Week 1

Question 1

Candid

Answer 1

(adj.) completely honest, straightforward

Question 2

conjecture

Answer 2

(n) inference; guesswork

Question 3

didactic

Answer 3

(adj.) instructive

Question 4

euphemism

Answer 4

(n) a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term

Question 5

extrapolate

Answer 5

(v) to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

Question 6

incoherent

Answer 6

(adj.) lacking cohesion or connection

Question 7

insinuate

Answer 7

(v.) to introduce or communicate stealthily

Question 8

lucid

Answer 8

(adj.) easily understood; clear

Question 9

rhetoric

Answer 9

(n) the art of using language effectively and persuasively

Question 10

acumen

Answer 10

(n) quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight

Question 11

adroit

Answer 11

(adj) dexterous; deft

Question 12

ascertain

Answer 12

(v) to find out, as through investigation or experimentation

Question 13

astute

Answer 13

(adj) shrewd; clever

Question 14

circumspect

Answer 14

(adj) careful; pruent; discreet

Question 15

disseminate

Answer 15

(v) to scatter widely, as in sowing seed

Question 16

erudition

Answer 16

(n) deep, extensive learning

Question 17

husbandry

Answer 17

(n) the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding

Question 18

pedantic

Answer 18

(adj) excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

Question 19

perspicacious

Answer 19

(adj) shrewd; clear-sighted

Question 20

pragmatic

Answer 20

(adj) practical

Question 21

precocious

Answer 21

(adj) exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

Question 22

prospectus

Answer 22

(n) formal proposal

Question 23

rudimentary

Answer 23

(adj) basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development

Question 24

abstruse

Answer 24

(adj) difficult to understand

Question 25

callous

Answer 25

(adj) emotionally hardened; unfeeling

Question 26

convoluted

Answer 26

(adj) intricate; complex

Question 27

enigma

Answer 27

(n) a puzzle, mystery, or riddle

Question 28

inscrutable

Answer 28

(adj) difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable

Question 29

reticent

Answer 29

(adj) inclined to keep silent; reserved

Question 30

staid

Answer 30

(adj) unemotional; serious

Question 31

arcane

Answer 31

(adj) known or understood by only a few

Question 32

assimilate

Answer 32

(v) to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar

Question 33

autonomy

Answer 33

(n) independence; self-determination

Question 34

cosmopolitan

Answer 34

(adj) worldly; widely sophisticated

Question 35

derivative

Answer 35

(adj) something that comes from another source

Question 36

entourage

Answer 36

(n) a group of attendants or associates; a retunue

Question 37

esoteric

Answer 37

(adj) intended for or understood by only a small group

Question 38

gaffe

Answer 38

(n) a clumsy social error, a faux pas

Question 39

idiosyncrasy

Answer 39

(n) characteristic peculiar to an individual or group

Question 40

insular

Answer 40

(adj) isolated; narrow or provincial

Question 41

orthodox

Answer 41

(adj) adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

Question 42

potentate

Answer 42

(n) one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch

Question 43

castigate

Answer 43

(v) to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

Question 44

censure

Answer 44

(v) to issue official blame

Question 45

denounce

Answer 45

(v) to condemn openly

Question 46

reclusive

Answer 46

(adj) seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation

Question 47

relinquish

Answer 47

(v) to retire from; give up or abandon

Question 48

renounce

Answer 48

(v) to give up, especially by formal announcement

Question 49

vituperative

Answer 49

(adj) marked by a harshly abusive condemnation

Question 50

circumscribe

Answer 50

(v) to draw a circle around; to restrict

Question 51

contiguous

Answer 51

(adj) sharing an edge of boundary; touching