Level V

Question 1

Voluble

Answer 1

Talkative, talking much and easily, and usually at great length

Question 2

Commiserate

Answer 2

share in someone’s misery, to sympathize, feel or express sympathy, show sorrow or pity for

Question 3

Dilemma

Answer 3

A predicament in which one must choose between equally undesirable alternatives

Question 4

Transitory

Answer 4

Passing, temporary, fleeting, not permanent or enduring

Question 5

Philanthropic

Answer 5

Motivated by or done out of a desire to help or improve the welfare of others; Charitable, benevolent, humane

Question 6

Lethargy

Answer 6

Lack of energy, sluggishness; dull, drowsy, inactive condition or state of mind

Question 7

Exonerate

Answer 7

To free from blame, declare blameless or innocent

Question 8

Pugnacious

Answer 8

Given to fight, combative, quarrelsome, ready and willing to fight

Question 9

Contrition

Answer 9

Remorse, penitence, repentance, deep and devastating sorrow for something one has done wrong

Question 10

Abrogate

Answer 10

To cancel, revoke, or abolish by legal or authoritative action or decree

Question 11

Ebullience

Answer 11

Lively enthusiasm, high spirits, bubbly excitement; exhilaration

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

Impenetrable, incapable of being entered or passed though; unable to be moved or affected by something

Question 13

Remonstrate

Answer 13

To object, protest, reprove, rebuke, argue or plead against

Question 14

Efface

Answer 14

To rub out, wipe out, obliterate, erase; also, to make oneself inconspicuous

Question 15

Chimera

Answer 15

A foolish, fancy, fantastic notion or idea; figment of the imagination; an absurd and fabulous creation of the mind

Question 16

Incorrigible

Answer 16

Bad beyond correction or reform, hopeless; also unruly unmanageable, difficult to control

Question 17

Juxtapose

Answer 17

To place side-by-side or close together, especially so as to compare or contrast

Question 18

Conversant

Answer 18

Familiar, acquainted, we’ll-informed or versed; versed

Question 19

Esoteric

Answer 19

Intended for or design to be understood only by a select group, known only by a few people; not public, secret, confidential

Synonyms: mysterious, inscrutable, cryptic

Question 20

Auspicious

Answer 20

Favorable, fortunate; conducive to success

Question 21

Itinerant

Answer 21

Traveling about, wandering, moving from place to place

Question 22

Cull

Answer 22

To pick out, select from various sources, gather, collect

Question 23

Promulgate

Answer 23

To make known, publish, proclaim, to make publish in an official manner

Question 24

Gratuitous

Answer 24

Free, given without charge or obligation; also, without legitimate cause or reason, un-called for, unjustified, baseless, unwarranted

Question 25

Nomenclature

Answer 25

A system of names, especially a system of names used in a science, art, or branch of knowledge

Question 26

Droll

Answer 26

Amusing, humorous, comical; especially, funny or witty in an outrageous way

Question 27

Insatiable

Answer 27

Greedy, hungry, unable to be satisfied or appeased

Question 28

Beguile

Answer 28

To deceive, delude, or mislead; also; to charm, amuse, or delight

Question 29

Vindictive

Answer 29

Seeking or wanting revenge, vengeful, characterized by a desire to get even

Question 30

Replete

Answer 30

Fully or richly supplied, well-stocked, filled to capacity

Question 31

Preclude

Answer 31

To prevent, make impossible, exclude or shut off all possibility of something happening

Question 32

Castigate

Answer 32

To punish or criticize severely

Question 33

Colloquial

Answer 33

Conversational; pertaining to, characteristic of, or used in spoken language; hence, informal, casual, natural

Question 34

Obfuscate

Answer 34

To make obscure, cloud over, darken, to make unclear or indistinct Synonyms: confuse, complicate, muddle

Question 35

Facile

Answer 35

Easy, easily done, performed or achieve in an easy, effortless way; working or acting on a smooth, free, and all restrained manner

Question 36

Convivial

Answer 36

Sociable, merry, festive | Synonyms: affable, gregarious

Question 37

Eschew

Answer 37

To avoid, shun, abstain from; to keep away from something harmful, wrong, or distasteful

Question 38

Prodigious

Answer 38

Enormous, huge, tremendous, immense; extraordinary in size, extent, force, or degree

Question 39

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 39

A peculiarity, distinctive characteristics of a person or group, and identify trait or mannerism

Question 40

Approbation

Answer 40

Approval, acceptance; especially, official approval or authorization

Question 41

Officious

Answer 41

Meddlesome, nosy, intrusive, interfering, prying; specifically, offering unwanted advice or unnecessary service, especially in an overbearing way

Question 41

Intractable

Answer 41

Hard to manage or control, stubborn, unruly

Question 41

Altruism

Answer 41

Selflessness, unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 41

Accolade

Answer 41

An award; sign of respect or esteem; expression of praise; mark of acknowledgment

Question 41

Vernacular

Answer 41

The native language of a people, especially, the common everyday language of people as opposed to the literary or cultured language

Question 41

Judicious

Answer 41

Wise and careful, having or showing sound judgement

Question 41

Chrysalis

Answer 41

The pups of a butterfly; the stage in the development during which an insect is enclosed in a case or cocoon; also a sheltered and undeveloped state or state of being

Question 41

Genteel

Answer 41

Refined, polite, we’ll-bred, sophisticated, elegantly stylish or fashionable, pertaining or belonging to high society

Question 41

Jovial

Answer 41

Merry, full of good humor, hearty and fun loving, jolly, convivial

Question 41

Subterfuge

Answer 41

A deception, trick, underhanded scheme