set 1

Question 1

chauvinism

Answer 1

undue partiality to a group place to which one belongs, excessive or blind patriotism

Question 2

perspicacious

Answer 2

of acute mental vision or discernment, keen

Question 3

insalubrious

Answer 3

not conducive to health, unwholesome

Question 4

propitious

Answer 4

good omen, tending to favor, advantageous, benevolent

Question 5

pernicious

Answer 5

highly destructive, deadly

Question 6

gregarious

Answer 6

sociable, outgoing

Question 7

intrepid

Answer 7

resolute fearlessness, fortitude, endurance

Question 8

effulgent

Answer 8

radiant splendor, brilliant

Question 9

complaisant

Answer 9

inclination to please, often consent to other’s wishes

Question 10

impecunious

Answer 10

habitually having little to no money

Question 11

prodigal

Answer 11

wasteful expenditure, yield abundantly

Question 12

indemnify

Answer 12

secure against or make compensation for damage, hurt, loss, etc.

Question 13

decorous

Answer 13

marked by propriety and good taste, correct

Question 14

abstemious

Answer 14

reflecting restraint, especially in consuming food/alcohol

Question 15

indolent

Answer 15

lazy, causing little to no pain or slow to heal

Question 16

abscond

Answer 16

leave secretly

Question 17

aggrandize

Answer 17

to increase in power, influence, and reputation

Question 18

antipathy

Answer 18

extreme dislike

Question 19

ardor

Answer 19

intense and passionate feeling

Question 20

bombastic

Answer 20

pompous in speech and manner

Question 21

castigate

Answer 21

to punish or criticize harshly

Question 22

chicanery

Answer 22

deception by means of craft or guile

Question 23

cogent

Answer 23

convincing and well-reasoned

Question 24

deride

Answer 24

to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock

Question 25

desultory

Answer 25

jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

Question 26

diatribe

Answer 26

an abusive, condemnatory speech

Question 27

diffident

Answer 27

lack of self-confidence

Question 28

dilatory

Answer 28

slow to act

Question 29

disabuse

Answer 29

to set right; to free from error

Question 30

disparate

Answer 30

fundamentally different, entirely unlike

Question 31

dissemble

Answer 31

to present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character

Question 32

elegy

Answer 32

a sorrowful poem or speech

Question 33

enervate

Answer 33

to reduce in strength

Question 34

estimable

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admirable

Question 35

exculpate

Answer 35

to clear from blame; prove innocent

Question 36

exigent

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urgent; requiring immediate action

Question 37

florid

Answer 37

excessively decorated or embellished

Question 38

iconoclast

Answer 38

one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

Question 39

inchoate

Answer 39

not fully formed; disorganized

Question 40

inimical

Answer 40

hostile, unfriendly

Question 41

insipid

Answer 41

lacking interest or flavor