Group 2 Words

Question 1

abate (verb)

Answer 1

abate (verb) to lessen in intensity or degree

Question 2

ameliorate (verb)

Answer 2

ameliorate (verb) to make better or more tolerable

Question 3

ascetic (noun)

Answer 3

ascetic (noun) one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

Question 4

avarice (noun)

Answer 4

avarice (noun) greed, especially for wealth (adj. form: avaricious )

Question 5

burgeon (verb)

Answer 5

burgeon (verb) to grow rapidly or flourish

Question 6

bucolic (adj.)

Answer 6

bucolic (adj.) rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

Question 7

cacophony (noun)

Answer 7

cacophony (noun) harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj. form: cacophonous )

Question 8

caustic (adj.)

Answer 8

caustic (adj.) burning or stinging; causing corrosion

Question 9

chary (adj.)

Answer 9

chary (adj.) wary; cautious; sparing

Question 10

cogent (adj.)

Answer 10

cogent (adj.) appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

Question 11

complaisance (noun)

Answer 11

complaisance (noun) the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant

Question 12

demur (verb)

Answer 12

demur (verb) to question or oppose

Question 13

didactic (adj.)

Answer 13

didactic (adj.) intended to teach or instruct

Question 14

dogmatic (adj.)

Answer 14

dogmatic (adj.) expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles (noun form: dogma )

Question 15

ebullience (noun)

Answer 15

ebullience (noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj. form: ebullient )

Question 16

eclectic (adj.)

Answer 16

eclectic (adj.) composed of elements drawn from various sources

Question 17

elegy (noun)

Answer 17

elegy (noun) a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead (adj. form: elegiac )

Question 18

emollient (adj.)/(noun)

Answer 18

emollient (adj.)/(noun) soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin

Question 19

enigmatic (adj.)

Answer 19

enigmatic (adj.) mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun form: enigma )

Question 20

ephemeral (adj.)

Answer 20

ephemeral (adj.) brief; fleeting

Question 21

esoteric (adj.)

Answer 21

esoteric (adj.) intended for or understood by a small, specific group

Question 22

facetious (adj.)

Answer 22

facetious (adj.) playful; humorous

Question 23

furtive (adj.)

Answer 23

furtive (adj.) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Question 24

harangue (verb)/(noun)

Answer 24

harangue (verb)/(noun) to deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing.

Question 25

impecunious (adj.)

Answer 25

impecunious (adj.) lacking funds; without money

Question 26

incipient (adj.)

Answer 26

incipient (adj.) beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 27

intransigent (adj.)

Answer 27

intransigent (adj.) refusing to compromise (noun form: intransigence )

Question 28

inveigle (verb)

Answer 28

inveigle (verb) to obtain by deception or flattery

Question 29

morose (adj.)

Answer 29

morose (adj.) sad; sullen; melancholy

Question 30

opaque (adj.)

Answer 30

opaque (adj.) impenetrable by light; not reflecting light

Question 31

penurious (adj.)

Answer 31

penurious (adj.) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

Question 32

pernicious (adj.)

Answer 32

pernicious (adj.) extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed

Question 33

peruse (verb)

Answer 33

peruse (verb) to examine with great care (noun form: perusal )

Question 34

prodigious (adj.)

Answer 34

prodigious (adj.) abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

Question 35

quaff (verb)

Answer 35

quaff (verb) to drink deeply

Question 36

quiescence (noun)

Answer 36

quiescence (noun) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

Question 37

torpid (adj.)

Answer 37

lethargic; sluggish; dormant (noun form: torpor

Question 38

ubiquitous (adj.)

Answer 38

existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

Question 39

urbane (adj.)

Answer 39

sophisticated; refined; elegant (noun form: urbanity )