Additional

Question 1

Nostalgia

Answer 1

A sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former time or place

Question 2

Folly

Answer 2

A foolish action, practice, or idea

Question 3

Milieu

Answer 3

Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature

Question 4

Candid

Answer 4

Frank; outspoken; open and sincere

Question 5

Bombastic

Answer 5

Of speech or writing. High sounding; high flown; inflated; pretentious

Question 6

Decorous

Answer 6

Characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character

Question 7

Visceral

Answer 7

Characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect

Question 8

Jingoism

Answer 8

Extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign-policy

Question 9

Ossified

Answer 9

Hardened like or into bone

Question 10

Substantiate

Answer 10

To establish by proof or competent evidence

Question 11

Derail

Answer 11

To cause to fail or become deflected from the purpose.

Question 12

Dictum

Answer 12

An authoritative pronouncement; a saying; maxim

Question 13

Equivocate

Answer 13

To use ambiguous or unclear expressions in order to mislead

Question 14

Denounce

Answer 14

To condemn or censure openly or publicly

Question 15

Cryptic

Answer 15

Mysterious in meeting; puzzling; ambiguous

Question 16

Supercilious

Answer 16

Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous

Question 17

Belligerence

Answer 17

A warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude

Question 18

Aspersion

Answer 18

A damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander

Question 19

Indigence

Answer 19

Seriously impoverished condition; poverty

Question 20

Tenacious

Answer 20

Pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate

Question 21

Perfidy

Answer 21

In act four instance of faithlessness or treachery

Question 22

Epitomize

Answer 22

Be a perfect example of

Question 23

Elliptical

Answer 23

Tending to be ambiguous, cryptic, or obscure

Question 24

Obtrusive

Answer 24

Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way

Question 25

Diaphanous

Answer 25

Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent

Question 26

Anomalous

Answer 26

Deviating from or inconsistent with the comment order, form, or rule

Question 27

Egalitarian

Answer 27

Asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the quality of all people

Question 28

Disdain

Answer 28

To look upon or treat with content; despise; scorn

Question 29

Dilettante

Answer 29

A person who takes up in part, activity, or subject merely for amusement

Question 30

Dowager

Answer 30

An elderly woman of stately dignity, especially one of elevated social position

Question 31

Iconoclast

Answer 31

A breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration

Question 32

Purveyor

Answer 32

A person who purveys, provides, or supplies

Question 33

Unsubstantial

Answer 33

Without material substance or having no foundation

Question 34

Esoteric

Answer 34

Private; secret; confidential

Question 35

Tenable

Answer 35

Capable of being held, maintained, or defended

Question 36

Impugned

Answer 36

To cast challenge as false; cast doubt upon

Question 37

Flotsam

Answer 37

Useless for an important items; odd and end

Question 38

Reconnaissance

Answer 38

An examination or survey of the general geological characteristics of a region

Question 39

Raiment

Answer 39

Clothing; attire

Question 40

Irascible

Answer 40

Easily provoked to anger; very irritable

Question 41

Churlish

Answer 41

Boorish; rude

Question 42

Laconic

Answer 42

Using few words; express much in a few words; concise

Question 43

Stature

Answer 43

Degree of development attained; level of achievement

Question 44

Mercurial

Answer 44

Changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic