Summit 2

Question 1

austere

Answer 1

• severe/stern in manner
• without adornment/luxury
• simple, plain
• harsh or sour in flavour

Question 2

beneficient

Answer 2

performing acts of kindness/charity

doing good

Question 3

cadaverous

Answer 3

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Question 4

crass

Answer 4

coarse, unfeeling, stupid

Question 5

debase

Answer 5

to lower in quality, character or value

degrade

to cause deteriorate

Question 6

desecrate

Answer 6

treat irreverently

to contaminate, pollute

profane/violate

Question 7

disconcert

Answer 7

to confuse

to disturb the composure of

Question 8

grandlose

Answer 8

grand in an impressive way

marked by pompous affection or grandeur

absurdly exaggerated

Question 9

inconsequential

Answer 9

trifling, unimportant

Question 10

infraction

Answer 10

a breaking of a law or obligation

Question 11

mitigate

Answer 11

to make milder or softer

to moderate in force or intensity

Question 12

pilliage

Answer 12

to rob of goods by open force (as in war), act of looting, booty, sack

Question 13

prate

Answer 13

to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Question 14

punctilious

Answer 14

very careful and exact

attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

Question 15

redoubtable

Answer 15

inspiring fear or awe

illustrious

eminent

Question 16

reprove

Answer 16

to find fault with/scold/rebuke

Question 17

restitution

Answer 17

the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position

making good on a loss or damage

Question 18

stalwart

Answer 18

strong, sturdy, brave, resolute

Question 19

acrimonious

Answer 19

stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 20

bovine

Answer 20

resembling a cow/ox, sluggish, unresponsive

Question 21

consternation

Answer 21

dismay, confusion

Question 22

corpulent

Answer 22

fat, having a large, bulky body

Question 23

disavow

Answer 23

to deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 24

dispassionate

Answer 24

impartial, calm, free from emotion

Question 25

dissension

Answer 25

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 26

dissipate

Answer 26

to cause to disappear to scatter to spend foolishly, to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

Question 27

expurgate

Answer 27

to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text to cleanse/purify

Question 28

gauntlet

Answer 28

an armored or protective glove a challenge two line of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them an ordeal

Question 29

hypothetical

Answer 29

based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

Question 30

ignoble

Answer 30

mean, low, base

Question 31

impugn

Answer 31

to call into question to attack as false

Question 32

intemperate

Answer 32

immoderate, lacking in self-control inclement

Question 33

odium

Answer 33

hatred, contempt, disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

Question 34

perdify

Answer 34

faithlessness, treachery

Question 35

relegate

Answer 35

to place in a lower position, to assign refer, turn over to banish

Question 36

squeamish

Answer 36

inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset

Question 37

subservient

Answer 37

suboridinate in capacity or role submissively obedient

Question 38

abate

Answer 38

to make less in amount to deduct become less

Question 39

adulation

Answer 39

praise or flattery that is excessive

Question 40

anathema

Answer 40

an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

Question 41

astute

Answer 41

shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

Question 42

avarice

Answer 42

greed desire for wealth

Question 43

culpable

Answer 43

deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

Question 44

dilatory

Answer 44

tending to delay or procrastinate

Question 45

egregious

Answer 45

conspicuous standing out from the mass (used in an unfavourable sense)

Question 46

equivocate

Answer 46

to speak or act in a way that allows 2 or more intepretations to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

Question 47

evanescent

Answer 47

vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy

Question 48

irresolute

Answer 48

unable to make up ones mind, hesitating

Question 49

nebulous

Answer 49

cloudlike, not transparent, vague, confused, indistinct

Question 50

penury

Answer 50

extreme poverty, insufficiency

Question 51

recapitulate

Answer 51

to review a series of facts, to sum up

Question 52

resuscitate

Answer 52

to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence

Question 53

slovenly

Answer 53

untidy, dirty

Question 54

supposition

Answer 54

something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

Question 55

torpid

Answer 55

inactive, sluggish, dull