51-100

Question 1

furtive

Answer 1

characterized by stealth; surreptitious

Question 2

galvanize

Answer 2

to arouse to awareness or action; spur

Question 3

gift

Answer 3

a talent, aptitude, or inclination (ex- the gift of gab)

Question 4

herald

Answer 4

verb= to proclaim or to declare something as important or good; noun= a sign of things to come

Question 5

hinder

Answer 5

to obstruct or get in the way of something

Question 6

histrionic

Answer 6

excessively dramatic or emotional; affected

Question 7

hodgepodge

Answer 7

a mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble

Question 8

idealistic

Answer 8

unrealistically aiming for perfection; having utopian ideas

Question 9

immerse

Answer 9

to engage wholly or deeply; absorb

Question 10

impertinent

Answer 10

inappropriate, out of place; intrusive, presumptuous; behaving without proper respect and showing condescension; insolent

Question 11

implicit

Answer 11

with no qualifications or questions; implied or understood though not stated

Question 12

impromptu

Answer 12

prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance

Question 13

impugn

Answer 13

to attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument

Question 14

inchoate

Answer 14

just beginning to form; not completely developed or clear (ex- a child’s inchoate awareness of language)

Question 15

incite

Answer 15

to provoke and urge on

Question 16

indolent

Answer 16

disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy

Question 17

inert

Answer 17

unable to move or act

Question 18

inevitable

Answer 18

impossible to avoid or prevent

Question 19

ingrate

Answer 19

an ungrateful person

Question 20

inhibit

Answer 20

to prevent an occurrence

Question 21

intermediary

Answer 21

acting as a mediator or an agent between persons or things

Question 22

intricate

Answer 22

having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

Question 23

intuition

Answer 23

the act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition

Question 24

irascible

Answer 24

prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered

Question 25

irrelevant

Answer 25

unrelated to the matter at hand

Question 26

jobial

Answer 26

marked by joyous humor and positive spirit

Question 27

jubiland

Answer 27

expressing joy

Question 28

lassitude

Answer 28

a state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness

Question 29

laud

Answer 29

to give praise to; glorify

Question 30

loaded

Answer 30

charged with emotional or associative significance that hinders rational or unprejudiced consideration of the terms involved in a discourse

Question 31

loquacious

Answer 31

very talkative

Question 32

magnanimous

Answer 32

generous in forgiving; unselfish

Question 33

magnitude

Answer 33

greatness in size or extent

Question 34

maladroit

Answer 34

marked by a lack of adroitness; inept

Question 35

malevolence

Answer 35

malicious behavior

Question 36

manifold

Answer 36

varied and many (think of "many folds")

Question 37

meld

Answer 37

to cause to merge

Question 38

mercurial

Answer 38

quick and changeable in temperament; volatile

Question 39

milieu

Answer 39

the total environment or setting; surroundings (your milieu is your world, or the context you come from. Sometimes a milieu shapes a person, as when a "milieu of abuse and poverty" inspires someone to improve things for others.)

Question 40

minutiae

Answer 40

a small or trivial detail (the plural of minutia)

Question 41

multifarious

Answer 41

very diverse (similar to eclectic in meaning)

Question 42

nemesis

Answer 42

an enemy; a person who is a source of great suffering and distress; a rival

Question 43

nuance

Answer 43

a subtle or slight degree of difference

Question 44

obstruct

Answer 44

to impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder

Question 45

obtrusive

Answer 45

tending to push self-assertively forward; brash

Question 46

officious

Answer 46

marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others

Question 47

ornate

Answer 47

elaborately heavily, and often excessively ornamented

Question 48

ostracize

Answer 48

to exclude from a group; to shun

Question 49

overstate

Answer 49

to state in exaggerated terms

Question 50

palliative

Answer 50

relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure