Group 11

Question 1

Abhor

Answer 1

Detest or regard with deep hatred

Question 2

Boisterious

Answer 2

Energic, boisy, and lively

Question 3

Chivalrous

Answer 3

Honorable and polite

Question 4

Churlish

Answer 4

Rude or lacking in good manners

Question 5

Clandestine

Answer 5

Secretive, avoiding attention

Question 6

Complacent

Answer 6

Smugly self satisfied, often without awareness of potential dangers

Question 7

Cumbersome

Answer 7

Large, heavy, slow or complicated

Question 8

Debilitating

Answer 8

Weakening or impairinf strength

Question 9

Deliberate

Answer 9

1. Think over or discuss carefully
2. Intentional

Question 10

Droll

Answer 10

Amusing in a quirky or unusual way

Question 11

Eccentric

Answer 11

Deviating from conventional behavior, quirky

Question 12

Fractious

Answer 12

Quarrelsome and irritable, unruly

Question 13

Limpid

Answer 13

Clear, transparent, or easy to understand

Question 14

Mawkish

Answer 14

Overly sentimental in a way that seems exaggerated or insincere

Question 15

Obeisance

Answer 15

Reverence for an individual

Question 16

Ostentatious

Answer 16

Showy or designed to impress

Question 17

Panacea

Answer 17

A perfect cure for something

Question 18

Perfunctory

Answer 18

Done without enthusiasm or effort

mnemonic: per- factory. Do a job quickly just to finish it and not caring enough

Question 19

Perilous

Answer 19

Risky and hazardous

Question 20

Pervasive

Answer 20

Spreading quickly and in great numbers

Question 21

Preclude

Answer 21

Prevent something from happening

Question 22

Predilection

Answer 22

Preference or bias towards something

Question 23

Rapacious

Answer 23

Very greedy

Question 24

Relish

Answer 24

Take great pleasure or delight in

Question 25

Satirical

Answer 25

Using humor or irony to criticize or mock

Question 26

Sham

Answer 26

Fake, not genuine

Question 27

Skirt

Answer 27

Go around or avoid something, especially an issue or obstacle

Question 28

Sluggish

Answer 28

Lacking energy, slow and listless

Question 29

Spartan

Answer 29

Marked by simplicity, frugal, and avoidance of luxury

Question 30

Truculent

Answer 30

Aggressively combative or confrontational