Group 4

Question 1

penury

Answer 1

Extreme poverty

Question 2

Disabuse

Answer 2

Persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken. To undeceive, to set right.

Question 3

Hedonism

Answer 3

The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self indulgence

Question 4

Effrontery

Answer 4

Insolent or impertinent behavior

Question 5

Obfuscate

Answer 5

Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. Confuse someone

Question 6

Dissemble

Answer 6

Conceal ones true motive, feeling, or beliefs

Question 7

Occlude

Answer 7

Stop, close up or obstruct an opening, orifice, or passage

Question 8

Stratify

Answer 8

Arrange, classify

Question 9

Rancorous

Answer 9

Characterized by bitterness or resentment

Question 10

Amity

Answer 10

A friendly relationship

Question 11

Bile

Answer 11

Fluid in stomach. Anger, irritability

Question 12

Détente

Answer 12

The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries

Question 13

Assignations

Answer 13

An appointment to meet someone in secret; typically made by lovers. The allocation or attribution of something or someone as belonging to someone

Question 14

Ebullience

Answer 14

The quality of being cheerful and full of energy

Question 15

Vitriol

Answer 15

Cruel and bitter criticism

Question 16

Despondent

Answer 16

In low spirit from loss of hope or courage

Question 17

Disavows

Answer 17

Deny any responsibility or support for.

Question 18

Conjecture

Answer 18

An opinion of conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Question 19

Purport

Answer 19

Appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely. The meaning or substance of something, typically a document or speech

Question 20

Avow

Answer 20

Assert or confess openly

Question 21

Preclude

Answer 21

Prevent from happening; make impossible

Question 22

Forestalls

Answer 22

Prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time

Question 23

Engenders

Answer 23

Cause or give rise to

Question 24

Negates

Answer 24

Nullify; make ineffective. Deny the existence of something. Make negative in meaning

Question 25

Abate

Answer 25

Become less intense or widespread. Cause to become smaller or less intense. lessen reduce or remove.

Question 26

Accord

Answer 26

Give or grant someone (power, status or recognition). Be harmonious or consistent with.

Question 27

Abrogate

Answer 27

Repeal or do away with (Law, right, or formal agreement)

Question 28

Preempted

Answer 28

Take action in order to prevent an anticipated event from happening. Interrupt or replace.

Question 29

Stifles

Answer 29

Make someone unable to breath properly, suffocate. Restrain a reaction or stop oneself acting on emotion. Prevent or constrain an activity or idea.

Question 30

Celerity

Answer 30

Move swiftly

Question 31

Assimilate

Answer 31

Take in information and understand fully. Absorb and integrate (culture, ideas) into a wider culture. Cause something to resemble

Question 32

Disburse

Answer 32

Pay out money from a fund

Question 33

Dissent

Answer 33

The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.

Question 34

Tangentially

Answer 34

In a way that related only slightly to a matter. Peripherally. In the manner, position, or direction of a tangent

Question 35

Virtuoso

Answer 35

An individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field

Question 36

Bent

Answer 36

An inclination or tendency

Question 37

Inured

Answer 37

Accustom to something, especially something unpleasant. Come into operation; take effect

Question 38

Penchant

Answer 38

A strong or habitual liking or tendency to do something

Question 39

Propensity

Answer 39

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

Question 40

Qualms

Answer 40

An uneasy feeling of doubt, or fear, especially about one's own conduct

Question 41

Defer

Answer 41

Put off for a later time, prospone

Question 42

Prone

Answer 42

Likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcomed

Question 43

Facile

Answer 43

Appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue. Superficial

Question 44

Inadvertent

Answer 44

Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning

Question 45

Insular

Answer 45

Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or people outside one's own experience.

Question 46

Forgo

Answer 46

Omit or declined to take something pleasant or valuable; go without

Question 47

Impoverished

Answer 47

Make a person or area poor. Exhaust the strength or vitality of something

Question 48

Incommensurate

Answer 48

Out of keeping or in proportion with

Question 49

Thwart

Answer 49

Prevent someone from accomplishing something

Question 50

Apoplectic

Answer 50

Overcome with anger; extremely indignant .