Vocabulary List #2

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

Complex, profound, difficult to understand

Question 2

Acrimonious

Answer 2

Bitter in words or manner

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

Mislead, delude, deceptive way to charm

Question 4

Candor

Answer 4

Flankness, honesty

Question 5

Charlatan

Answer 5

Pretender to knowledge, falsely claiming to have knowledge

Question 6

Coalesce

Answer 6

Combine, fuse, come together as one

Question 7

Debilitate

Answer 7

To weaken, infirm

Question 8

Disgression

Answer 8

wandering away from subject, getting off topic

Question 9

Dubious

Answer 9

questionable, filled with doubt

Question 10

Eclectic

Answer 10

Composed of elements drawn from diverse range of sources

Question 11

Ephemeral

Answer 11

short-lived, fleeting, lasts for short time

Question 12

Exacerbate

Answer 12

worsen, embitter, make something worse

Question 13

Feasible

Answer 13

practical, easy

Question 14

Hackneyed

Answer 14

overused, unoriginal, trite

Question 15

Impeccable

Answer 15

flawless, faultless

Question 16

Malicious

Answer 16

Hateful, spiteful

Question 17

Negate

Answer 17

cancel, deny

Question 18

Ostentatious

Answer 18

trying to attract attention, showy

Question 19

Perfunctory

Answer 19

Not thorough, lacking interest or care

Question 20

Rectify

Answer 20

set right, correct