feign, disguise

Answer 8

dissemble
sent: if you are sincere, you rarely dissemble or hide your feelings

Question 9

discord, conflict, noise

Answer 9

dissonance
sent: eastern music can sound lile dissononace to untrained ears

Question 10

inflexible, dogmatic, strict

Answer 10

doctrinaire
sent: i find his ideas too doctrinaire to be practical

Question 11

rigid, unbending, stubborn

Answer 11

dogmatic
sent: your dogmatic statements are necessarily true

Question 12

sorrow, grief, misery

Answer 12

dolor
sent: lost in her dolor, the widow neglected her job and home

Question 13

grim, gloomy, forbidding

Answer 13

dour
sent: the dour expression makes you look perpetually angry

Question 14

force, coerce, intimidate

Answer 14

dragoon
sent: it was once popular to dragoon boys into military service

Question 15

idiocy, foolishness, nonsense

Answer 15

drivel
sent: do not spout drivel and expect us to believe you

Question 16

deception, betrayal, treachery

Answer 16

duplicity
sent: their duplicty led everyone to turn against them

Question 17

enthusiastic, merry, jovial

Answer 17

ebullient
sent: she was ebullient when her boss offered her a promotion

Question 18

rank, level, division

Answer 18

echelon
sent: only family members occupy the top echelon of the company

Question 19

mixed, varied, diverse

Answer 19

eclectic
sent: her apprtite is eclectic; she likes thai food and barbecue

Question 20

enlightenment, learning, instruction

Answer 20

edification
sent: for your edification, here are some infomative brochures

Question 21

effective, succesful, effcient

Answer 21

effcacious
sent: that therapy iseffcacious in patients with muscle loss

Question 22

boldness, impufdence, impertinence

Answer 22

effrontery
sent: her grandfather scolded her for her effrontery

Question 23

experiential, verifiable, observed

Answer 23

empirical
sent: the empirical evidence seems to prove our theory

Question 24

to imitate, copy, replicate

Answer 24

emulate
sent: childern tend to emulate to adults in their lives

Question 25

praise, tribute, accolade

Answer 25

encomium sent: we offered an encomium for his work in the community

Question 26

puzzle, mystery, riddle

Answer 26

enigma sent: the coin's disappearance was an enigma we could not solve

Question 27

boredom, world- weariness, tedium

Answer 27

ennui sent: she suffers from ennui; nothing seems to interest her

Question 28

plea, appeal, supplication

Answer 28

entreaty sent: an entreaty to the teacher led to a new, more feasible deadline

Question 29

transcient, fleeting, short-lived

Answer 29

ephermeral sent: summer was ephemeral before long, it was chilly again

Question 30

saying, witticism, axiom

Answer 30

epigram sent: above the counter is an epigram that amuses everyone

Question 31

letter, communique, dispatch

Answer 31

epistle sent: our town owns an epistle from lincoln to a childhood friend

Question 32

ambiguous, inclear, indefinite

Answer 32

equivocal sent: test results were equivocal, so more test were scheduled

Question 33

hermit, recluse, ascetic

Answer 33

eremite sent: an eremite lives alone in the woods beind the village

Question 34

phony, fake, artificial

Answer 34

ersatz sent: ersatz coffee was all that was available during wartime

Question 35

cliff, slope, precipice

Answer 35

escarp sent: climbing the escarp requires skill and good equipment

Question 36

culture, character, philosophy

Answer 36

ethos sent: new york's ethos in the 1980s centered on making money

Question 37

to praise, extol, honor

Answer 37

eulogize sent: several colleagues stood to eulogize their fallen friend

Question 38

ecstatic, joyous, elated

Answer 38

euphoric sent: we were euphotric when our band was chosen to play

Question 39

to dissipate, vaporize, disapper

Answer 39

evanesce sent: bubbles evanesce as she pours the champagne

Question 40

reminiscent, suggestive, extracting

Answer 40

evocative sent: that evocative poem appeals to anyone who loves nature

Question 41

to worsen, aggravate, inflame

Answer 41

exacerbate sent: don't exacerbate your injury by excerising too soon

Question 42

to rebuke, attack, censure

Answer 42

excoraite sent: other journalist excoriate him for stealing from their work

Question 43

to clear, absolve, exonerate,

Answer 43

exculpate sent: new evidence will serve to exculpate the congressmen

Question 44

deplorable, dishusting, hateful

Answer 44

exercrable sent: this cherry-flavered toothpaste is execrable

Question 45

interpretation, analysis, construal

Answer 45

exegesis sent: did you read his exagesis of the ancient scrolls?

