Art of thinking clearly

Question 1

pernicious

Answer 1

1) highly injurious or destructive

Question 2

compendium

Answer 2

1) a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge
“a one-volume compendium of the multivolume original”
2) a list of a number of items ( COLLECTION, COMPILATION)
“a compendium of folk tales”

Question 3

berth

Answer 3

1) an amount of distance maintained for safety
“give the fire a wide berth”
“giving him a wide berth until he is in a better mood”

Question 4

innocuous

Answer 4

1) producing no injury : HARMLESS
“Small and innocuous looking, the habanero is uncontested as the hottest pepper in the world, the mother of all peppers.”
2) not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility : INOFFENSIVE, INSIPID

Question 5

empirical

Question 6

hailed

Question 7

vaunted

Question 8

mirage

Question 9

outset

Question 10

punctilious

Answer 10

1) marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
“She’s very punctilious about grammar.”

Question 11

revelers

Question 12

disposition

Answer 12

tendency