Group 2

Question 1

Assiduous

Answer 1

Showing great care and perseverance

Question 2

Impassive

Answer 2

Not feeling or showing emotions

Question 3

Unswerving

Answer 3

Not changing or becoming weaker. steady or constant

Question 4

Abashed

Answer 4

Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed

Question 5

Onerous

Answer 5

Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome

Question 6

Sophomoric

Answer 6

Pretentious or juvenile

Question 7

Diatribe

Answer 7

A forceful and bitter verbal attack

Question 8

Denigrate

Answer 8

Criticize unfairly

Question 9

Astringent

Answer 9

Smells acidic or bitter. Causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissue

Question 10

Conciliatory

Answer 10

Intended to likely placate or pacify

Question 11

Affront

Answer 11

An action or remark that causes outrage or offense

Question 12

Credulous

Answer 12

Ready to believe anything

Question 13

Consonant

Answer 13

A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partially obstructed. In agreement or harmony with

Question 14

Comely

Answer 14

Pleasant to look at. Attractive.

Question 15

Affable

Answer 15

Friendly and good natured

Question 16

Specious

Answer 16

Misleading in appearance. Plausible but false

Question 17

Recalcitrant

Answer 17

Uncooperative in attitude

Question 18

Covert

Answer 18

Not openly acknowledged or displayed

Question 19

Commiseration

Answer 19

Sympathy and sorrow for the misfortune of others. Compassion

Question 20

Consternation

Answer 20

Feelings of anxiety and dismay, typically at something unexpected

Question 21

Surrogate

Answer 21

a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office.

Question 22

Extraneous

Answer 22

Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.

Question 23

Sojourn

Answer 23

A temporary stay

Question 24

Mettlesome

Answer 24

Full of spirit and courage

Question 25

Officious

Answer 25

Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way. Intrusively enthusiastic in offering help, interfering

Question 26

Ubiquity

Answer 26

The act of appearing everywhere, or being very common

Question 27

Obtuse

Answer 27

Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

Question 28

Dilatory

Answer 28

Slow to act. Intended to cause delay

Question 29

Edifices

Answer 29

A building, especially a large, imposing one. A complex system of beliefs

Question 30

Desiccate

Answer 30

To dry out or dehydrate. To make dry or dull

Question 31

Obviate

Answer 31

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 32

Obdurate

Answer 32

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Question 33

Caustic

Answer 33

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue

Question 34

Inchoate

Answer 34

Just begun. Not fully formed or developed

Question 35

Propagate

Answer 35

To cause to spread, multiply or reproduce

Question 36

Plod

Answer 36

To trudge. To move slowly and heavily

Question 37

Distention

Answer 37

The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape

Question 38

Variegated

Answer 38

Exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patterns or streaks

Question 39

Recluse

Answer 39

A person who live a solitary life and tend to avoid other people

Question 40

Imperturbable

Answer 40

Unable to be upset or excited. Calm

Question 41

Irascible

Answer 41

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

Question 42

Fervently

Answer 42

Very enthusiastically or passionately

Question 43

Polemically

Answer 43

Contentious rhetoric intended to support a specific position

Question 44

Abated

Answer 44

Become less intense or widespread

Question 45

Propitiate

Answer 45

Offer a gift to appease someone

Question 46

Windfall

Answer 46

A piece of unexpected good fortune

Question 47

Emollient

Answer 47

Having the quality of softening or soothing the skin

Question 48

Divest

Answer 48

To remove or strip, especially clothing

Question 49

Opprobrium

Answer 49

Disgrace , contempt , shame

Question 50

Prune

Answer 50

To cut back or clip branches or other parts of plants, especially parts that are dead.