Reading 8 List 15

Question 1

Anathema

Answer 1

A detested person, and accused person

Question 2

Ascetic

Answer 2

Practices rigorous self-discipline

Question 3

Benign

Answer 3

Pleasant and beneficial , kindness

Question 4

Chronicler

Answer 4

A storytelling

Question 5

Condemned

Answer 5

Strongly disapproved, pronounced guilty

Question 6

Culprit

Answer 6

Criminal

Question 7

Deleterious

Answer 7

Harmful

Question 8

Diminution

Answer 8

Diminishing, going down, becoming less

Question 9

Droll

Answer 9

Comical in an odd or whimsical manner

Question 10

Enigmatic

Answer 10

Not clear to the understanding

Question 11

Exigent

Answer 11

Urgent, requiring precise accuracy, demanding attention

Question 12

Fecund

Answer 12

Capable of producing offspring or vegetation, intellectually productive

Question 13

Garrulity

Answer 13

The quality of being wordy or talkative

Question 14

Iconoclastic

Answer 14

Someone who attacks cherished ideas of traditional institutions, a destroyer of religious images

Question 15

Incompetent

Answer 15

Not qualified or suited for purpose, not doing a good job not meeting requirements

Question 16

Innocuous

Answer 16

Not injurious to physical and mental health, not causing disapproval

Question 17

Irrational

Answer 17

Not consistent or within real reason

Question 18

Lucrative

Answer 18

Producing a sizable profit

Question 19

Motif

Answer 19

Theme or idea

Question 20

Nefarious

Answer 20

Extremely wicked

Question 21

Oblique

Answer 21

Slanting, inclining away from what’s proper

Question 22

Palatial

Answer 22

Suitable for a palace, palace-like

Question 23

Paucity

Answer 23

Insufficient quantity or number

Question 24

Pious

Answer 24

Showing reverence or respect for a diety or God

Question 25

Practical

Answer 25

Put to a useful purpose

Question 26

Pretentious

Answer 26

Arrogant, intended to attract attention

Question 27

Prolific

Answer 27

Intellectually productive, bearing an abundance of offspring

Question 28

Prurient

Answer 28

Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, lust

Question 29

Rancor

Answer 29

Feeling deep bitter anger

Question 30

Reprimand

Answer 30

To criticize or rebuke formally

Question 31

Ruse

Answer 31

Deceptive moves in order to avoid being caught

Question 32

Skeptical

Answer 32

Doubtful

Question 33

Surfeit

Answer 33

Excessively full

Question 34

Temperament

Answer 34

Usual mood or character

Question 35

Trenchant

Answer 35

Vigorous, forceful, keen

Question 36

Unambiguous

Answer 36

Having a single clear defined meaning

Question 37

Unerring

Answer 37

Not prone to errors

Question 38

Upheaval

Answer 38

Ride or violent disturbance

Question 39

Vexatious

Answer 39

Causing irritation or annoyance

Question 40

Vulnerable

Answer 40

Prone to being hurt, easy

Question 41

Zephyr

Answer 41

Greek god of west wind, slight wind

Question 42

Adapt

Answer 42

Make fit for