April

Question 1

Martyr (marder)

Answer 1

a person who displays or exaggerates their discomfort or distress in order to obtain sympathy or admiration.
“she wanted to play the martyr”

Question 2

Dictatorial

Answer 2

having or showing a tendency to tell people what to do in an autocratic way.
“his dictatorial manner”

Autocratic- taking no account of other people’s wishes or opinions; domineering.
“an autocratic management style”

Question 3

Chasten

Answer 3

moderating effect on.

Question 4

Bolster

Answer 4

support or strengthen; prop up.

“the fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence”

Question 5

Rigor

Answer 5

the quality of being extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.
“his analysis is lacking in rigor”

severity or strictness.
“the full rigor of the law”

demanding, difficult, or extreme conditions.
plural noun: rigors; plural noun: rigours

Question 6

Disparity

Answer 6

a great difference.

“economic disparities between different regions of the country”

Question 7

Diminutive

Answer 7

extremely or unusually small.
"a diminutive figure dressed in black"
Similar:
tiny
small
little
petite

Question 8

fas·tid·i·ous

Answer 8

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Question 9

Dutiful

Answer 9

motivated by duty rather than desire or enthusiasm.

“dutiful applause”

Question 10

Flux

Answer 10

flux. The noun flux describes something that constantly changes. If your likes, dislikes, attitudes, dreams, and even friends are changing all the time, you may be in flux.

Question 11

Blight

Answer 11

a thing that spoils or damages something.

“the vacant properties are a blight on the neighborhood”

Question 12

Placidly (pl á cid ly)

Answer 12

Something done placidly happens in a calm manner. You floated placidly, blissfully unaware

Question 13

Agile (ajul)

Answer 13

able to move quickly and easily.

“Ruth was as agile as a monkey”

Question 14

Abyss (âbis)

Answer 14

a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.

“a rope led down into the dark abyss”

Question 15

Paragon

Answer 15

a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
“it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous”
a person or thing viewed as a model of excellence.
“your cook is a paragon”

Question 16

Brethren

Answer 16

fellow Christians or members of a male religious order.
IRONIC•HUMOROUS
used for humorous or rhetorical effect to refer to people belonging to a particular group.
“our brethren in the popular press”

Question 17

Parse

Answer 17

analyze (a sentence) into its parts and describe their syntactic roles.
nounCOMPUTING
an act of or the result obtained by parsing a string or a text.

Question 18

Holistic

Answer 18

characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.

Question 19

assiduously

Answer 19

as·sid·u·ous·ly | əˈsijo͞oəslē |
adverb
with great care and perseverance: leaders worked assiduously to hammer out an action plan.

Question 20

Irritant

Answer 20

a substance that causes slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body: a powerful skin irritant.
2 a thing that is continually annoying or distracting: in 1966 Vietnam was becoming an irritant to the government.
Annoyance pest bother

Question 21

Confounded

Answer 21

adjective informal, dated

used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance: he was a confounded nuisance.

Question 22

Adversity

Answer 22

difficulties; misfortune.

Question 23

Palatable (pal et a ble)

Answer 23

adjective
(of food or drink) pleasant to taste: a very palatable local red wine.
• (of an action or proposal) acceptable or satisfactory: a device that made increased taxation more palatable.

Question 24

Doleful

Answer 24

expressing sorrow; mournful.

Question 25

Anomaly

Answer 25

something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.