Workbook1

Question 1

Impute

Answer 1

To attribute

Question 2

Abate*

Answer 2

To become less intense or widespread

Question 3

Pervasive

Answer 3

Spreading widely throughout a group or area

Question 4

Adamantine

Answer 4

Unbreakable

Question 5

Frangible

Answer 5

Fragile

Question 6

Gossamer

Answer 6

Something that is light, thin, and delicate

Question 7

Austere

Answer 7

Strict or severe in manner

Question 8

Primordial

Answer 8

Existing from the beginning of time

Question 9

Heretical

Answer 9

Holding an opinion that is at odds with what is generally accepted

Question 10

Specious

Answer 10

Misleading; superficially plausible, but actually wrong

Question 11

Modish

Answer 11

Conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable

Question 12

Philistine

Answer 12

A person who is hostile towards or has no understanding of culture and the arts

Question 13

Irascible

Answer 13

Having a tendency to be easily angered

Question 14

Quiescence

Answer 14

In a state or period of inactivity

Question 15

Redress

Answer 15

To remedy or set right

Question 16

Ennui

Answer 16

A feeling of dissatisfaction arising from a lack of excitement

Question 17

Acrimony

Answer 17

Bitterness or ill-feeling

Question 18

Enmity

Answer 18

The state of being opposed or hostile to someone

Question 19

Forbearance

Answer 19

Patient self control; Restraint and tolerance

Question 20

Extant

Answer 20

Still in existence; Surviving

Question 21

Inculcate

Answer 21

To teach by persistent instruction

Question 22

Actuate

Answer 22

To cause a machine or device to operate; To cause someone to act in a particular way

Question 23

Zenith

Answer 23

A peak, whether symbolic or literal

Question 24

Ineluctable

Answer 24

Inescapable

Question 25

Pharmacopoeia

Answer 25

A stock of medicinal drugs

Question 26

Inveighed

Answer 26

To speak or write about something with great hostility

Question 27

Levy

Answer 27

To impose a tax, fee, or fine

Question 28

Soporific

Answer 28

Boring or monotonous; sleepy or drowsy

Question 29

Assiduity

Answer 29

Constant or close attention to what one is currently doing

Question 30

Redound

Answer 30

To contribute to

Question 31

Impugn

Answer 31

To dispute the truth of something; to call into question

Question 32

Amortize

Answer 32

To gradually pay off the initial cost of something

Question 33

Macerate

Answer 33

To soften by soaking in liquid

Question 34

Peripatetic

Answer 34

Traveling from place to place, especially for a short time

Question 35

Supervening

Answer 35

Occuring later than a specified action

Question 36

Maladroit

Answer 36

Ineffective or clumsy

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Promulgate

Answer 37

To promote or make widely known

Question 38

Prescient

Answer 38

Having knowledge of events before they take place

Question 39

Commensurate

Answer 39

Corresponding in size or degree; In proportion with

Question 40

Heterodox

Answer 40

Not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs

Question 41

Iconoclastic

Answer 41

Characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions;

Question 42

Prolix

Answer 42

Tediously lengthy

Question 43

Outmoded

Answer 43

old fashioned

Question 44

Efficacy

Answer 44

The ability to produce a desired or intended result

Question 45

Esurient

Answer 45

Hungry or greedy

Question 46

Indolent

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Lazy

Question 47

Paean

Answer 47

A song of praise or triumph

Question 48

Malign

Answer 48

Evil in nature

Question 49

Abase

Answer 49

To behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade someone

Question 50

Fervid

Answer 50

Intensely enthusiastic or passionate

Question 51

Vaunt

Answer 51

To excessively boast about or praise something

Question 52

Myopic

Answer 52

Lacking foresight

Question 53

Effigy

Answer 53

A model of a person

Question 54

Repudiate

Answer 54

To deny the truth or validity of

Question 55

Duplicity

Answer 55

Deceifulness

Question 56

Garrulous

Answer 56

Excessively talkative

Question 57

Munificent

Answer 57

Very generous

Question 58

Avarice

Answer 58

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 59

Prevaricate

Answer 59

To speak or act in an evasive way

Question 60

Indefatigable

Answer 60

Persisting tirelessly

Question 61

Pugnacious

Answer 61

Quick to argue or fight

Question 62

Apposite

Answer 62

Appropriate, apt, or suitable

Question 63

Germane

Answer 63

Relevant to the subject at hand

Question 64

Belie

Answer 64

To disguise or betray

Question 65

Collude

Answer 65

To conspire

Question 66

Sanguine

Answer 66

Optimistic or positive in a bad situation

Question 67

Bucolic

Answer 67

Relating to the pleasant aspects of country life

Question 68

Adroit

Answer 68

Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

Question 69

Spurious

Answer 69

False or fake

Question 70

Boon

Answer 70

A thing that is helpful or beneficial

Question 71

Hidebound

Answer 71

Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention

Question 72

Sacrosanct

Answer 72

Regarded as too valuable or important to be interfered with