List 6

Question 1

abhor

Answer 1

(v) regard with disgust and hatred

Question 2

boisterous

Answer 2

(adj) noisy, energetic, and cheerful / stormy (weather)

Question 3

chivalrous

Answer 3

(adj) gallant especially towards women

Question 4

churlish

Answer 4

(adj) rude in a mean-spirited way

Question 5

clandestine

Answer 5

(adj) secretive

Question 6

complacent

Answer 6

(adj) showing uncritical satisfaction with one or one self’s achievements

Question 7

cumbersome

Answer 7

(adj) large and heavy therefore difficult to carry / complicated, inefficient

Question 8

debilitating

Answer 8

(adj) making some some weak and infirm / hinder

Question 9

deliberate

Answer 9

(adj) done with clear intention

Question 10

droll

Answer 10

(adj) curious or unusual in way that provoke dry amusement

Question 11

eccentric

Answer 11

(adj) unconventional and slightly strange

Question 12

fractious

Answer 12

(adj) unruly / irritable and quarrelsome

Question 13

limpid

Answer 13

(adj) completely clear and visible

Question 14

mawkish

Answer 14

(adj) sentimental in the wrong or false way

Question 15

obeisance

Answer 15

(n) respect in the deferential way

Question 16

ostentious

Answer 16

(Adj) characterized by showy display / designed to impress

Question 17

panacea

Answer 17

(n) solution or remedy to all problems or diseases

Question 18

perfunctory

Answer 18

(adj) carried out without interest / desultory

Question 19

perilous

Answer 19

(adj) fall of danger or risk

Question 20

pervasive

Answer 20

(adj) unwelcome influence spread out throughout an area or a group of people

Question 21

preclude

Answer 21

(v) prevent from happening

Question 22

predilection

Answer 22

(n) a special liking for something

Question 23

rapacious

Answer 23

(adj) excessively greedy or grasping

Question 24

relish

Answer 24

(adj) great enjoyment / pleasurable anticipation

Question 25

satirical

Answer 25

(adj) contain satire / mocking of others

Question 26

sham

Answer 26

(n) someone who pretends to be who they are not

Question 27

skirt

Answer 27

(adj) along or around the edge / avoid dealing with

Question 28

sluggish

Answer 28

(adj) low energy / slow moving

Question 29

spartan

Answer 29

(adj) austere or lack of comfort / frugal / harsh

Question 30

truculent

Answer 30

(adj) eager to argue / aggressively defiant

Question 31

acrimonious

Answer 31

(adj) bitter, angry

Question 32

belligerent

Answer 32

(adj) hostile and aggressive

Question 33

beneficient

Answer 33

(adj) generous and doing good

Question 34

canny

Answer 34

(adj) showing shrewdness and good judgement especially in money or business

Question 35

cavalier

Answer 35

(v) dashing man as a lady's escort / showing lack of concern

Question 36

distressed

Answer 36

(adj) suffered from extreme anxiety, anger or pain

Question 37

dwindling

Answer 37

(adj) gradually decreasing in size, strength or number

Question 38

eclipse

Answer 38

(v) deprive something of power or significance

Question 39

encyclopedia

Answer 39

(adj) comprehensive in term of data or information

Question 40

exacerbate

Answer 40

(v) make the problem worse

Question 41

fungible

Answer 41

(adj) mutually interchangeable

Question 42

hackneyed

Answer 42

(adj) overused / trite

Question 43

incongruous

Answer 43

(adj) not in harmony with surrounding

Question 44

interchangeable

Answer 44

(adj) apparently identical

Question 45

laconic

Answer 45

(adj) using very few words / reticent

Question 46

lucrative

Answer 46

(adj) providing good profit or opportunities

Question 47

magisterial

Answer 47

(adj) domineering, dictatorial

Question 48

onerous

Answer 48

(adj) requiring great deal of efforts, trouble, or burdensome

Question 49

opprobrium

Answer 49

(v) harsh criticism or censure

Question 50

parsimonious

Answer 50

(adj) very unwilling to spend money

Question 51

peripheral

Answer 51

(adj) minor important / marginal

Question 52

provocative

Answer 52

(adj) causing anger or another strong reaction / annoying

Question 53

renounce

Answer 53

(v) formally declare one's abandonment

Question 54

tempestuous

Answer 54

(adj) characterize by strong or conflicting emotions

Question 55

tenable

Answer 55

(adj) defensible

Question 56

transgression

Answer 56

(n) an act that goes against law

Question 57

urbane

Answer 57

(adj) courteous and refined in manners

Question 58

verisimilitude

Answer 58

(n) the appearance of being true or real

Question 59

vitiate

Answer 59

(v) spoil or impair the quality of something

Question 60

exasperated

Answer 60

(adj) intensely irritated and frustrated