Group 9 & 10

Question 1

Boorish

Answer 1

Rough and bad mannered

Question 2

Brook

Answer 2

Tolerate

Question 3

Circumspect

Answer 3

Wary, Cautious

Question 4

Commensurate

Answer 4

Corresponding to size or degree

Question 5

Comity

Answer 5

Association of nations for their mutual benefit

Question 6

Cordial

Answer 6

Warm and friendly

Question 7

Deleterious

Answer 7

Causing harm

Question 8

Dichotomy

Answer 8

A division between two things that are being opposed and entirely different

Question 9

Edify

Answer 9

Instruct or improve someone morally and intelectually

Question 10

Elicit

Answer 10

Evoke or draw out from someone

Question 11

Erudite

Answer 11

Having or showing great learning or knowledge

Question 12

Fecund

Answer 12

Highly fertile

Question 13

Feeble

Answer 13

Lacking physical strength, lacking strength of character, failing to impress or convince

Question 14

Felicitous

Answer 14

Well chosen or suitable to a suitation

Question 15

Forbear

Answer 15

Refrain from doing something

Question 16

Haphazard

Answer 16

Lacking the obvious principle of an organization

Question 17

Hodgepodge

Answer 17

Confused mixture

Question 18

Impede

Answer 18

Hinder

Question 19

Impetuous

Answer 19

Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

Question 20

Irascible

Answer 20

Showing or having a tendency to be easily angered

Question 21

Mercenary

Answer 21

Professional soldier from a foreign country, earning money at expense of ethics

Question 22

Mordant

Answer 22

Having or showing a sharp or critical quality

Question 23

Outstrip

Answer 23

Exceed

Question 24

Precarious

Answer 24

Not firmly held or in position, dangerously likely to fall or collapse, uncertain

Question 25

Repudiate

Answer 25

Refuse to accept, deny the truth and validity

Question 26

Tact

Answer 26

Skill and sensitivity in dealing with people and difficult issues

Question 27

Trifling

Answer 27

Not important or trivial

Question 28

Acumen

Answer 28

The ability to make good judgments and take quick decisions

Question 29

Antithesis

Answer 29

Contrast or opposition between two things

Question 30

Ascribe

Answer 30

Regard text, quotation or work

Question 31

Befuddled

Answer 31

Unable to think clearly

Question 32

Eschew

Answer 32

Deliberately avoid using, abstain from

Question 33

Esoteric

Answer 33

Likely to be understood by only a small number of people

Question 34

Evasive

Answer 34

Tending to avoid something, not direct

Question 35

Exculpate

Answer 35

Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

Question 36

Expedite

Answer 36

Make happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly

Question 37

Fastidious

Answer 37

Very attentive and concerned with accuracy and detail

Question 38

Feign

Answer 38

Pretend to be affected by feeling, state or injury

Question 39

Furtive

Answer 39

Secretive, suggestive of nervous guiltiness

Question 40

Hamper

Answer 40

Hinder

Question 41

Lament

Answer 41

A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 42

Nonchalant

Answer 42

Calm and relaxed, not displaying anxiety

Question 43

Pensive

Answer 43

Engaged in serious thought

Question 44

Portend

Answer 44

to be a sign or warning that something calamitous is likely to happen

Question 45

Indispensable

Answer 45

Absolute necessary

Question 46

Rudimentary

Answer 46

Limited to basic principles, relating to immature form

Question 47

Salutary

Answer 47

Producing good efforts, beneficial

Question 48

Somnolent

Answer 48

Sleepy, drownsy

Question 49

Stoic

Answer 49

A person who can endure pain without complaining

Question 50

Supersede

Answer 50

Take the place of another, supplant

Question 51

Tout

Answer 51

Attempt to persuade people of merits of

Question 52

Wane

Answer 52

Become weaker or less important gradually

Question 53

Sever

Answer 53

Dividing by cutting or slicing, forcibly or suddenly