Question 46

to encourage, urge, insist

Answer 46

exhort sent: we tried to exhort our coach into taking us out tonight

Question 47

to acquit, pardon, vindicate

Answer 47

exonerate sent: dis the judge exonerate him of all wrongdoing >|?

Question 48

to pull up, uproot, abolish

Answer 48

extirpate sent: let is extirpate all inequity from our public schools

Question 49

to disentangle. free, rescue

Answer 49

extricate sent: the kitten fought the extricate itself from the tangle of yarn

Question 50

enthusiatic, fervent, high-sprited

Answer 50

exuberant sent: several exuberant fans waited backstage for the performers

Question 51

to manufacture, construct, concoct

Answer 51

fabricate sent: let's fabrocate a shed to hold all of our gardening tools

Question 52

liar, imposter, fraud

Answer 52

fabulist sent: he's a noted fabulist; his words often deceive strangers

Question 53

fippant, humourous, playful

Answer 53

facetious sent: that facetious remark does not help to fix the problem

Question 54

superficial, effortless, simplistic

Answer 54

facile sent: his response to this complex problem is too facile for me

Question 55

aide, assistant, subordinare

Answer 55

factotum sent: a young factotum carrried the boss's overcoat and briefcase

Question 56

painstaking, finicky, fussy

Answer 56

fastidious sent: no one can compete with that tailor's fine and fastidious work

Question 57

inane, foolish, idiotic

Answer 57

fatuous sent: i immediately regretted my fatuous response to his question

Question 58

allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness

Answer 58

fealty sent: the players fealty to their coach was inspiring to see

Question 59

fruitful, productive, fertile

Answer 59

fecund sent: the land was fecund and well-irrigated

Question 60

lucky, fortuitous, apt

Answer 60

felicitous sent: a rainbow can appear to be a felicitous sign

Question 61

zealous, passionate, ardent

Answer 61

fervid sent: she is a fervid supporter of that congressional candidate

Question 62

relating to a son of daughter

Answer 62

filial sent: he considered assisting his father to be his filial duty

Question 63

blatant, brazen, overt

Answer 63

flagrant sent: that hit was a flagrant violaton of the rules

Question 64

factious, glib, offhand

Answer 64

flippant sent: the senator's flippant remark annoyed the reporter

Question 65

to disobey, defy, contravene

Answer 65

flout sent: it is unwise to flout the university's regulation

Question 66

to provoke, incite, agitate

Answer 66

foment sent: did the union forment protest or just support it:

Question 67

to sink. fail, collapse

Answer 67

founder sent: the business began to founder under the weight of its debt

Question 68

disturbance, brawl, quarrel

Answer 68

fracas sent: a fracas broke out between supporters of the two teams

Question 69

peevish, irritable, ill-tempered

Answer 69

fractious sent: he is most fractious wen he first awakens from a nap

Question 70

relating to a brother

Answer 70

fraternal sent: the boys seem to lack any fraternal affection

Question 71

burdened, laden, full

Answer 71

fraught sent: her memoir was fraught with emotion and pain

Question 72

flattering, overgenerous, unctuous

Answer 72

fulsome sent: fulsome praise can sometimes seem insincere

Question 73

sly, secretive, steathy

Answer 73

furtive sent: the dog gave its owner a futive glance as it licked the plate

Question 74

error, blunder, faux pas

Answer 74

gaffe sent: the reporter's unfortunate gaffe harmed her reputation

Question 75

courtliness, chivalry, heroism

Answer 75

gallantry sent: the knight's gallantry impressed even his enemies

Question 76

to rouse, stimulate, incite

Answer 76

galvanize sent: injustice may galvanize even the laziest people to protest

Question 77

range, extent, scope

Answer 77

gamut sent: his class covers the gamut of east indian literature

Question 78

talkative, voluble, chatty

Answer 78

garrulous sent: she became garrulous when she was nervouse or tense