Group 1

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

(Adj) - deviating from the norm

Question 2

Alacrity

Answer 2

(N) - eager and enthusiastic willingness.

Question 3

Anomaly

Answer 3

(N) - deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality.

Question 4

Approbation

Answer 4

(N) - an expression of approval or praise.

Question 5

Arduous

Answer 5

(Adj) - strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort.

Question 6

Assuage

Answer 6

(V) - to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Question 7

Audacious

Answer 7

(Adj) - daring and fearless; recklessly bold.

Question 8

Austere

Answer 8

(Adj) - without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

Question 9

Axiomatic

Answer 9

(Adj) - taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth.

Question 10

Canonical

Answer 10

(Adj) - following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards.

Question 11

Capricious

Answer 11

(Adj) - inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable.

Question 12

Abscond

Answer 12

(V) - to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide.

Question 13

Censure

Answer 13

(V) - to criticize severely; to officially rebuke.

Question 14

Chicanery

Answer 14

(N) - trickery or subterfuge.

Question 15

Connoisseur

Answer 15

(N) - an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert.

Question 16

Convoluted

Answer 16

(adj) - complex or complicated

Question 17

Disabuse

Answer 17

(V) - to undeceive; to set right

Question 18

Discordant

Answer 18

(adj) - fundamentally distinct or dissimilar.

Question 19

Effrontery

Answer 19

(N) - extreme boldness; presumptiousness

Question 20

Eloquent

Answer 20

(adj) - well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence).

Question 21

Enervate

Answer 21

(V) - to weaken; to reduce in vitality.

Question 22

Ennui

Answer 22

(N) - dissatisfaction and recklessness resulting from boredom or apathy.

Question 23

Equivocate

Answer 23

(V) - to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent. (adj. form: equivocal)

Question 24

Erudite

Answer 24

(adj) - very learned; scholarly (norm form: erudition)

Question 25

Exculpate

Answer 25

(V) - exonerate; to clear of blame

Question 26

Exigent

Answer 26

(adj) - urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention.

Question 27

Extemporaneous

Answer 27

(Adj) - improvised; done without preparation.

Question 28

Filibuster

Answer 28

(N) - intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action.

Question 29

Fulminate

Answer 29

(V) - to loudly attack or denounce.

Question 30

Ingenuous

Answer 30

(adj) - artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Question 31

Inured

Answer 31

(adj) - accustomed to accepting something undesirable.

Question 32

Laud

Answer 32

(V) - to praise highly (adj form: laudatory)

Question 33

Irascible

Answer 33

(adj) - easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts.

Question 34

Lucid

Answer 34

(adj) - clear; easily understood

Question 35

Magnanimity

Answer 35

(N) - the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving.

Question 36

Martial

Answer 36

(adj) - associated with war and the armed forces.

Question 37

Mundane

Answer 37

(adj) - of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary.

Question 38

Nascent

Answer 38

(adj) - coming into being; in early developmental stages.

Question 39

Nebulous

Answer 39

(adj) - vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form.

Question 40

Neologism

Answer 40

(N) - a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses.

Question 41

Noxious

Answer 41

(adj) - harmful, injurious.

Question 42

Obtuse

Answer 42

(adj) - lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Question 43

Obviate

Answer 43

(V) - to anticipate and make unnecessary.

Question 44

Onerous

Answer 44

(adj) - troubling; burdensome.

Question 45

Paean

Answer 45

(n) - a song of praise or triumph; a thing that expresses enthusiastic praise.

Question 46

Parody

Answer 46

(N) - a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art.

Question 47

Perennial

Answer 47

(adj) - recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly.

Question 48

Perfidy

Answer 48

(N) - intentional breach of faith (adj form: perfidious).

Question 49

Cursory

Answer 49

(adj) - hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

Question 50

Perfunctory

Answer 50

(adj) - cursory; done without care or interest.

Question 51

Perspicacious

Answer 51

(adj) - acutely perspective; having keen discernment.

Question 52

Prattle

Answer 52

(V) - to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner.

Question 53

Precipitate

Answer 53

(adj) - acting with excessive haste or impulse.

Question 54

Predilection

Answer 54

(n) - a disposition in favor of something; preference.

Question 55

Precipitate

Answer 55

(v) - to cause or happen before anticipated or required.

Question 56

Prescience

Answer 56

(n) - foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring.

Question 57

Prevaricate

Answer 57

(V) - to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead.

Question 58

Qualms

Answer 58

(N) - misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy.

Question 59

Recant

Answer 59

(V) - to retract, especially a previously held belief.

Question 60

Refute

Answer 60

(V) - to disprove; to successfully argue against.

Question 61

Relegate

Answer 61

(V) - to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position.

Question 62

Reticent

Answer 62

(adj) - quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings.

Question 63

Solicitous

Answer 63

(adj) - concerned and attentive; eager.

Question 64

Sordid

Answer 64

(adj) - characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul.