Vocabulary

Question 1

acuity

Answer 1

sharpness of perception

Question 2

alacrity

Answer 2

prompt and cheerful response

Question 3

antipathy

Answer 3

a dislike, distaste, enmity

Question 4

arduous

Answer 4

very difficult to accomplish or achieve; very demanding (task)

Question 5

auspicious

Answer 5

favorable

Question 6

benign

Answer 6

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

Question 7

capricious

Answer 7

changing suddenly, fickle

Question 8

deleterious

Answer 8

harmful; dangerous; injurious

Question 9

depravity

Answer 9

moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act

Question 10

despotic

Answer 10

act of ruling oppressively and absolutely

Question 11

edifice

Answer 11

a very large building

Question 12

erudite

Answer 12

scholarly

Question 13

esoteric

Answer 13

understood only be a small group or a select few

Question 14

ethereal

Answer 14

heavenly, unusual delicacy, light, lacking material substance, intangible

Question 15

exigent

Answer 15

urgent, requiring immediate attention

Question 16

gratuitous

Answer 16

given freely, unwarranted

Question 17

impugn

Answer 17

assail or attack one’s honor or integrity

Question 18

inclement

Answer 18

stormy, severe

Question 19

indefatigable

Answer 19

tireless, incapable of being fatigued

Question 20

insidious

Answer 20

treacherous or dangerous in a secret sort of way

Question 21

loquacious

Answer 21

very talkative

Question 22

malevolence

Answer 22

wishing ill will or evil on someone

Question 23

misanthrope

Answer 23

a hater of mankind

Question 24

odious

Answer 24

deserving hate or contempt

Question 25

penitent

Answer 25

showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant

Question 26

Piety

Answer 26

religious devotion

Question 27

prattle

Answer 27

meaningless sounds, babble

Question 28

predilection

Answer 28

preference

Question 29

propinquity

Answer 29

nearness, kinship

Question 30

superfluous

Answer 30

beyond what is needed or required, an overflow