Group 27

Question 1

Antagonize

Answer 1

Act in opposition to or provoke hostility from

Question 2

Barren

Answer 2

Incapable of producing offspring or fruit; unproductive

Question 3

Bombastic

Answer 3

High-sounding but little meaning; overfilled

Question 4

Cajole

Answer 4

Persuade through flattery or gentle urging

Question 5

Chary

Answer 5

Beign wary or cautiously reluctant

Question 6

Curmudgeon

Answer 6

An ill-tempered person full of stubborn opinions

Question 7

Dirge

Answer 7

A mournful song, especially for a funeral mourning

Question 8

Estimable

Answer 8

Deserving of respect or admiration

Question 9

Euphemism

Answer 9

A mild or polite term used to substitute a harsh or offensive one

Question 10

Excoriate

Answer 10

Criticize strongly; condemn

mnemonic: ex (expose) + cor(core). Imagine someone that is being critized so harshly that they feel like their core is being exposed

Question 11

Exigent

Answer 11

Requiring inmediate action or aid; urgent

Question 12

Haughty

Answer 12

Exhibiting arrogant and condescending pride

Question 13

Heady

Answer 13

Intoxicating or stupefying

Question 14

Impertubable

Answer 14

Nor easily annoyed, upset, or excited, calm

Question 15

Implacable

Answer 15

Not able to be appeased

Question 16

Lambaste

Answer 16

Scold, reprimand, or criticize harshly

Question 17

Miscreant

Answer 17

One who behaved badly, or illegally

Question 18

Peccadillo

Answer 18

A small flawn or sin

Question 19

Philistine

Answer 19

A person who is ignorant or uneducated

Question 20

Relegate

Answer 20

Consign to a place or position of insignificance, lower rank, or inferiority

Question 21

Repugnant

Answer 21

Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

Question 22

Sentimental

Answer 22

Characterized by feelings or nostalgia

Question 23

Squander

Answer 23

Spend profusely or recklessly

mnemonic: squand sounds like squad-squid, when you eat squid you spend reclessly

Question 24

Swindle

Answer 24

Obtain money by fraudulent or deceitful methods

Question 25

Tangible

Answer 25

Capable of being touhed, real or actual

Question 26

Turpitude

Answer 26

Wickedness or moral corruption

Question 27

Unalloyed

Answer 27

Pure, without any adulterations

Question 28

Undercut

Answer 28

Undermine, weaken

Question 29

Wheedle

Answer 29

Attempt to persuade by flattery ## Footnote mnemonic: when someone try to sell you weed they try to persuade you by flattery

Question 30

Xenophobic

Answer 30

Showing a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners