Lesson 12

Question 0

Alacrity

Answer 0

Prompt and cheerful response

Question 1

Abridge

Answer 1

To shorten, to diminish

Question 2

Antipathy

Answer 2

A dislike, distaste, or enmity

Question 3

Augment

Answer 3

To make greater or to supplement

Question 4

Bombastic

Answer 4

Using inflated languages, pompous

Question 5

Decry

Answer 5

To speak against, to rail against, to disparage

Question 6

Eclectic

Answer 6

Coming from a variety of diverse sources

Question 7

Enhance

Answer 7

To make better, to put improve

Question 8

Euphonious

Answer 8

Pleasant or agreeable (sound); Dulcet

Question 9

Fervid

Answer 9

Ardent, burning, impassioned

Question 10

Impecunious

Answer 10

Without money

Question 11

Ingratiate

Answer 11

To make an effort to gain good favor with someone

Question 12

Luxuriant

Answer 12

Abundant in growth, very fertile

Question 13

Paltry

Answer 13

Trifling; petty ; worthless

Question 14

Pedantry

Answer 14

Act of showing off learning in a manner that is needless and unimaginative

Question 15

Placid

Answer 15

Peaceful, calm

Question 16

Preclude

Answer 16

To make impossible

Question 17

Promonitory

Answer 17

Land or rock projecting into a body of water

Question 18

Raze

Answer 18

To completely destroy

Question 19

Secular

Answer 19

Nonreligious, worldly

Question 20

Static (adj.)

Answer 20

Having no motion, showing little change

Question 21

Tact

Answer 21

A keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situation

Question 22

Torpid

Answer 22

Sluggish, in active, dull

Question 23

Vindicated

Answer 23

Cleared of accusation of all charges

Question 24

Vindictive

Answer 24

Revengeful, spiteful