MAT2

Question 1

bawdy

Answer 1

humorously vulgar

Question 2

arrogate

Answer 2

seize and take control without authority

Question 3

ascribe

Answer 3

attribute or credit to

Question 4

aspersion

Answer 4

a disparaging remark

Question 5

astringent

Answer 5

tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue

Question 6

bevy

Answer 6

a flock of birds

Question 7

bilk

Answer 7

cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

Question 8

balk

Answer 8

refuse to comply

Question 9

blandish

Answer 9

praise somewhat dishonestly

Question 10

brusque

Answer 10

marked by rude or peremptory shortness

Question 11

callow

Answer 11

young and inexperienced

Question 12

canny

Answer 12

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

Question 13

clod

Answer 13

a compact mass

Question 14

cloying

Answer 14

overly sweet

Question 15

coy

Answer 15

affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

Question 16

coddle

Answer 16

cook in nearly boiling water

Question 17

commute

Answer 17

a regular journey to and from your place of work

Question 18

consecrate

Answer 18

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

Question 19

contemptuous

Answer 19

expressing extreme scorn

Question 20

contentious

Answer 20

showing an inclination to disagree

Question 21

contrite

Answer 21

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Question 22

contumacious

Answer 22

willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

Question 23

contumelious

Answer 23

arrogantly insolent

Question 24

dichotomy

Answer 24

being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

Question 25

dictum

Answer 25

an authoritative declaration

Question 26

diffidence

Answer 26

lack of self-assurance

Question 27

dirge

Answer 27

a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

Question 28

discretionary

Answer 28

having the ability to act according to your own judgment

Question 29

discursive

Answer 29

tending to cover a wide range of subjects

Question 30

disheveled

Answer 30

in disarray; extremely disorderly

Question 31

disparity

Answer 31

inequality or difference in some respect