Basic IV

Question 1

Nepotism

Answer 1

the practice of unfairly giving the best jobs to members of your family when you are in a position of power, cronyism

Question 2

Malfeasance

Answer 2

illegal activity, especially by a government official

Question 3

Sardonic

Answer 3

speaking or smiling in a way that is not nice and shows you do not have a good opinion of someone or something

Question 4

Supercilious

Answer 4

behaving as if you think that other people are less important than you

Question 5

Coarse

Answer 5

impolite and offensive; rough

Question 6

Fatuous

Answer 6

stupid and foolish

Question 7

Ribald

Answer 7

humorous and usually about sex

Question 8

Akin

Answer 8

very similar to something

Question 9

Snub

Answer 9

to treat someone rudely, especially by ignoring them when you meet

Question 10

Patronize

Answer 10

to talk to someone or treat someone in a way that seems friendly but shows that you think they are not as intelligent or important as you

Question 11

Cultivate

Answer 11

to develop a particular skill or quality in yourself, to develop something

Question 12

Ingenuous

Answer 12

trusting too much, sincere

Question 13

Bland

Answer 13

dull

Question 14

Toothsome

Answer 14

delicious, desirable

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Palatable

Answer 15

tasting good, acceptable

Question 16

Imprudent

Answer 16

unwise

Question 17

Apocryphal

Answer 17

well known but probably not true

Question 18

Inconspicuous

Answer 18

not easily seen or noticed

Question 19

Ignominious

Answer 19

making your feel ashamed or embarrassed

Question 20

Obscurity

Answer 20

something that is difficult to understand, or the quality of being difficult to understand

Question 21

Acridity

Answer 21

a sharp taste or smell, bad

Question 22

Trenchancy

Answer 22

a sharp analysis or remark

Question 23

Acumen

Answer 23

mental sharpness

Question 24

Dexterity

Answer 24

skill and speed in doing something, especially with your hands, or in speaking

Question 25

Adroit

Answer 25

smart and skillful

Question 26

Stumble

Answer 26

to stop or to make a mistake

Question 27

Strident

Answer 27

forceful and determined

Question 28

Flowing

Answer 28

moving, curving, or hanging gracefully

Question 29

Mellifluous

Answer 29

having a pleasant smooth musical sound

Question 30

Euphonic

Answer 30

sweet or pleasing

Question 31

Travesty

Answer 31

an extremely bad example of something, especially one in which the opposite result should have happened

Question 32

Alleviate

Answer 32

to make something less bad, painful, severe, or difficult

Question 33

Electrified

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excited or interested

Question 34

Alienated

Answer 34

feeling separated from society or the group of people around you, and often unhappy

Question 35

Stunned

Answer 35

surprised, shocked

Question 36

Exacting

Answer 36

demanding a lot

Question 37

Circuitous

Answer 37

going, doing or achieving something in a way that is not very direct

Question 38

Erratic

Answer 38

changing often and without warning, or done without planning in a way that does not follow a pattern

Question 39

Circumvent

Answer 39

to avoid something

Question 40

Mimic

Answer 40

to reflect, to mirror

Question 41

Extirpate

Answer 41

to completely destroy

Question 42

Recondite

Answer 42

unknown and difficult to understand

Question 43

Immense

Answer 43

extremely large

Question 44

Pivotal

Answer 44

having an extremely important effect on the way something develops

Question 45

Momentous

Answer 45

extremely important and having effects in the future

Question 46

Bedlam

Answer 46

a wild noisy place or situation

Question 47

Barren

Answer 47

w/o useful results; having nothing in it

Question 48

Gaudy

Answer 48

looking cheap and tasteless

Question 49

Detritus

Answer 49

waste or debris

Question 50

Punctilious

Answer 50

very careful to behave correctly and keep exactly to rules