week eleven

Question 1

censorious

Answer 1

highly critical; fault-finding

Question 2

consternation

Answer 2

a state of great dismay and confusion

Question 3

didactic

Answer 3

tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach or lecture others too much; containing a political or moral lesson

Question 4

elucidate

Answer 4

to clear or plain, especially by explanation

Question 5

effusive

Answer 5

expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushing

Question 6

prolific

Answer 6

very productive

Question 7

furor

Answer 7

a general commotion; an uproar

Question 8

paranoia

Answer 8

a tendency toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution

Question 9

marginal

Answer 9

of secondary importance; not central; on the perimeter

Question 10

obfuscate

Answer 10

to deliberately confuse; to make something so confusing that it is hard to understand

Question 11

flummoxed

Answer 11

confused or perplexed; utterly dumbfounded

Question 12

spate

Answer 12

a large number or amount

Question 13

ineffable

Answer 13

too overwhelming to be put into words; in describable; inexpressible

Question 14

histrionic

Answer 14

excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted

Question 15

placate

Answer 15

to soothe or calm; to appease

Question 16

eschew

Answer 16

to avoid; to shun; to stay clear of