Group 31

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

Formally cancel or do away with

mnemonic: a boy is watching a girl through a GATE, then her BROther comes and get rid of the boy. Get rid-cancel

Question 2

Aghast

Answer 2

Shocked or horrified; struck with amazement

mnemonic: A-ghost, when you see a ghost you’re shocked and filled with fear and surprise

Question 3

Apprise

Answer 3

Inform, notify, or advise

mnemonic: imagine someone “lleva prisa” para informar o notificar algo.

Question 4

Beguile

Answer 4

Charm or captative, sometimes in a deceiving way

Mnemonic: Beware of the guy who smiles to trick you. Attract them to deceive them

Question 5

Boon

Answer 5

A good thing; a blessing or a benefit

Boon is like bonus: something helpful

Question 6

Callous

Answer 6

Emotionally unfeeling or insensitive

mnemonic: please call-us, don’t be insensitive and unfeeling

Question 7

Coddle

Answer 7

Pamper or treat with excessive care

mnemonic: coodle souns like cuddle

Question 8

Crescendo

Answer 8

The loudest or highest point of something

Question 9

Extenuating

Answer 9

Lessening seriousness by providing excuses

mnemonic: Give (EX)-cuses to attenuate something

Question 10

Frenetic

Answer 10

Fast-paced or wildly energetic

Question 11

Fringe

Answer 11

Unconventional, extreme, or marginal

mnemonic: it’s so cringe because it’s non-conventional and extreme

Question 12

Hapless

Answer 12

Unlucky or unfortunate

mnemonic: sounds like hopeless. When someone is so unluckt that hey have lost hope

Question 13

Immaculate

Answer 13

Spotlessly clean or free from errors

Question 14

Obfuscate

Answer 14

Obscure or confuse

mnemonic: someone puts (OB)stacles making a (FUS)s to compli(CATE) things, and make them unclear

Question 15

Ossify

Answer 15

Harden or become unchanging

mnemonic: ossify suena como óseo. Cuando te rompes un hueso te ponen un yeso, el cual se pone rígido-duro, imposibilitando que lo puedas cambiar.

Question 16

Pastiche

Answer 16

A work that either imitates the style of multiple other works or combines elements from various works

mnemonic: pastiche-paste. We copy-paste, imitating someonelse’s work or style

Question 17

Perspicacious

Answer 17

Keenly perceptive or understanding

Question 18

Ponderous

Answer 18

Heavy or slow-moving, often due to weight; extremely dull

Ponderous suena como ponderar, imagina una balanza. Balanza-peso. Slow moving because of weight

Question 19

Recluse

Answer 19

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation

mnemonic: re-closed. Closed=hermit

Question 20

Retaliate

Answer 20

Take revenge or counteract

Retaliate sound like a type of italian pasta. Think of italian mafia. If you betray them, mafia will take revenge

Question 21

Rhapsody

Answer 21

An ecstatic expression or feeling or enthusiasm

Think in bohemian-rhapsody. A piece of music that has no formal structure and expresses powerful feelings

Question 22

Serendipitious

Answer 22

Occuring by chance in a fortunate way

Question 23

Shirk

Answer 23

Avoid or neglect a responsability or duty

Mnemonic: think of shark, people avoid sharks

Question 24

Sinecure

Answer 24

A job requiring minimal effort but offering a salary

mnemonic: all ypu have to do is SIgn papers and your job will be seCURE

Question 25

Sinuous

Answer 25

Winding or having many smooth turns ## Footnote Think in the Senna river, which has slight turns

Question 26

Sordid

Answer 26

1. Involving ignoble actions and motives 2. Dirty or squalid ## Footnote mnemonic: SORry I did this DIrty thing

Question 27

Stanch

Answer 27

Stop or reduce the flow of ## Footnote Think as of stop the flow of

Question 28

Surfeit

Answer 28

An excessive amount of something ## Footnote mnemonic: Sir is fat as he eats excessive amounts of food

Question 29

Ulterior

Answer 29

Concealed, typically with a hidden motive ## Footnote Mnemonic: Ultra+interior, which means. Very much inside = hidden

Question 30

Voluble

Answer 30

Speaking a lot, with great ease, often about unimportant matters