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Question 1

Aggrieve

Answer 1

To mistreat or do great injury to someone; to distress

Question 2

Agnostic

Answer 2

One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven

Question 3

Alienate

Answer 3

To make someone feel unwelcome or hostile; to turn away

Question 4

Allegory

Answer 4

A story in which the characters and events have symbolic meaning

Question 5

Alleviate

Answer 5

To relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

Question 6

Allusion

Answer 6

An indirect reference(often to a literary work); a hint

Question 7

Aloof

Answer 7

Uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance

Question 8

Ameliorate

Answer 8

To make better or more tolerable

Question 9

Amenable

Answer 9

Willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable or cooperative; accountable or responsible

Question 10

Amity

Answer 10

Friendship; peaceful harmony

Question 11

Amnesty

Answer 11

An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

Question 12

Amoral

Answer 12

Lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral

Question 13

Anachronism

Answer 13

Something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

Question 14

Anathema

Answer 14

Something or someone loathed, hated, or accursed

Question 15

Anguish

Answer 15

Agonizing physical or mental pain

Question 16

Animosity

Answer 16

Resentment, hostility, or ill-will

Question 17

Annex

Answer 17

To attach, join, or add on; to take over

Question 18

Anodyne

Answer 18

Capable of relieving pain or distress; not likely to offend or arouse tensions

Question 19

Antedate

Answer 19

To be older than; to have come before

Question 20

Anthropomorphic

Answer 20

Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman animals or objects

Question 21

Antiseptic

Answer 21

Free from contamination or pollution; serving to remove germs; lacking spirit or feeling

Question 22

Apathy

Answer 22

Lack of interest; lack of feeling

Question 23

Aphorism

Answer 23

A brief, often witty saying; a proverb

Question 24

Apocryphal

Answer 24

Of doubtful authenticity; fictitious or untrue

Question 25

Apposite

Answer 25

Distinctly well suited or appropriate for a situation

Question 26

Appraise

Answer 26

To estimate the value or quality of; to judge

Question 27

Apprise

Answer 27

To inform, make aware, or give notice

Question 28

Arbitrary

Answer 28

Random; unrestricted; without good reason

Question 29

Arcane

Answer 29

Mysterious; known only to a select few

Question 30

Archaic

Answer 30

Extremely old; ancient; outdated

Question 31

Archetype

Answer 31

An original model or pattern

Question 32

Ardent

Answer 32

Passionate or enthusiastic

Question 33

Arraign

Answer 33

To bring to court to answer an indictment; to accuse

Question 34

Arsenal

Answer 34

A collection of armaments; a facility for storing or producing armament; a supply of anything useful

Question 35

Ascetic

Answer 35

Practicing self-denial; strictly avoiding material goods

Question 36

Ascribe

Answer 36

To credit or assign; to attribute, as cause or quality

Question 37

Asperity

Answer 37

Harshness or roughness of manner; severe hardship or difficulty; roughness of surface

Question 38

Aspersion

Answer 38

A slanderous or damning remark

Question 39

Assay

Answer 39

To examine or analyze; to evaluate or judge; to conduct a test or trial

Question 40

Assuage

Answer 40

To soothe or pacify; to relieve or ease pain or trouble

Question 41

Atavistic

Answer 41

Reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of an ancestral or more primitive type