vocab

Question 1

AUSTERE

Answer 1

stern, as in manner; without excess,
unadorned, severely simple and plain
(link : steer)

Question 2

ATYPICAL

Answer 2

abnormal

Question 3

ASUNDER

Answer 3

in separate parts; apart from
each other in position (link : thunder)

Question 4

ASSUAGE

Answer 4

to soothe; to make less severe;
to satisfy, ease, lessen
Link: MASSAGE

Question 5

ASPIRE

Answer 5

to seek, attain, or achieve a goal

Question 6

ARDUOUS

Answer 6

hard, difficult, tiresome
Link: HARD ON US

Question 7

ARCHAIC

Answer 7

belonging to an earlier
time, ancient; outdated
Link: CAKE

Question 8

APTITUDE

Answer 8

capacity for learning; natural ability
Link: ALTITUDE

Question 9

APPALLING

Answer 9

filling with dismay; causing
horror or consternation; shock
Link: FALLING

Question 10

ANTECEDENT

Answer 10

going before; preceding; an occurrence
or event preceding another
Link: HAND SEED

Question 11

AMPLIFY

Answer 11

to make larger, louder, or more powerful
Link: ANTS AND FLIES

Question 12

AMENABLE

Answer 12

agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant,
willing to give in to the wishes of another
Link: MEAN BULL

Question 13

ALTERNATIVE

Answer 13

the choice between two mutually exclusive
possibilities, a situation presenting such a choice
Link: TURN NATIVE

Question 14

ALTERCATION

Answer 14

a heated quarrel
Link: ALTAR

Question 15

ALOOF

Answer 15

distant, reserved in manner; uninvolved
Link: ROOF

Question 16

ALLURE

Answer 16

to entice with something desirable;
to tempt;
Link: LURE

Question 17

ALLEVIATE

Answer 17

to make less severe; to relieve, to lessen
Link: LEAVES ATE

Question 18

AGGRANDIZE

Answer 18

to increase in size; enlarge, to cause
to appear greater in power, influence
Link: GRAND EYES

Question 19

AFTERMATH

Answer 19

events following some occurrence;
a consequence of
Link: AFTER MATH

Question 20

AFFINITY

Answer 20

a natural attraction; kinship; similarity
Link: FIN TEA

Question 21

ACCOLADE

Answer 21

an award, an honor; approval, praise
Link: LEMONADE

Question 22

ABSTRUSE

Answer 22

hard to understand
Link: MOOSE

Question 23

ABRIDGE

Answer 23

to shorten; to condense;
to diminish; to curtail
Link: BRIDGE

Question 24

ABOMINATE

Answer 24

to dislike strongly, to regard with
intense aversion or loathing
Link: A BOMB HATE

Question 25

ABHOR

Answer 25

to hate very much, to detest utterly
Link: CHORE