Practice pg. 47-51 and 65-67

Question 1

Seminal (P)

Answer 1

Containing or contributing the seeds of later development

Influential, historic, important

Question 2

Diatribe (N)

Answer 2

A bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing

Tirade, attack, rant

Question 3

Contention (N)

Answer 3

A point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument

Argument, assertion, hypothesis, disagreement

Question 4

Apogee (P)

Answer 4

The farthest or highest point

Culmination, pinnacle, top

Question 5

Impasse (N)

Answer 5

A predicament affording no obvious escape

Halt, deadlock, stalemate

Question 6

Impugn (N)

Answer 6

To assail by words or arguments; oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity

Criticize, blame, denounce

Question 7

Acrimony (N)

Answer 7

Anger and bitterness

Hostility, severity, anger

Question 8

Cacophony (N)

Answer 8

Harsh or jarring sound

Noise, roar, rattle

Question 9

Sinecure (N)

Answer 9

An office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income

Question 10

Paltry (N)

Answer 10

Inferior, trashy, mean, despicable, trivial, meager, measly

Question 11

Abhorrent (N)

Answer 11

Causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred

Disgusting, awful, horrible

Question 12

Desultory (N)

Answer 12

Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose

Random, scattered, arbitrary

Question 13

Parsimonious (N)

Answer 13

Frugal to the point of stinginess - giving or sharing as little as possible

Selfish, careful, greedy

Question 14

Truculent (N)

Answer 14

Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

Aggressive, militant, hostile

Question 15

Circumnavigate (?)

Answer 15

To travel completely around

Traverse, circle, orbit

Question 16

Circumvent (N)

Answer 16

To avoid having to comply with something, especially through cleverness

Bypass, avoid, evade

Question 17

Adversaries (N)

Answer 17

One that is hostile toward another

Enemies, opponents, foes

Question 18

Sacrosanct (P)

Answer 18

Not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with

Sacred, holy

Question 19

Pestilential (N)

Answer 19

Causing annoyance

Annoying

Question 20

Annex (?)

Answer 20

To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase

Add, adjoin, append

Question 21

Enmity (N)

Answer 21

A deep-seated ill will

Hostility, grudge, hatred

Question 22

Approbation (P)

Answer 22

An acceptance of something as satisfactory

Approval, favor, blessing

Question 23

Largess (P)

Answer 23

Something given to someone without expectation of a return

Gift, contribution, bestowal

Question 24

Galvanize (P)

Answer 24

To cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings

Excite, thrill, electrify

Question 25

Repudiate (N)

Answer 25

To declare not to be true Deny, reject, refute

Question 26

Miscreant (N)

Answer 26

A mean, evil, or unprincipled person Villain, brute, offender

Question 27

Interloper (N)

Answer 27

A person who meddles in the affairs of others Intruder, spy

Question 28

Duress (N)

Answer 28

The use of power to impose one's will on another Pressure, constraint, compulsion

Question 29

Ebullience (P)

Answer 29

The quality of being cheerful and full of energy Playfulness, enthusiasm, spiritedness

Question 30

Inscrutable (N)

Answer 30

Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain Mysterious, cryptic, enigmatic

Question 31

Mercenary (N)

Answer 31

Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions Greedy, eager, avaricious

Question 32

Draconian (N)

Answer 32

Unnecessarily strict or severe Harsh, brutal, ruthless

Question 33

Insipid (N)

Answer 33

Lacking in taste or flavor Bland, thin, tasteless

Question 34

Prolocutor (?)

Answer 34

A person in charge of a meeting Chairperson, moderator, chairman

Question 35

Despot (N)

Answer 35

A person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way Tyrant, dictator

Question 36

Plegmatic (?)

Answer 36

Not feeling or showing emotion Stoic, calm, stolid

Question 37

Conciliatory (P)

Answer 37

Tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility Placatory, soothing, benevolent

Question 38

Cantankerous (N)

Answer 38

Having or showing a habitually bad temper Irritable, angry, ornery

Question 39

Inscrutable (N)

Answer 39

Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain Mysterious, cryptic, enigmatic

Question 40

Contentious (N)

Answer 40

Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight Aggressive, militant, hostile

Question 41

Ignoble (N)

Answer 41

Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank Low, plebeian, humble

Question 42

Facetious (P)

Answer 42

Given to or marked by mature intelligent humor Witty, humorous, clever