Semester 1

Question 1

Ardently

Answer 1

Very enthusiastic and showing strong feelings about something/someone

Question 2

Ascertaining

Answer 2

Finding out the true or correct information about something

Question 3

Benevolently

Answer 3

Doing something/acting in a kind or helpful way

Question 4

Conciliating

Answer 4

Friendly and kind in manner or way of being

Question 4

Commencement

Answer 4

Beginning

Question 5

Countenance

Answer 5

A person’s face or expression

Question 6

Dauntless

Answer 6

Not easily frightened or stopped from doing something

Question 7

Desolation

Answer 7

A place empty and without people

Question 8

Diffusing

Answer 8

Something being spread out or spread in many directions

Question 9

Enticements

Answer 9

Something that you offer to somebody in order to persuade them to go somewhere or do something

Question 10

Entreated/Intreated

Answer 10

To ask somebody to do something in a serious and often emotional way

Question 11

Forebodings

Answer 11

Strong feelings that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen

Question 12

Inexorable

Answer 12

Something/someone that cannot be stopped or changed

Question 13

Inuring

Answer 13

To make somebody/yourself get used to something unpleasant so that they/you are no longer strongly affected by it

Question 14

Niche

Answer 14

A comfortable or suitable job, role, way of life, etc.

Question 15

Perpetual

Answer 15

Continuing for a long period of time without stopping or being interrupted

Question 16

Trifling

Answer 16

Small and not important

Question 17

Asylum

Answer 17

A shelter from danger or hardship

Question 18

Avidity

Answer 18

A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

Question 19

Benevolence

Answer 19

Being kind, helpful, and generous

Question 20

Cordial

Answer 20

Polite, warm, and friendly

Question 21

Dogmatism

Answer 21

Stating opinions in a strong way and not accepting anyone else’s opinions

Question 22

Filial

Answer 22

Meaning the generation following the parent’s generation

Question 23

Inclemency

Answer 23

Unpleasant weather, especially cold and rainy

Question 24

Lineaments

Answer 24

Any of the features of the body, usually of the face (especially with regard to its outline)

Question 25

Mien

Answer 25

A person's appearance, manner, or demeanor

Question 26

Pedantry

Answer 26

Paying too much attention to small details or rules

Question 27

Pertinacity

Answer 27

Determined to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties or opposition

Question 28

Preposess

Answer 28

To influence in advance for or against a person

Question 29

Recompensing

Answer 29

To do something for somebody to give them a payment for something that they have suffered

Question 30

Repugnance

Answer 30

A very strong feeling of dislike for something

Question 31

Unremitting

Answer 31

Never stopping

Question 32

Adduced

Answer 32

To give reasons why you think something is true

Question 33

Dilatoriness

Answer 33

Lateness or delay in coming

Question 34

Docile

Answer 34

Quiet, not aggressive, and easily controlled

Question 35

Exculpated

Answer 35

To remove blame for someone

Question 36

Ingonimious

Answer 36

Deserving blame or shame, bringing blame or shame

Question 37

Perambulations

Answer 37

Slow walks or journeys around a place (especially those for fun)

Question 38

Prognosticate

Answer 38

Make a prediction about, tell in advance

Question 39

Salubrious

Answer 39

Clean and healthy

Question 40

Ascend

Answer 40

To rise, to go up, to climb

Question 41

Barbarous

Answer 41

Inflicting pain or suffering

Question 42

Disoluble

Answer 42

Dissolved or disintegrated

Question 43

Enigmatic

Answer 43

Mysterious or difficult to understand

Question 44

Impervious

Answer 44

Not affected or influenced by something

Question 45

Incommoded

Answer 45

Caused difficulties or problems for someone

Question 46

Luxuriant

Answer 46

Produced or growing thickly and strongly

Question 47

Multiplicity

Answer 47

A great number and variety of something

Question 48

Opaque

Answer 48

Not clear enough to see through or allow light through

Question 49

Pensive

Answer 49

Thinking deeply about something, especially because you are sad or worried

Question 50

Perpendicularity

Answer 50

Uprightness

Question 51

Plaited

Answer 51

To twist three or more long pieces of hair, rope, etc. together to make one long piece

Question 52

Precipitous

Answer 52

Very steep, high and often dangerous

Question 53

Purloined

Answer 53

To steal something or use it without permission

Question 54

Scion

Answer 54

A descendant or heir; younger member of family

Question 55

Tenets

Answer 55

Basic principles or beliefs that are accepted as true

Question 56

Uncouth

Answer 56

Rude or socially unacceptable

Question 57

Venerable

Answer 57

A person or thing deserving of respect because they are old, important, wise, etc.

Question 58

Zeal

Answer 58

Having great energy or enthusiasm connected with something that you feel strongly about