set 4

Question 1

mendacious

Answer 1

Characterized by falsehood or deception

Question 2

duplicitous

Answer 2

deceitful, containing more than one allegation (law)

Question 3

artless

Answer 3

without guile or deception, without effort, pretentiousness, skill, or finesse

Question 4

elocution

Answer 4

style of speaking, art of public speaking

Question 5

paean

Answer 5

joyous song, hymn, or work to praise, thank, tribute

Question 6

panegyric

Answer 6

public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

Question 7

harangue

Answer 7

ranting speech or writing, speech addressed to public audience

Question 8

truculent

Answer 8

aggressively self-assertive, scathingly harsh, ferocity, deadly, destructive

Question 9

sacrosanct

Answer 9

most sacred or holy, treated as if holy

Question 10

enmity

Answer 10

active, typically mutual hatred or ill will

Question 11

approbation (approbatory)

Answer 11

praise, formal/official approval

Question 12

largesse (largess)

Answer 12

liberal giving (money) to an inferior, generosity

Question 13

conciliatory

Answer 13

intended to gain goodwill or favor to reduce hostility

Question 14

inscrutable

Answer 14

not readily investigated, interpreted, understood, mysterious

Question 15

phlegmatic

Answer 15

having/showing a slow and stolid temperament, resembling/related to the humor phlegm (medieval medical belief it caused lethargy and dullness)

Question 16

extirpate

Answer 16

root out and destroy completely

Question 17

recondite

Answer 17

little known

Question 18

abstruse

Answer 18

difficult to understand, obscure

Question 19

bedlam

Answer 19

scene of uproar and confusion

Question 20

punctilious

Answer 20

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

Question 21

vociferous

Answer 21

(especially of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous

Question 22

waggish

Answer 22

humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

Question 23

vagary

Answer 23

unexpected change in a situation or someone

Question 24

picayune

Answer 24

petty, worthless

Question 25

supercilious

Answer 25

behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others

Question 26

prolix

Answer 26

(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words, lengthy

Question 27

noisome

Answer 27

having an extremely offensive smell

Question 28

restive

Answer 28

unable to keep still or silent, becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience or boredom

Question 29

ingenuous

Answer 29

(of person or action) innocent and unsuspecting

Question 30

toothsome

Answer 30

temptingly tasty, (of person) good looking

Question 31

prosaic

Answer 31

having the style or diction of prose, lacking poetic beauty, commonplace or unromantic

Question 32

apocryphal

Answer 32

of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as true

Question 33

lampoon

Answer 33

(verb) publicly criticize by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm, or (noun) speech or text lampooning someone