Summit 8

Question 1

askance

Answer 1

with suspicion

distrust or disapproval

Question 2

attenuate

Answer 2

to make thin or slender

to weaken or lessen in force, intensity or value

Question 3

benign

Answer 3

gentle, kind

forgiving, understanding

having a favourable or beneficial effect

not malignant

Question 4

cavil

Answer 4

to find fault in a petty way, carp

a trivial objection or criticsm

Question 5

charlatan

Answer 5

one who feigns knowledge or ability

a pretender, impostor or quack

Question 6

decimate

Answer 6

to kill or destroy a large part of

Question 7

foible

Answer 7

a weak point, failing, minor flaw

Question 8

forgo

Answer 8

to do without, abstain from, give up

Question 9

fraught

Answer 9

full of or loaded with

accompanied by

Question 10

inure

Answer 10

to toughen, harden

to render used to sth by long subjection or exposure

Question 11

luminous

Answer 11

emitting or reflecting light

glowing

illuminating

Question 12

obsequious

Answer 12

marked by slavish attentiveness

excessively submissive

often for purely self-interested reasps

Question 13

obtuse

Answer 13

blunt

not coming to a point

slow or dull in understanding

Question 14

penitent

Answer 14

regretful for one’s sins or mistakes

one who is sorry for wrongdoing

Question 15

peremptory

Answer 15

having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate

denial or refusal

offensively self-assured

dictatorial, determined, resolute

Question 16

rebuff

Answer 16

to snub, to repel

drive away

a curt rejection, a check

Question 17

reconnoiter

Answer 17

to engage in reconnaissance

to make a preliminary inspection

Question 18

shambles

Answer 18

a slaughterhouse

a place of mass bloodshed

a state of complete disorder and confusion

mess

Question 19

sporadic

Answer 19

occuring at irregular intervals

having no set plan or order

Question 20

abrogate

Answer 20

to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

Question 21

ambient

Answer 21

completely surrounding, encompassing

Question 22

asperity

Answer 22

roughness, severity

bitterness or tartness

Question 23

burnish

Answer 23

to make smooth or glossy by rubbing

polish

gloss, brightness, luster

Question 24

cabal

Answer 24

small group working in secret

Question 25

delectable

Answer 25

delightful, highly enjoyable deliciously flavoured, savory an appealing or appetising food or dish

Question 26

deprecate

Answer 26

to express mild disapproval to belittle

Question 27

detritus

Answer 27

loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away fragments that result from any destruction

Question 28

ebullient

Answer 28

overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement boiling and bubbling

Question 29

eclectic

Answer 29

drawn from different sources one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Question 30

impecunious

Answer 30

having little or no money

Question 31

inexorable

Answer 31

inflexible, beyond influence, relentless, unyielding

Question 32

moribund

Answer 32

dying, on the way out

Question 33

necromancer

Answer 33

one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead a magician or wizard

Question 34

onerous

Answer 34

burdensome involving hardship or difficulty

Question 35

rife

Answer 35

common, prevalent, widespread happening often full, abounding plentiful, abundant, replete

Question 36

rudiments

Answer 36

the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first the earliest stages of anything

Question 37

sequester

Answer 37

to set apart separate for special purpose to take possession of and hold custody

Question 38

winnow

Answer 38

to get rid of sth unwanted delete to sift through to obtain what is desirable to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it to blow on, fan

Question 39

defunct

Answer 39

no longer in existence or functioning dead

Question 40

discomfit

Answer 40

to frustrate, thwart or defeat to confuse, perplex or embarrass

Question 41

espouse

Answer 41

to take up and support to become attached to, adopt to marry

Question 42

fetish

Answer 42

an object believed to have magical powers an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

Question 43

gregarious

Answer 43

living together in a herd or group sociable seeking the company of others

Question 44

hapless

Answer 44

marked by persistent absence of good luck

Question 45

impeccable

Answer 45

faultless beyond criticism or blame

Question 46

importune

Answer 46

to trouble with demands to beg for insistently

Question 47

interpolate

Answer 47

to insert between other parts or things to present as an addition or correction

Question 48

irreparable

Answer 48

incapable of being repaired or rectified

Question 49

laconic

Answer 49

concise using few words

Question 50

languish

Answer 50

to become weak, feeble or dull to droop to be depressed or dispirited to suffer neglect

Question 51

mendacious

Answer 51

given to lying or deception untrue

Question 52

nadir

Answer 52

the lowest point

Question 53

omnipresent

Answer 53

present in all places at all times

Question 54

perfunctory

Answer 54

done in a superficial or halfhearted manner without interest or enthusiasm

Question 55

plaintive

Answer 55

expressive of sorrow or woe melancholy

Question 56

requite

Answer 56

to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service or favour to make retaliation as for an injury or wrong to reciprocate

Question 57

tantamount

Answer 57

equivalent having the same meaning, value or effect