Unit456

Question 1

atrophy

Answer 1

Syn: degeneration, deterioration; wither
Ant: growth, development; mature; develop

Question 2

bastion

Answer 2

a fortified place; stronghold, citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet

Question 3

concord

Answer 3

a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity, a treaty, pact, covenant; #: disagreement, strife, discord

Question 4

consummate

Answer 4

Syn: masterful; clinch, conclude
Ant: launch, initiate, begin, kick off

Question 5

disarray

Answer 5

Syn: disorganization; dishevel, mess up
Ant: organization, order, tidiness

Question 6

exigency

Answer 6

urgency, pressure; urgent demand; pressing need; an emergency, requirement, crisis

Question 7

flotsam

Answer 7

floating debris; homeless, impoverished people, floating wreckage

Question 8

frenetic

Answer 8

frenzied, highly agitated, frantic, overwrought; #: calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

Question 9

glean

Answer 9

to gather bit by bit; collect, cull, pick up

Question 10

grouse

Answer 10

type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble, gripe, kvetch, bellyache

Question 11

incarcerate

Answer 11

to imprison, confine, jail, intern, immure; # liberate, release, free

Question 12

incumbent

Answer 12

obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken off;
Syn: mandatory, necessary
Ant: optional, unnecessary

Question 13

jocular

Answer 13

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking, waggish, facetious, droll, witty
Ant: humorless, solemn, grave, earnest, grim

Question 14

ludicrous

Answer 14

ridiculous, laughable, absurd, risible, preposterous;

Ant: heartrending, poignant, pathetic

Question 15

mordant

Answer 15

acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing

Ant: bland, mild, gentle, soothing

Question 16

nettle

Answer 16

a prickly or stinging plant; to vex or irritate severely, to peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk
Ant: to please, delight, soothe, pacify

Question 17

pecuniary

Answer 17

monetary, financial

Question 18

pusillanimous

Answer 18

contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited, craven, lily-livered

Ant: stouthearted, courageous, daring

Question 19

recumbent

Answer 19

lying down, prone, prostrate, supine, inactive

Ant: erect, upright, energetic, dynamic

Question 20

stratagem

Answer 20

,ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge

Question 21

acuity

Answer 21

keenness, acuteness 
#: dullness, obtuseness

Question 22

delineate

Answer 22

depict, picture, render

Question 23

depraved

Answer 23

perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
#: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

Question 24

esoteric

Answer 24

occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
#: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

Question 25

fecund

Answer 25

``` fertile, teeming, prolific #: infertile, barren, unproductive ```

Question 26

fiat

Answer 26

edict, dictum, ukase

Question 27

figment

Answer 27

creation, invention, fancy

Question 28

garner

Answer 28

``` collect, accumulate, accrue # scatter, squander, waste, dissipate ```

Question 29

hallow

Answer 29

``` venerate, bless # desecrate, defile, profane ```

Question 30

idiosyncrasy

Answer 30

eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

Question 31

ignominy

Answer 31

``` dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium # honor, glory, acclaim ```

Question 32

mundane

Answer 32

``` prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary # heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental ```

Question 33

enervate

Answer 33

``` impair, cripple, paralyze # invigorate, strengthen, buttress ```

Question 34

nuance

Answer 34

shade, nicety, refinement

Question 35

overweening

Answer 35

``` arrogant, unbridled, inflated # restrained, understated, modest, meek ```

Question 36

penchant

Answer 36

``` proclivity, propensity, predilection, strong attraction or inclination # disinclination, aversion ```

Question 37

reputed

Answer 37

``` putative, reputable, supposed # proven, corroborated, authenticated ```

Question 38

sophistry

Answer 38

specious reasoning

Question 39

sumptuous

Answer 39

``` lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid # skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan ```

Question 40

ubiquitous

Answer 40

``` omnipresent, pervasive, universal # restricted, limited, rare, scarce ```

Question 41

abject

Answer 41

``` wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter # lofty, noble, exalted ```

Question 42

agnostic

Answer 42

``` doubter, a skeptic, skeptical # believer ```

Question 43

complicity

Answer 43

``` connivance, collusion # noninvolvement, innocence ```

Question 44

derelict

Answer 44

``` vagrant; remiss, delinquent # punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous ```

Question 45

diatribe

Answer 45

``` harangue, tirade # panegyric, encomium, eulogy ```

Question 46

effigy

Answer 46

figure, figurine, likeness

Question 47

equity

Answer 47

``` justice, fairness, impartiality # injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice ```

Question 48

inane

Answer 48

``` vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous # sensible, meaningful, profound ```

Question 49

indictment

Answer 49

charge, accusation

Question 50

indubitable

Answer 50

``` unquestionable, indisputable # questionable, debatable, dubious ```

Question 51

intermittent

Answer 51

``` fitful, spasmodic, random # continuous, uninterrupted ```

Question 52

moot

Answer 52

``` debatable, questionable; broach # undebatable, indisputable, self-evident ```

Question 53

motif

Answer 53

motif

Question 54

neophyte

Answer 54

``` tenderfoot, tyro, rookie # veteran, past master, expert, pro ```

Question 55

perspicacity

Answer 55

``` acuity, acumen, discerment # dullness, obtuseness ```

Question 56

plenary

Answer 56

``` unlimited, unrestricted (power) # limited, restricted, incomplete ```

Question 57

surveillance

Answer 57

observation, scrutiny, monitoring

Question 58

slyvan

Answer 58

forested, arcadian

Question 59

testy

Answer 59

``` irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant # even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable ```

Question 60

travesty

Answer 60

burlesque, parody, caricature, farce