1-50

Question 1

1. abstruse

argument and language

Answer 1

difficult to understand

Question 2

2. apt

argument and language

Answer 2

appropriate, inclined

Question 3

3. cajole

argument and language

Answer 3

coax

Question 4

4. compendious

argument and language

Answer 4

succinct

Question 5

5. concur

argument and language

Answer 5

agree

Question 6

6. delineate

argument and language

Answer 6

list, explain

Question 7

7. digress(ion)

argument and language

Answer 7

stray from the subject at hand

Question 8

8. elucidate

argument and language

Answer 8

clarify

Question 9

9. embroil(ed)

argument and language

Answer 9

involve in an argument or conflict

Question 10

10. empiric(al)

argument and language

Answer 10

based on observation and experiment (not theory)

Question 11

11. enumerate

argument and language

Answer 11

list

Question 12

12. epitome, epitomize

argument and language

Answer 12

representative example

Question 13

13. equivocal

argument and language

Answer 13

ambiguous

Question 14

14. exemplar

argument and language

Answer 14

representative example

Question 15

15. exhort

argument and language

Answer 15

encourage

Question 16

16. expedient

argument and language

Answer 16

useful

Question 17

17. fathom (v.)

argument and language

Answer 17

understand

Question 18

18. flagrant

argument and language

Answer 18

evident, obvious

Question 19

19. florid(ity)

argument and language

Answer 19

flushed, flowery

Question 20

20. incongruity, incongruous

argument and language

Answer 20

inappropriateness, discrepancy

Question 21

21. ineffable

argument and language

Answer 21

impossible to express in words

Question 22

22. innuendo

argument and language

Answer 22

implicit suggestion

Question 23

23. laconic

argument and language

Answer 23

concise

Question 24

24. lucid

argument and language

Answer 24

clear, easily understood

Question 24

25. nebulous

argument and language

Answer 24

vague

Question 25

26. nuance

argument and language

Answer 25

subtle difference

Question 26

27. paradigm

argument and language

Answer 26

clear example

Question 27

28. prattle

argument and language

Answer 27

babble

Question 28

29. pronouncement

argument and language

Answer 28

formal declaration

Question 29

30. proponent

argument and language

Answer 29

supporter

Question 30

31. prosaic

argument and language

Answer 30

lacking imagination, dull

Question 31

32. rebuttal

argument and language

Answer 31

defense, counterargument

Question 32

33. recant

argument and language

Answer 32

reject

Question 33

34. repudiate

argument and language

Answer 33

reject

Question 33

35. rescind

argument and language

Answer 33

annul, retract

Question 33

36. rhetoric(al), rhetorician

argument and language

Answer 33

(related to) elegant speech/writing, elegant speaker/writer

Question 33

37. scrutinize, scrutiny

argument and language

Answer 33

examine carefully

Question 33

39. tangential

argument and language

Answer 33

digressive, irrelevant

Question 33

38. simile

argument and language

Answer 33

comparison

Question 33

40. treatise

argument and language

Answer 33

extensive written argument about some topic

Question 33

41. verbose

argument and language

Answer 33

wordy, long-winded

Question 33

42. aura

emotions

Answer 33

air, feeling

Question 33

43. bombastic

emotions

Answer 33

pompous

Question 34

44. buoyant

emotions

Answer 34

cheerful, floating

Question 35

45. callous

emotions

Answer 35

insensitive

Question 36

46. cantankerous(ness)

emotions

Answer 36

irritable

Question 37

47. capricious

emotions

Answer 37

fickle

Question 38

48. caustic

emotions

Answer 38

bitter

Question 39

49. convivial

emotions

Answer 39

sociable, lively

Question 40

50. demonstrative

emotions

Answer 40

openly emotional