151-175 A & 151-175 B

Question 1

Exacerbate (A)

Answer 1

to make violent, bitter, or severe

Question 2

Rue(A)

Answer 2

to regret

Question 3

esteem(A)

Answer 3

high regard; respect; v. to regard highly

Question 4

foster(A)

Answer 4

to bring up or nurture

Question 5

aesthetic(A)

Answer 5

relating to beauty

Question 6

specious(A)

Answer 6

seeming to be truthful on the surface but actually false

Question 7

progenitor(A)

Answer 7

a direct ancestor

Question 8

Audacious(A)

Answer 8

fearlessly; often recklessly bold

Question 9

fluster(A)

Answer 9

to make nervous or upset

Question 10

supersede(A)

Answer 10

to replace

Question 11

desiccate(A)

Answer 11

to dry completely

Question 12

cliche(A)

Answer 12

an overused expression

Question 13

reticence(A)

Answer 13

the quality or state of being silent or uncommunicative

Question 14

imbue(A)

Answer 14

to inspire; to permeate; to full with a mood or tone

Question 15

Propitious(A)

Answer 15

presenting favorable circumstances

Question 16

proficient(A)

Answer 16

very skillful esp. through training

Question 17

coddle(A)

Answer 17

to treat indulgently

Question 18

itinerant(A)

Answer 18

traveling from place to place esp for work

Question 19

affliction(A)

Answer 19

pain; suffering; anything causing pain

Question 20

vagary(A)

Answer 20

an erratic notion or action

Question 21

precis(A)

Answer 21

a concise summary of a text

Question 22

enormity(A)

Answer 22

great wickedness; an evil act

Question 23

discriminate(A)

Answer 23

to make a clear distinction

Question 24

compass(A)

Answer 24

area; range; scope

Question 25

discrepancy(B)

Answer 25

lack of agreement; difference

Question 26

viable(B)

Answer 26

able to live; capable of success

Question 27

insipid(B)

Answer 27

uninteresting; having no flavor

Question 28

paternal(B)

Answer 28

relating to or characteristic of a father

Question 29

cabal(B)

Answer 29

a small group of secret plotters

Question 30

indigenous(B)

Answer 30

native occurring naturally

Question 31

repudiate(B)

Answer 31

reject as invalid or untrue

Question 32

decisive(B)

Answer 32

conclusive; beyond doubt

Question 33

behoove(B)

Answer 33

to be necessary or proper for

Question 34

deleterious(B)

Answer 34

harmful; destructive

Question 35

radical(B)

Answer 35

favoring fundamental or extreme change; relating to roots or origins

Question 36

lurid(B)

Answer 36

causing shock or horror; tastelessly vivid; glowing like fire through a haze

Question 37

inexorable(B)

Answer 37

not able to be persuaded; unyielding; in alterable

Question 38

improvident(B)

Answer 38

not preparing for the future; incautious

Question 39

profound(B)

Answer 39

very deep; penetrating beyond the superficial

Question 40

vacillate(B)

Answer 40

to swing back and forth

Question 41

promulgate(B)

Answer 41

to make known y official announcement

Question 42

construe(B)

Answer 42

to interpret

Question 43

ilk(B)

Answer 43

kind;short;class

Question 44

dissent(B)

Answer 44

to disagree

Question 45

expatriate(B)

Answer 45

to send into exile; one who has moved to a foreign country

Question 46

emollient(B)

Answer 46

having a softening, soothing effect; an agent that softens, esp. the skin

Question 47

doctrine(B)

Answer 47

a set of principle (religious, political, etc.); a rule of law esp. as established by precedent

Question 48

preclude(B)

Answer 48

to make impossible; to prevent the occurrence of

Question 49

warrant(A)

Answer 49

to justify or deserve

Question 50

broach(B)

Answer 50

to raise for discussion