Lesson 13

Question 0

Altruistic (adj)

Answer 0

showing an unselfish concern for others; generous

Question 1

Adversity (n)

Answer 1

great trouble or difficulty

Question 2

Animosity (n)

Answer 2

hatred; ill-will

Question 3

Antagonism (n)

Answer 3

hatred or hostility

Question 4

Avaricious (adj)

Answer 4

greedy

Question 5

Baneful (adj)

Answer 5

causing ruin; harmful; deadly

Question 6

Bellicose (adj)

Answer 6

of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent

Question 7

Benevolent (adj)

Answer 7

giving freely and easily to others; charitable; kind

Question 8

Captious (adj)

Answer 8

made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

Question 9

Conflagration (n)

Answer 9

a huge fire, an inferno

Question 10

Confounding (adj)

Answer 10

puzzling; baffling

Question 11

Congenial (adj)

Answer 11

kind

Question 12

Convivial (adj)

Answer 12

sociable, outgoing in a festive way

Question 13

Cordial (adj)

Answer 13

warm and friendly; amiable

Question 14

Cryptic (adj)

Answer 14

hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure

Question 15

Detrimental (adj)

Answer 15

harmful

Question 16

Devious (adj)

Answer 16

dishonest or deceptive; tricky

Question 17

Disputatious (adj)

Answer 17

likely to dispute or argue

Question 18

Frugal (adj)

Answer 18

careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful

Question 19

Gregarious (adj)

Answer 19

sociable, outgoing

Question 20

Iniquitous (adj)

Answer 20

showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious

Question 21

Levity (n)

Answer 21

lightheartedness; carefree disposition, particularly when not appropriate

Question 22

Labyrinth (n)

Answer 22

a maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself

Question 23

Largess (n)

Answer 23

generous giving

Question 24

Miserly (adj)

Answer 24

careful with how money is spent; thrifty

Question 25

Munificent (adj)

Answer 25

very generous

Question 26

Parsimonious (adj)

Answer 26

overly thrifty or miserly

Question 27

Penurious (adj)

Answer 27

stingy; relating to great poverty

Question 28

Polemical (adj)

Answer 28

inclined to argue or debate; controversial

Question 29

Precarious (adj)

Answer 29

dangerous or risky; uncertain

Question 30

Predator (n)

Answer 30

one who takes advantage or, exploits or feeds on another

Question 31

Prodigal (adj)

Answer 31

wasteful

Question 32

Pugnacious (adj)

Answer 32

war-like; eager to fight; belligerent

Question 33

Quagmire (n)

Answer 33

a difficult or troubling situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire

Question 34

Quandary (n)

Answer 34

a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation

Question 35

Thrifty (adj)

Answer 35

showing care with how money and resources are spend or used

Question 36

Turbulence (n)

Answer 36

great unrest; turmoil or disorder

Question 37

Turmoil (n)

Answer 37

a difficult situation; great unrest