Group 2

Question 1

Adulterate

Answer 1

Render poorer in quality by adding another substance

Question 2

Advocate

Answer 2

Publicly recommend or support

Question 3

Aggrandize

Answer 3

Increase power, status, reputation of someone

Question 4

Alacrity

Answer 4

brisk and cheerful readiness

Question 5

Ambivalent

Answer 5

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas

Question 6

Ameliorate

Answer 6

Make something bad better

Question 7

Amenable

Answer 7

Susceptible, easily persuaded, open to suggestions

Question 8

Anachronistic

Answer 8

Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed conspicuously old-fashioned

Question 9

Audacious

Answer 9

Willingness to take surprisingly bold risks, showing impudent lack of respect

Question 10

Avaricious

Answer 10

Showing extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 11

Banal

Answer 11

Lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Question 12

Benign

Answer 12

Gentle and kind, not harmful to the environment

Question 13

Brazen

Answer 13

Bold and without shame

Question 14

Calumny

Answer 14

False and slanderous statement about someone

Question 15

Candid

Answer 15

Truthful and straightforward

Question 16

Castigate

Answer 16

Reprimand severely

Question 17

Caustic

Answer 17

Sarcastic in a bitter way, chemical

Question 18

Construe

Answer 18

Interpret in a particular way

Question 19

Contrite

Answer 19

Feeling or expressing remorse that one has done wrong

Question 20

Convoluted

Answer 20

Extremely complex and difficult to follow and twisted

Question 21

Covet

Answer 21

Yearn to possess something belonging to another

Question 22

Craven

Answer 22

Cowardly

Question 23

Decorum

Answer 23

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

Question 24

Deft

Answer 24

demonstrating skill and cleverness

Question 25

Demur

Answer 25

Raise objections or show reluctance

Question 26

Derivative

Answer 26

Imitative of the work of another

Question 27

Desiccate

Answer 27

Cause to become completely dry

Question 28

Diatribe

Answer 28

A forceful and bitter verbal attack

Question 29

Incredulous

Answer 29

Unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 30

Ingenuous

Answer 30

Innocent, naive or unsuspecting