Wk. 7

Question 1

didactic

Answer 1

intended for teaching

Question 2

industrious

Answer 2

hard working

Question 3

enigma

Answer 3

puzzle

Question 4

accolade

Answer 4

award or praise

Question 5

ponderous

Answer 5

of great weight, difficult to move

Question 6

furtive

Answer 6

sneaky, sly

Question 7

rectitude

Answer 7

rightness of conduct

Question 8

rectify

Answer 8

to make right

Question 9

dissonance

Answer 9

harsh sound, discord; lack of agreement

Question 10

duplicity

Answer 10

deceitfulness, lying

Question 11

repertoire

Answer 11

all the skills in a field

Question 12

erudite

Answer 12

scholarly, great learning

Question 13

guile

Answer 13

cunning, duplicity

Question 14

sanction

Answer 14

to approve of

Question 15

stratum

Answer 15

a layer of earth/rock

Question 16

subvert

Answer 16

to undermine the principles of

Question 17

tributary

Answer 17

a stream that flows into a larger stream

a person/nation who pays tribute money to another nation

Question 18

understate

Answer 18

to state less strongly than the facts indicate

Question 19

shirk

Answer 19

to avoid or neglect

Question 20

ameliorate

Answer 20

to make better, improve

Question 21

chauvinist

Answer 21

someone who has a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his/her own gender, group or kind

Question 22

decrepit

Answer 22

weakened by old age or disuse

Question 23

immutable

Answer 23

not able to be changed

Question 24

inert

Answer 24

unable to move or act

Question 25

ingenuous

Answer 25

lacking in sophistication; honest

Question 26

ingenious

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clever

Question 27

obviate

Answer 27

to make unnecessary

Question 28

perfunctory

Answer 28

done routinely with indifference

Question 29

pertinacity

Answer 29

being stubbornly persistent, holding tightly to an idea

Question 30

quarry

Answer 30

an object/animal of pursuit

Question 31

scrupulous

Answer 31

conscientious and exact

Question 32

venality

Answer 32

susceptibility to bribery or corruption

Question 33

sedition

Answer 33

rebellion

Question 34

sinuous

Answer 34

having many curves
having supple and lithe movements
not direct, obvious

Question 35

uncouth

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crude

Question 36

variegated

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having streaks of different colors

Question 37

reticence

Answer 37

disposed to be silent or not to speak freely

Question 38

incensed

Answer 38

enraged

Question 39

shorn

Answer 39

to cut

Question 40

emaciation

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abnormally thin or weak.

Question 41

ablution

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washing oneself

Question 42

perdition

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state of eternal punishment

Question 43

numinous

Answer 43

a strong religious or spiritual quality

Question 44

peruse

Answer 44

examine carefully or at length.

Question 45

imprecate

Answer 45

utter (a curse) or invoke (evil) against someone or something.

Question 46

trammel

Answer 46

deprive of freedom of action.

Question 47

desecration`

Answer 47

treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate.

Question 48

nebulousness

Answer 48

the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning

Question 49

parse

Answer 49

analyze (a sentence) into its parts and describe their syntactic roles.

Question 50

innuendo

Answer 50

an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

Question 51

syntactic

Answer 51

of or according to syntax.