Part 1

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

Moderate/subside/less intense

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

Abnormal/deviant

Question 3

Abeyance

Answer 3

Suspended action/temporarily inactive

Question 4

Abscond

Answer 4

Depart secretly and leave

Question 5

Abstemious

Answer 5

Sparring in food and water / temperate

Question 6

Admonish

Answer 6

Warn/reprove

Question 7

Adulterate

Answer 7

Make impure

Question 8

Aesthetic

Answer 8

Artistic / dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful

Question 9

Aggregate

Answer 9

Collect/gather/accumulate

Question 10

Alacrity

Answer 10

Eagerness/cheerful promptness

Question 11

Alleviate

Answer 11

Relieve

Question 12

Amalgamate

Answer 12

Mix/combine/unite in one body

Question 13

Ambiguous

Answer 13

Unclear/doubtful in meaning

Question 14

Ambivalence

Answer 14

State of having contradictory or conflicting emotional states

Question 15

Ameliorate

Answer 15

Improve

Question 16

Anachronism

Answer 16

Something or someone misplaced in time

Question 17

Analogous

Answer 17

Comparable

Question 18

Anarchy

Answer 18

Absence of governing body/ state of disorder

Question 19

Anomalous

Answer 19

Irregular/abnormal

Question 20

Antipathy

Answer 20

Aversion/dislike

Question 21

Apathy

Answer 21

Lack of care/ lack of interest/indifference

Question 22

Appease

Answer 22

Pacify/please/soothe/relieve

Question 23

Approbation

Answer 23

Approval

Question 24

Apprise

Answer 24

Inform/advice

Question 25

Appropriate (verb)

Answer 25

Acquire/take possession for one's own use

Question 26

Arduous

Answer 26

Hard/strenuous

Question 27

Artless

Answer 27

Open and honest

Question 28

Ascetic

Answer 28

Practicing self-denial/controlling himself/monk

Question 29

Assiduous

Answer 29

Diligent/hard working

Question 30

Assuage (verb)

Answer 30

Ease or lessen (pain)/satisfy (hunger)/soothe (anger)

Question 31

Attenuate

Answer 31

Make thinner/reduced effect/reduce force

Question 32

Audacious

Answer 32

Bold/daring

Question 33

Austere

Answer 33

Strict/forbiddingly stern/severely simple and unornamented

Question 34

Autonomous

Answer 34

Self-governing/independent

Question 35

Aver

Answer 35

Assert confidently/ declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact