1st Set

Question 1

Fortitude

Answer 1

Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage

Question 2

Conjecture

Answer 2

An inference based upon guesswork; a supposition

Question 3

Anomaly

Answer 3

A deviation from the norm or what is expected

Question 4

Prattle

Answer 4

To speak in a foolish manner; to babble incessantly

Question 5

Diminutive

Answer 5

Very small

Question 6

Wry

Droll

Answer 6

Dry; humorous with a clever twist

Question 7

Dearth

Paucity

Answer 7

A scarcity or shortage of something

Question 8

Prudent

Answer 8

Careful, cautious, sensible

Question 9

Mitigate
Mollify
Assuage

Answer 9

To relieve; to lessen, to ease

Question 10

Anachronism

Answer 10

The false assignment of an event, person, scene, or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist

Question 11

Pragmatic

Answer 11

Practice, sensible; not idealistic or romantic

Question 12

Indifferent

Apathetic

Answer 12

Market by a lack of interest or concern

Question 13

Pandemic

Answer 13

An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population

Question 14

Ubiquitous

Prevalent

Answer 14

Characterized by being everywhere; omnipresent; widespread; pervasive

Question 15

Indigenous

Endemic

Answer 15

Native to an area

Question 16

Ambivalent

Answer 16

Having mixed or opposing feelings at the same time

Question 17

Belie

Answer 17

To contradict; to prove false, use of appearances that are misrepresentative

Question 18

Trite
Hackneyed
Platitudinous
Insipid

Answer 18

Unoriginal; commonplace, overused

Question 19

Trivial

Answer 19

Trifling; unimportant; insignificant