24 More 'M-P'

Question 1

Misanthrope

Answer 1

a person who dislikes others

Question 2

Mollify

Answer 2

a calm or make less severe

Question 3

Monotony

Answer 3

lack of variation

Question 4

Naive

Answer 4

lacking sophistication or experience

Question 5

Obdurate

Answer 5

hardened in feeling; resistant persuasion

Question 6

Obsequious

Answer 6

overly submissive and eager to please

Question 7

Obstinate

Answer 7

stubborn, unyielding

Question 8

Obviate

Answer 8

to prevent; to make unnecessary

Question 9

Occlude

Answer 9

to stop up; to prevent the passage of

Question 10

Onerous

Answer 10

troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

Question 11

Opprobrium

Answer 11

public disgrace

Question 12

Ostentation

Answer 12

excessive showiness

Question 13

Paradox

Answer 13

a contradiction or dilemma

Question 14

Paragon

Answer 14

model of excellence or perfection

Question 15

Perfidious

Answer 15

willing to betray one’s trust

Question 16

Perfunctory

Answer 16

done in a routine way; indifferent

Question 17

Permeate

Answer 17

to penetrate

Question 18

Philanthropy

Answer 18

charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

Question 19

Plastic

Answer 19

able to be molded, altered, or bent

Question 20

Plethora

Answer 20

excess

Question 21

Prevaricate

Answer 21

to lie or deviate from the truth

Question 22

Pristine

Answer 22

fresh and clean; uncorrupted

Question 23

Proliferate

Answer 23

to increase in number quickly

Question 24

Propitiate

Answer 24

to conciliate; to appease