Batch 1

Question 1

Anthropocentric

Answer 1

Regard the world in terms of human values

Question 2

Incisive

Answer 2

Impressively direct and decisive

Question 3

Genus

Answer 3

A class, kind of group marked by one or more common characteristics

Question 4

Morphology

Answer 4

Form or structure of animals, study and description of word formation

Question 5

Volition

Answer 5

The power of choosing

Question 6

Pulchritude

Answer 6

Beauty

Question 7

Penury

Answer 7

A cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)

Question 8

Deleterious

Answer 8

Harmful (often in a subtle or unexpected way)

Question 9

Pernicious

Answer 9

Highly injurious or destructive

Question 10

Profligacy

Answer 10

Reckless extravagance, wastefulness

Question 11

Spurious

Answer 11

Deceitful, outwardly similar, but without genuine qualities; (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid

Question 12

Maladroit

Answer 12

Lacking skill or cleverness, clumsy

Question 13

Didactic

Answer 13

Moralizing

Question 14

Panegyrical

Answer 14

Eulogistic, praising formally

Question 15

Erudite

Answer 15

Having advanced knowledge

Question 16

Diffidence

Answer 16

Lacking confidence, being shy (due to lack of confidence)

Question 17

Reticence

Answer 17

Reluctance

Question 18

Capricious

Answer 18

Volatile, impulsive

Question 19

Glib

Answer 19

Superficial, insincere

Question 20

Doughty

Answer 20

Feeling or displaying no fear

Question 21

Forlorn

Answer 21

Sad

Question 22

Perfidy

Answer 22

Treacherous, deceitfulness

Question 23

Expiate

Answer 23

Atone for

Question 24

Soporific

Answer 24

Sleep inducing

Question 25

Sedulous

Answer 25

Hardworking

Question 26

Preternatural

Answer 26

Beyond what is normal

Question 27

Sophistry

Answer 27

Use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention to deceive

Question 28

Teleological

Answer 28

Exhibiting or relating to design or purpose, especially in nature, involving explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve

Question 29

Discrepant

Answer 29

Characterized by an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility

Question 30

Consonant

Answer 30

In agreement or harmony with

Question 31

Edifying

Answer 31

Providing moral or intellectual instruction

Question 32

Cadge

Answer 32

To ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled to)

Question 33

Anodyne

Answer 33

(N) eliminating physical pain
(Adj) inoffensive

Question 34

Mendicate

Answer 34

To beg