Group 5.1

Question 1

Anesthetic

Answer 1

a substance that causes insensibility and removes pain

Question 2

Antipathy

Answer 2

aversion; dislike

Question 3

Arbitrary

Answer 3

subject to change or individual whim; without definite reason

Question 4

Astrologer

Answer 4

a person who believes that stars and planets influence human action and attempts to predict the future by studying their positions

Question 5

Aversion

Answer 5

an intense feeling of dislike or disgust

Question 6

Banal

Answer 6

lacking originality; commonplace

Question 7

Bent

Answer 7

an inclination or tendency

Question 8

Compensation

Answer 8

payment given for services rendered or for loss

Question 9

Compliant

Answer 9

yielding or submissive; amenable

Question 10

Condone

Answer 10

to approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive

Question 11

Convention

Answer 11

a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

Question 12

Correspond

Answer 12

to exist in agreement or conformity to harmonize

Question 13

Defer

Answer 13

to yield; to submit; to bow

Question 14

Dogma

Answer 14

doctrine or set of religious principles

Question 15

Ensure

Answer 15

to guarantee or to make certain

Question 16

Equivocal

Answer 16

ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain

Question 17

Extraneous

Answer 17

not vital or pertinent; irrelevant

Question 18

Fortuitous

Answer 18

happenings by fortunate accident or chance

Question 19

Frugality

Answer 19

thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial mattters

Question 20

Illusory

Answer 20

deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression

Question 21

Indifferent

Answer 21

having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

Question 22

Insipid

Answer 22

without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

Question 23

Inured

Answer 23

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 24

Miser

Answer 24

an individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy