21-50

Question 1

To plot, scheme

Answer 1

Connive

Question 2

Increasing, building upon itself

Answer 2

Cumulative

Question 3

Believing the worst in others, especially that all acts are selfish

Answer 3

Cynical

Question 4

To lower the quality or esteem of something

Answer 4

Debase

Question 5

To criticise openly

Answer 5

Decry

Question 6

Showing respect for another’s authority

Answer 6

Deferential

Question 7

Quiet, modest, reserved

Answer 7

Demure

Question 8

To laugh at mockingly, scorn

Answer 8

Deride

Question 9

One who has total power and rules brutally

Answer 9

Despot

Question 10

Showing care in doing ones work

Answer 10

Diligent

Question 11

Overjoyed, thrilled

Answer 11

Elated

Question 12

Expressive, articulate, moving

Answer 12

Eloquent

Question 13

To steal money by falsifying records

Answer 13

Embezzle

Question 14

Sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were ones own

Answer 14

Empathy

Question 15

Ill will, hatred, hostility

Answer 15

Enmity

Question 16

Learned

Answer 16

Erudite

Question 17

To praise, revere

Answer 17

Extol

Question 18

To make up, invent

Answer 18

Fabricate

Question 19

Wild, savage

Answer 19

Feral

Question 20

To give up, renounce

Answer 20

Forsake

Question 21

Troublesome or irritable

Answer 21

Fractious

Question 22

Secretive, sly

Answer 22

Furtive

Question 23

Overindulgence in food or drink

Answer 23

Gluttony

Question 24

Uncalled for, unwarranted

Answer 24

Gratuitous

Question 25

Disdainfully proud

Answer 25

Haughty

Question 26

Pretending to believe what one does not

Answer 26

Hypocrisy

Question 27

Exemplary, flawless

Answer 27

Impeccable

Question 28

Rude, insolent

Answer 28

Impertinent

Question 29

Incapable of being appeased or mitigated

Answer 29

Implacable

Question 30

Implied or understood without being directly stated

Answer 30

Implicit