List III

Question 0

Condescending

Answer 0

Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority

Question 1

Haughty

Answer 1

Arrogantly superior and disdainful

Question 2

Jovial

Answer 2

Happy, friendly

Question 3

Surly

Answer 3

Bad-tempered and unfriendly

Question 4

Miser

Answer 4

Person who boards wealth and spends as little money as possible

Question 5

Lithe

Answer 5

Thin, supple, and graceful

Question 6

Lurid

Answer 6

Very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

Question 7

Platitude

Answer 7

A statement that expresses an idea that is not new

Question 8

Trite

Answer 8

Not interesting or effective because of being used too often

Question 10

Lucidity

Answer 10

Free from obscurity and easy to understand

Question 11

Emancipated

Answer 11

Free from legal, social, or political restrictions

Question 12

Missive

Answer 12

A letter, especially a long or official one

Question 13

Magnanimous

Answer 13

Very generous or forgiving, especially to one less powerful

Question 14

Assuage

Answer 14

Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

Question 15

Mitigate

Answer 15

Make less severe, serious, or painful

Question 16

Repudiate

Answer 16

Refuse to accept or be associated with

Question 17

Judicious

Answer 17

Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

Question 18

Unfettered

Answer 18

Release from restraint or inhibition

Question 19

Imprudent

Answer 19

Not showing care for the consequences of an action

Question 20

Circumspect

Answer 20

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Question 21

Trifling

Answer 21

Unimportant or trivial

Question 22

Drawl

Answer 22

Speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds

Question 23

Invidious

Answer 23

(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others

Question 24

Evanescent

Answer 24

Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing

Question 25

Panegyric

Answer 25

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

Question 26

Polemic

Answer 26

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

Question 27

Impartial

Answer 27

Treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just

Question 28

Verbose

Answer 28

Using or expressed in more words than are needed

Question 29

Depraved

Answer 29

Morally corrupt; wicked

Question 30

Propriety

Answer 30

The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals

Question 31

Wantonness

Answer 31

Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

Question 32

Effulgence

Answer 32

Radiant splendor

Question 33

Hedonism

Answer 33

The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence

Question 34

Antiquity

Answer 34

The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages

Question 35

Soothsayer

Answer 35

A person supposed to be able to foresee the future

Question 36

Prognostication

Answer 36

The action of foretelling or prophesying future events