#151-200 Unfamiliar

Question 1

mitigate (related: mitigation)

Answer 1

make less serious, reduce

Question 2

myopic

Answer 2

1. nearsighted

2. unimaginative

Question 3

nonchalance (related: nonchalant）

Answer 3

lack of concern

Question 4

novelty

Answer 4

1. newness, originality

2. a trinket or toy

Question 5

odoriferous

Answer 5

having a strong or unpleasant smell

Question 6

opaque (related: opacity)

Answer 6

1. not transparent

2. hard to understand

Question 7

oversight

Answer 7

mistake

Question 8

parochial

Answer 8

1. relating to church

2. narrow-minded, unsophisticated

Question 9

particular (related: particularity)

Answer 9

1. specific, individual

2. fussy, demanding

Question 10

partisan

Answer 10

1. supporter of a party or cause

2. someone who is prejudiced towards a certain cause

Question 11

patronize

Answer 11

1. support financially

2. act superior, look down on

Question 12

peremptory

Answer 12

bossy, commanding

Question 13

perfidious

Answer 13

untrustworthy, disloyal

Question 14

perverse

Answer 14

1. unacceptable, unreasonable

2. unnatural, abnormal

Question 15

plebeian

Answer 15

common citizen

Question 16

precipitate

Answer 16

cause a sudden outcome

Question 17

prescribe

Answer 17

1. recommend, advise

2. command

Question 18

presumption

Answer 18

1. assumption, guess

2. boldness, disrespect

Question 19

pretense

Answer 19

1. make-believe, fake

2. false claim

Question 20

proclivity

Answer 20

natural tendency

Question 21

procure

Answer 21

get or provide

Question 22

prohibitive (related: prohibit, prohibition)

Answer 22

1. forbidding or restricting

2. excessively high in price

Question 23

prolific

Answer 23

1. productive, creative, fertile

2. plentiful

Question 24

qualified

Answer 24

1. competent, able

2. limited

Question 25

quash

Answer 25

1. reject

2. put down, suppress

Question 26

radical

Answer 26

extreme

Question 27

recourse

Answer 27

the act of turning to someone or something for assistance

Question 28

rectify (related: rectitude)

Answer 28

put right, correct

Question 29

remission

Answer 29

reduction or decrease, particularly of a debt or medical symptoms

Question 30

renounce

Answer 30

reject, abandon