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Question 1

acquiesce

Answer 1

accept something reluctantly but without protest

Question 2

adroit

Answer 2

clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

Question 3

amend

Answer 3

make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date; make better; improve

Question 4

animus

Answer 4

hostility or ill feeling; motivation to do something

Question 5

apologist

Answer 5

a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial

Question 6

astringent

Answer 6

causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues

Question 7

collaborate

Answer 7

work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something

Question 8

competent

Answer 8

having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully

Question 9

correlate

Answer 9

have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another

Question 10

deride

Answer 10

express contempt for; ridicule

Question 11

dictate

Answer 11

lay down authoritatively; prescribe; say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape)

Question 12

discreet

Answer 12

careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage; intentionally unobtrusive

Question 13

divorced

Answer 13

separate or dissociate (something) from something else

Question 14

elitist

Answer 14

relating to or supporting the view that a society or system should be led by an elite

Question 15

exacting

Answer 15

making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources

Question 16

flummoxed

Answer 16

bewildered or perplexed

Question 17

fruitful

Answer 17

(of a tree, plant, or land) producing much fruit; fertile; producing good or helpful results; productive

Question 18

inborn

Answer 18

existing from birth; natural to a person or animal

Question 19

polymath

Answer 19

a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning

Question 20

reticent

Answer 20

not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

Question 21

stringent

Answer 21

(of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting

Question 22

subservient

Answer 22

prepared to obey others unquestioningly; less important, subordinate

Question 23

surreptitious

Answer 23

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Question 24

tantalizing

Answer 24

tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable; exciting one’s senses or desires

Question 25

tantamount

Answer 25

equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as

Question 26

torpor

Answer 26

a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy

Question 27

trenchant

Answer 27

vigorous or incisive in expression or style

Question 28

umbrage

Answer 28

offense or annoyance

Question 29

versatile

Answer 29

able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities

Question 30

wayward

Answer 30

difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior