Adjectives

Question 1

Trenchant

Answer 1

Trenchant:
vigorous or incisive in expression or style; incisive, penetrating, sharp, keen, insightful, acute, focused, shrewd, razor-sharp, piercing; More
vigorous, forceful, strong, potent, telling, emphatic, forthright; mordant, cutting, biting, acerbic, pungent

Question 2

Prodigal

Answer 2

Prodigal:
spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant; spendthrift, profligate, improvident, imprudent

Question 3

Pyrrhic

Answer 3

Pyrrhic:

(of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.

Question 4

Filial

Answer 4

Filial:
of or due from a son or daughter.
"a display of filial affection"
synonyms:	dutiful, devoted, compliant, respectful, affectionate, loving
"a display of filial affection"

Question 5

Irenic

Answer 5

Irenic:
1) adjective: aiming or aimed at peace.

2) noun: a part of Christian theology concerned with reconciling different denominations and sects.

Question 6

Ontic

Answer 6

Ontic:

relating to entities and the facts about them; relating to real as opposed to phenomenal existence.

Question 7

Didactic

Answer 7

Didactic:

1. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
2. inclined to lecture others too much.

Question 8

Germane

Answer 8

Germane:

closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:

Question 9

Peremptory

Answer 9

Peremptory:
leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative:
imperious or dictatorial.

Question 10

Inimical

Answer 10

Inimical:
adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful:
unfriendly; hostile:

Question 11

Abstruse

Answer 11

Abstruse:

hard to understand; recondite; esoteric:

Question 12

Esoteric

Answer 12

Esoteric:

1) understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest;
2) belonging to the select few.

Question 13

Maudlin

Answer 13

Maudlin:

1) tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
2) foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness.

Question 14

Epicurean

Answer 14

Epicurean:
fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.

Question 15

Pithy

Answer 15

Pithy:
concise and forcefully expressive.
succinct, terse, concise, compact, short (and sweet), brief, condensed, to the point, thumbnail

Question 16

Punctilious

Answer 16

Punctilious

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

Question 17

Ad hominem

Answer 17

Ad hominem:
(of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
“They has no answer to my point, so they turned to ad hominem attacks.”

Question 18

Esoteric

Answer 18

Esoteric

intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

Question 19

Synoptic

Answer 19

Synoptic

1) pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
2) Referring to the first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), because of their similar content, order, and statement.

Question 20

Patristic

Answer 20

Patristic:
Of or relating to the early Church fathers and/or their writings. (About AD 100 to 604, from the end of the Apostolic age to the start of the medieval period.)

Question 21

Supercilious

Answer 21

Supercilious:

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

Question 22

Ineffable

Answer 22

Ineffable

Can’t be described in intelligible language. Too great or too extreme to be put in words.