Group 3

Question 1

Soliloquy

Answer 1

An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud

Question 2

Apprise

Answer 2

Inform or tell

Question 3

Goad

Answer 3

Provoke or annoy as to stimulate a reaction

Question 4

Aver

Answer 4

To state as a fact. To confirm of support.

Question 5

Anthology

Answer 5

A collection of literacy works by various authors

Question 6

Stanza

Answer 6

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem. A verse

Question 7

Glib

Answer 7

Fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

Question 8

Discourse

Answer 8

Lecture or discussion. Conversation

Question 9

Wheedle

Answer 9

Use flattery or coaxing to persuade someone to do something or give one something

Question 10

Exculpate

Answer 10

Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

Question 11

Cajole

Answer 11

Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

Question 12

Tacit

Answer 12

Understood or implied without being stated

Question 13

Coax

Answer 13

Gently and persistently persuade someone to do something

Question 14

Extemporaneous

Answer 14

Spoken or done without preparation

Question 15

Circumspect

Answer 15

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Question 16

Ornery

Answer 16

Bad-tempered and combative

Question 17

Fulminate

Answer 17

Express Vehement protest. Explode Violently or flash like lightning

Question 18

Imperceptible

Answer 18

Impossible to percieve

Question 19

Adeptness

Answer 19

Skillful performance or ability without difficulty

Question 20

Improvidence

Answer 20

Not provident. Lacking foresight, incautious, unwary. Neglecting to provide for future needs

Question 21

Voluminous

Answer 21

(Clothing) loose and ample. (Writing) very lengthy and full

Question 22

Trying

Answer 22

Difficult or annoying. Hard to endure

Question 23

Balmy

Answer 23

(Weather) pleasantly warm. Extremely foolish, eccentric.

Question 24

Dreary

Answer 24

Dull, bleak, and lifeless. Depressing

Question 25

Contiguous

Answer 25

Sharing a common border. Touching

Question 26

Adjoining

Answer 26

Be next to and joined with

Question 27

Probity

Answer 27

The quality of having strong moral principles. Honesty and decency

Question 28

Chary

Answer 28

Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something

Question 29

Vacuity

Answer 29

Lack of thought or intelligence. Empty headedness

Question 30

Wag

Answer 30

Move or cause to move rapidly

Question 31

Acumen

Answer 31

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions.

Question 32

Alacrity

Answer 32

Brisk and cheerful readiness

Question 33

Solicitous

Answer 33

The act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone

Question 34

Vituperative

Answer 34

Bitter and abusive

Question 35

Pathos

Answer 35

A quality that evokes pity or sadness

Question 36

Pariahs

Answer 36

An outcast

Question 37

Inordinate

Answer 37

Unusually or disproportionally large; excessive

Question 38

Adulation

Answer 38

Obsequious flattery. excessive admiration or praise

Question 39

Vestigial

Answer 39

Forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger and noticeable

Question 40

Trifling

Answer 40

Unimportant or trivial

Question 41

Borne

Answer 41

Past of “to bear” to carry

Question 42

Quibbled

Answer 42

Argue or raise objection about trivial matters

Question 43

Winnowed

Answer 43

Blow air through to remove chaff in grain.

Question 44

Rail

Answer 44

Complain or protest strongly and persistently

Question 45

Militate

Answer 45

To be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing

Question 46

Insure

Answer 46

insurance

Question 47

Urbane

Answer 47

Courteous and refined in manner

Question 48

Vulgar

Answer 48

rude. Of or belonging to the masses

Question 49

Divulge

Answer 49

Make known

Question 50

Ubiquitous

Answer 50

Present, appearing, or found everywhere