151-175

Question 1

conscientious

Answer 1

adj. showing care and precision; painstaking

Question 2

crass

Answer 2

adj. dull-witted; unrefined

Question 3

impart

Answer 3

v. to give a portion of; to make known

Question 4

spendthrift

Answer 4

n. one who spends money wastefully

Question 5

tabulate

Answer 5

v. to count

Question 6

adroit

Answer 6

adj. naturally skillful, esp. dealing with difficult circumstances

Question 7

dexterous

Answer 7

adj. skillful with the hands or mind

Question 8

redolent

Answer 8

adj. aromatic; fragrant; suggestive

Question 9

foreboding

Answer 9

n. a sense of impending evil, esp. one without definite cause

Question 10

denouement

Answer 10

n. conclusion; resolution; the falling action of a story after its climax

Question 11

subsidy

Answer 11

n. monetary assistance

Question 12

prevalent

Answer 12

adj. dominant; widespread

Question 13

incumbent

Answer 13

adj. necessary or obligatory

n. a person who currently holds a particular position

Question 14

mimic

Answer 14

v. to copy closely, esp. with intent to ridicule

Question 15

beacon

Answer 15

n. a signaling light; a source of guidance or inspiration

Question 16

supplant

Answer 16

v. to take the place of

Question 17

scythe

Answer 17

n. a long-handled, bladed instrument used for harvesting crops

Question 18

shard

Answer 18

n. a fragment of a brittle substance, e.g., glass or pottery; a small piece of something

Question 19

wayward

Answer 19

adj. stubbornly going against what is expected or required in order to satisfy one’s own desires

Question 20

effrontery

Answer 20

n. bold and insulting behavior

Question 21

vagary

Answer 21

n. an erratic notion or action

Question 22

agile

Answer 22

adj. quick and easy in movement mentally alert

Question 23

glut

Answer 23

n. an oversupply

Question 24

cursory

Answer 24

adj. superficially done; performed rapidly

Question 25

spurn

Answer 25

v. to push or drive away contemptuously with or as with the foot