Red Reading 11

Question 1

intricate

Answer 1

highly involved or intricate

Question 2

nonchalant

Answer 2

marked by blithe unconcern

Question 3

arbitrary

Answer 3

based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

Question 4

degenerative

Answer 4

of illness

Question 5

denigrating

Answer 5

charge falsely or with malicious intent

Question 6

scoff

Answer 6

showing your contempt by derision

Question 7

denigrate

Answer 7

charge falsely or with malicious intent

Question 8

coalesce

Answer 8

mix together different elements

Question 9

avert

Answer 9

prevent the occurrence of

Question 10

incivility

Answer 10

deliberate discourtesy

Question 11

veracity

Answer 11

unwillingness to tell lies

Question 12

desolate

Answer 12

devastate or ravage

Question 13

petulant

Answer 13

easily irritated or annoyed

Question 14

seditious

Answer 14

in opposition to a civil authority or government

Question 15

vindictive

Answer 15

showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt

Question 16

fastidious

Answer 16

giving and careful attention to detail

Question 17

inoculation

Answer 17

the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity

Question 18

quelled

Answer 18

suppress or crush completely

Question 19

audacious

Answer 19

disposed to venture or take risks

Question 20

deleterious

Answer 20

harmful to living things

Question 21

dithered

Answer 21

an excited state of agitation

Question 22

brazenness

Answer 22

solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point

Question 23

laxity

Answer 23

the quality of being lax and neglectful

Question 24

vacillated

Answer 24

be undecided about something

Question 25

capriciousness

Answer 25

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Question 26

obstinacy

Answer 26

resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

Question 27

exaltation

Answer 27

praise, glorify, or honor

Question 28

perspicacity

Answer 28

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

Question 29

unorthodox

Answer 29

breaking with convention or tradition

Question 30

exoneration

Answer 30

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

Question 31

certitude

Answer 31

total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Question 32

furtiveness

Answer 32

secret and sly or sordid

Question 33

derision

Answer 33

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

Question 34

uncongenial

Answer 34

not suitable to your tastes or needs

Question 35

salubrious

Answer 35

promoting health

Question 36

enmesh

Answer 36

entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

Question 37

acquit

Answer 37

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

Question 38

sporadic

Answer 38

recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

Question 39

profligate

Answer 39

recklessly wasteful

Question 40

mellifluous

Answer 40

pleasing to the ear

Question 41

demureness

Answer 41

take exception to

Question 42

smugness

Answer 42

marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

Question 43

dupes

Answer 43

a person who is tricked or swindled, a person who is tricked or swindled

Question 44

acquisition

Answer 44

an ability that has been acquired by training