basic

Question 1

Innocuous

Answer 1

harmless and doesn’t produce any ill effects, inoffensive.

Question 2

Candid

Answer 2

A straightforward and honest look at something is a candid one.

Question 3

Erratic

Answer 3

Unpredictable, often wildly so, erratic is reserved for pretty extreme cases.

Question 4

Profuse

Answer 4

If something literally pours out in abundance we say it is profuse.

Question 5

Bleak

Answer 5

If one has a very depressing take on life, we say that person has a bleak outlook

Question 6

Stem

Answer 6

To stem means to hold back or limit the flow or growth of something.

example: You can stem bleeding, you (can
attempt to) stem the tide. Do not stem the flow of vocabulary coursing through your brains.

Question 7

Blinkered
means to have a limited outlook or understanding.

Answer 7

means to have a limited outlook or understanding, unable or unwilling to understand.

Question 8

Check

Answer 8

To check something is to stop its growth (similar to stem but with more of a focus on growth than flow).

Question 9

raft

Answer 9

a large amount of something

Question 10

Checkered

Answer 10

A checkered past is one that is marked by disreputable
happenings.

Question 11

Involved

Retiring
Sure, many dream of the day when they can be retiring, To be retiring is to be shy,
and have the inclination to retract from company.

Expansive
Yes, expansive means expansive. It also means communicative, and prone to talking in a sociable
manner.
After a few sips of cognac, the octogenarian shed his irascible demeanor and became expansive,
speaking fondly of the “good old days”.
Moment
A moment is a point in time. We all know that definition. If something is of moment, it is significant
and important (think of the word momentous).
Despite the initial hullabaloo, the play was of no great moment in Hampton’s writing career, and,
within a few years, the public quickly forgot his foray into theater arts.
Base
When the definition of this word came into existence, there were some obvious biases against the lower
classes (assuming that lexicographers were not lower class). It was assumed that those from the base,
or the lowest, class were without any moral principles. They were contemptible and ignoble. Hence,
we have this second definition of base (the word has since dropped any connotations of lower class).

Answer 11

complicated, and difficult to comprehend.

The physics lecture became so involved that the undergraduate’s eyes glazed over.