Words 3

Question 1

Arcane

Answer 1

(adj) mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowledgable only to initiates

Question 2

Canonical

Answer 2

following or in agreement with accepted/traditional standards

Question 3

Ineffable

Answer 3

Too big or extreme to describe in words; too scared to be uttered

Question 4

Inane

Answer 4

Silly, stupid, not significant

Question 5

Clairvoyant

Answer 5

Someone who claims to have supernatural ability to foresee things and events

Question 6

Venial

Answer 6

only slightly offensive or sin, such that it is pardoned or not taken heavily

Question 7

Specious

Answer 7

adj. seeming tru, but actually false, misleadingly atrractive

Question 8

Pervasive

Answer 8

spreading widely throughout an area or group of people

Question 9

To Hedge

Answer 9

(v) to enclose, or limit, or qulaify with conditions or exceptions

Question 10

Mitigate

Answer 10

(v) to make less severe, serious, or painful; lessen the gravity of

Question 11

Jaundiced

Answer 11

(adj) affected by bitterness, resentment, or envy

Question 12

Paradigms

Answer 12

1. something that serves as a model or example
2. framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group

Question 13

Axioms

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(n) a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or true

Question 14

Inexorable

Answer 14

(adj) impossible to stop or prevent; impossible to persuade by request or entreaty

Question 15

jerkily

Answer 15

(adj) done in a manner of spasming

Question 16

precipitous

Answer 16

(adj) dangerously high or steep

Question 17

extraneous

Answer 17

(adj) irrelavent or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

Question 18

pivotal

Answer 18

(adj) of crucial importance for the success of something; spy out the movement and conditions to gain info on bets