Group 24

Question 1

Assail

Answer 1

Attack physically or verbally

Question 2

Benevolent

Answer 2

Showing kindness or goodwill

Question 3

Berate

Answer 3

Scold or criticize harshly

Mnemonic: they showed B-rated movie to children and they were critiziced

Question 4

Buoyant

Answer 4

Lighthearted and liverly; having a cheerful attitude

Mnemonic: boy+ant

Question 5

Buttress

Answer 5

Support or reinforce

Question 6

Condone

Answer 6

Forgive, excuse, or overlook

Question 7

Contravene

Answer 7

Go against or violate a rule, law, or convention

Question 8

Denounce

Answer 8

Criticize or speak out against

Question 9

Despotic

Answer 9

Of a ruler with absolute power; tyrannical

Question 10

Deviate

Answer 10

Go off course from; stray from some norm

Question 11

Desinterested

Answer 11

Unbiased

Question 12

Escalate

Answer 12

Increase or intensify

Question 13

Exorcise

Answer 13

Drive out (such as a evil sprit or some other thing) from a person, place, or thing

Question 14

Finicky

Answer 14

Fussy or hard to please

Question 15

Foil

Answer 15

Prevent (something) from being accomplished

Question 16

Intertwined

Answer 16

Twisted or linked closely together

Question 17

Inundate

Answer 17

Flood or overwhelm

Question 18

Ironclad

Answer 18

Unbreakable or extremely strong

Question 19

Jeopardize

Answer 19

Put in danger; threaten

Question 20

Mercurial

Answer 20

Having a volatile character; fickle

Question 21

Oblivious

Answer 21

Not aware of or not noticing something

Question 22

Perpetrate

Answer 22

Commit something (often a crime) carry out

Question 23

Plaintive

Answer 23

Expressing sorrow or melancholy

Question 24

Poignant

Answer 24

Emotionally moving

Question 25

Quiescent

Answer 25

Being at rest; inactive or quiet

Question 26

Reiterate

Answer 26

Say or do again, multiple times

Question 27

Subside

Answer 27

Become lower; decrease; become less intense ## Footnote mnemonic: subside as (sub)marine, which sinks down. Sink-lessen, decrease

Question 28

Subsume

Answer 28

Include or contain something else

Question 29

Surmount

Answer 29

Overcome something, typically a challenge

Question 30

Tangential

Answer 30

Only superficially relevant