Week2

Question 1

Sanction

Answer 1

POS: Official or authoritative permission or authorization; support or encouragement; to approve or authorize officially
NEG: A penalty meant to force compliance; to penalize, especially for the violation of international law

Question 2

Complaisant

Answer 2

Agreeable, eager to please, obliging

Question 3

Ubiquitous

Answer 3

Existing or present everywhere; constantly encountered or widespread

Question 4

Distend

Answer 4

To extend; to swell from internal pressure

Question 5

Vacillate

Answer 5

To hesitate or waver in forming an opinion or make a decision; To fluctuate or oscillate

Question 6

Perfidy

Answer 6

1. The quality or state of being disloyal; treachery; faithlessness; 2. An act of disloyalty

Question 7

Derivative

Answer 7

Not original, secondary or copied; derived

Question 8

Fracas

Answer 8

A noisy, loud quarrel, brawl, or disturbance

Question 9

Explicit

Answer 9

Fully and clearly expressed, without leaving anything to implication
Fully developed or defined
Forthright and unambiguous in expression

Question 10

Presumptuous

Answer 10

Overstepping the bounds of what’s right or proper; inappropriately forward or taking liberties

Question 11

Extraneous

Answer 11

Irrelevant, unrelated, not pertinent
Nonessential, not vital
Coming from outside

Question 12

Slight

Answer 12

1. To treat as unimportant or make light of
2. To treat with disdain or discourteous inattention
3. To do inattentively or negligently, an instance of being slighted
4. Slim or delicate of body
5. Small in size, extent, or quantity
6. Trifling, trivial, or unimportant
7. Lack of strength or substance, flimsy

Question 13

Vigor

Answer 13

Active strength or energy; vitality

Question 14

Transparent

Answer 14

Permitting the passage of light, sheer enough to see through
Frank, candid, and free of deceit or pretense
Obvious; readily seen or understood
Open with regards to methods or practices, especially in business

Question 15

Pristine

Answer 15

Belonging or related to the original, earliest condition; primitive
Remaining in a pure, unspoiled state, untouched by civilization
Clean as if new

Question 16

Confound

Answer 16

To confuse, perplex, or stump
To throw into disorder
To mix up, fail to notice differences
To refute, prove wrong, or put to shame

Question 17

Console

Answer 17

To comfort, alleviate someone’s grief, suffering, or sense of loss

1. A cabinet ( such as for a TV) designed to stand on the floor
2. the control unit of a computer, electrical system, vehicle etc.

Question 18

Discrete

Answer 18

Separate or distinct; an individual thing

Consisting of unconnected individual parts; not continuous

Question 19

Specious

Answer 19

Deceptive in attractions or allure

Falsely appearing true, genuine, or plausible

Question 20

Approbation

Answer 20

Official approval

Commendation, praise, a warm expression of approval

Question 21

Concur

Answer 21

To agree, cooperate, or coincide

Question 22

Nadir

Answer 22

The lowest point

A point on the celestial sphere, opposite the zenith and below the observer

Question 23

Tractability

Answer 23

Capacity for being led, controlled, or taught; docility

Malleability; Ease of being handled or worked with

Question 24

Impermeable

Answer 24

Impassable, not permeable; preventing passage through or into itself (such as a liquid - i.e. an impermeable raincoat)

Question 25

Denunciation

Answer 25

1. Public condemnation or censure

2. An accusation of a crime

Question 26

Lackluster

Answer 26

Without luster or brilliance; dull

Question 27

Foment

Answer 27

To foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse

Question 28

Deference

Answer 28

Submission to or due respect for superiors or elders

Question 29

Veracity

Answer 29

Conformity or adherence to the truth or accuracy

Question 30

Diffuse

Answer 30

Dispersed, spread out

Wordy and poorly organized

Question 31

Innocuous

Answer 31

Harmless or without negative effect

Unlikely to offend or inspire a strong reaction; insipid or bland

Question 32

Audacious

Answer 32

Recklessly bold
Insolent or contemptuous of rules
Original and spirited

Question 33

Exculpate

Answer 33

To clear from charge or guilt

Question 34

Abate

Answer 34

To reduce in degree, amount, or intensity

Question 35

Obstinate

Answer 35

Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course against argument or persuasion difficult to control, subdue, or remedy

Question 36

Prodigious

Answer 36

Impressive or extraordinary in bulk, amount, or degree; enormous
Marvelous, eliciting amazement

Question 37

Stolid

Answer 37

Unemotional or impassive

Question 38

Alleviate

Answer 38

To mitigate, lessen, or make bearable

Question 39

Levy

Answer 39

1. To impose and collect (such as a tax)
2. To draft troops into military service
3. To declare and wage war

Question 40

Exacerbate

Answer 40

To make more severe, violent, or bitter; to aggravate, intensify, or inflame

Question 41

Covert

Answer 41

Not openly done, acknowledged, or avowed; veiled

Sheltered or covered

Question 42

Apprise

Answer 42

To inform, tell, or give notice to

Question 43

Recalcitrant

Answer 43

Stubbornly resisting or defying authority or guidance

Question 44

Derision

Answer 44

Ridicule, mockery, or scorn

Question 45

Taciturn

Answer 45

Disinclined to speak by temperament

Question 46

Blithe

Answer 46

Lighthearted, carefree, joyous, gaily cheerful

Thoughtless, heedless, or without regard or consideration

Question 47

Convoke

Answer 47

To call (as a group of people) to a meeting

Question 48

Impetuous

Answer 48

Impulsive, characterized by sudden, passionate action

Violent or forceful

Question 49

Ponderous

Answer 49

Of great weight; unwieldy due to heaviness and bulk

Labored, dull, lifeless