20-40

Question 1

perfunctory; casual; hastily done

Answer 1

cursory

Question 2

mysterious; hidden; having a secret meaning; obscure; using a cipher

Answer 2

cryptic

Question 3

standard used in judging; basis for comparison

Answer 3

criterion

Question 4

confirm; make more certain; support with evidence; strengthen with facts

Answer 4

corroborate

Question 5

argue earnestly; struggle in rivalry

Answer 5

contend

Question 6

state of obeying regulations. standards; behavior that matches the behavior of most others in a group

Answer 6

conformity

Question 7

physical or material in nature, as opposed to abstract; real; specific

Answer 7

concrete

Question 8

brief and compact; terse; xlear and succinct; covering a great deal in few words

Answer 8

concise

Question 9

action of focusing one’s total attention; gathering of people or things close to one another; relative amount of substance (in a mixture. solution, volume of space, etc)

Answer 9

concentration

Question 10

conformity in fulfilling reguirments; readiness to yield

Answer 10

compliance

Question 11

pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; familiar

Answer 11

colloquial

Question 12

pertaining to ordinary citizens, as opposed to the church or military; couteous and polite

Answer 12

civil

Question 13

refer to or quote, especially to justify a position; praise; summon before a court

Answer 13

cite

Question 14

blame; harshly criticize; officialy rebuke

Answer 14

censure

Question 15

greatest amount or number that something can hold; amount that something can produce; power to understand or to perform; specified position

Answer 15

capacity

Question 16

support; reinforce; prop up; encourage; hearten

Answer 16

buttress

Question 17

briefness; conciseness

Answer 17

brevity

Question 18

kindly; gracious; favorable; gentle; not malignant

Answer 18

benign

Question 19

characteristic; trait

Answer 19

attribute