Lesson 10

Question 0

Amalgam (n)

Answer 0

A combination of diverse elements; a mixture

Question 1

Alleviate (v)

Answer 1

To ease a pain or burden; to make less

Question 2

Ambiguous (adj)

Answer 2

Unclear; open to more than one interpretation

Question 3

Ambivalent (adj)

Answer 3

Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain

Question 4

Ameliorate (v)

Answer 4

To make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension

Question 5

Apathetic (adj)

Answer 5

Feeling or showing little emotion

Question 6

Belie (v)

Answer 6

To misrepresent or disguise

Question 7

Beneficial (adj)

Answer 7

Producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful

Question 8

Capricious (adj)

Answer 8

Impulsive and unpredictable

Question 9

Complement (n)

Answer 9

Something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection

Question 10

Curative (adj)

Answer 10

Able to heal or cure

Question 11

Debunk (v)

Answer 11

To expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims

Question 12

Dubious (adj)

Answer 12

Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

Question 13

Duplicitous (adj)

Answer 13

Deliberately deceptive

Question 14

Epitome (n)

Answer 14

A perfect example or representative of

Question 15

Equivocal (adj)

Answer 15

Intended to mislead; ambiguous

Question 16

Erratic (adj)

Answer 16

Markedly inconsistent

Question 17

Fabricate (v)

Answer 17

To lie; to make up in order to deceive

Question 18

Fallacy (n)

Answer 18

A false notion

Question 19

Felicitous (adj)

Answer 19

Admirably suite; apt

Question 20

Flag (v)

Answer 20

To decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop

Question 21

Impetuous (adj)

Answer 21

Suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional; immature

Question 22

Impetus (n)

Answer 22

A driving force or stimulus

Question 23

Inundate (v)

Answer 23

To overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp

Question 24

Mendacious (adj)

Answer 24

Lying; untruthful

Question 25

Multifarious (adj)

Answer 25

Diverse; various

Question 26

Multiplicity (n)

Answer 26

State of being various; a great number

Question 27

Onerous (adj)

Answer 27

Troublesome or oppressive, burdensome

Question 28

Palliative (adj)

Answer 28

Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease

Question 29

Specious (adj)

Answer 29

Having the ring of truth but actually false

Question 30

Sporadic (adj)

Answer 30

Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time

Question 31

Temporal (adj)

Answer 31

Of, relating to, or limited by time

Question 32

Therapeutic (adj)

Answer 32

Having or exhibiting healing power

Question 33

Ubiquitous (adj)

Answer 33

Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

Question 34

Vacillate (v)

Answer 34

To sway from one side to the other

Question 35

Vicarious (adj)

Answer 35

Felt as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

Question 36

Vignette (n)

Answer 36

A short scene or story

Question 37

Whimsical (adj)

Answer 37

Unpredictable; carefree