Bujjamma Jan'15-Jun'15

Question 1

Opulent

Answer 1

Lush, luxuriant;

Her opulent tenants are a one way ticket to get her rich.

Question 2

Penumbra

Answer 2

A half shadow

A penumbra is formed during a partial eclipse, when the moon and sun are in a partial angle.

Question 3

Serendipity

Answer 3

Finding something nice while looking for something else;

A series of small serendipities were enough to keep him awake throughout the whole week.

Question 4

Elixir

Answer 4

A good potion;

A herbal cough elixir is taken in three drops and can cure a sore throat in matter of minutes.

Question 5

Talisman

Answer 5

A good luck charm;

The ring was the only talisman Rumplestlitskin has so he can get to the Enchanted Forest.

Question 6

Tsundere

Answer 6

A Japanese character development process that describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing their warm side over time;

At first, her tsundere towards her co workers showed through, but over time, she learned that being hostile towards them drove them away.

Question 7

Persistent

Answer 7

Continuing firmly to convince;

His persistence didn’t convince anyone to join abroad his idea of eliminating styrofoam from the world.

Question 8

Lax

Answer 8

Not sufficiently strict or severe;

Nowadays, teachers lack the lax behavior because if the challenges in the 21st century.

Question 9

Comprehension

Answer 9

The capability of understanding something;

Some won’t have the least comprehension on why the school district is trying to indulge chrome books into the students life.

Question 10

Bombast

Answer 10

Arrogant, pompous language;

The problem is that people have a bombast attitude towards anything they feel insecure about, making them be viewed as someone arrogant and pompous.

Question 11

Stalwart

Answer 11

Loyal, reliable, and hardworking;

Imdb is a very stalwart source.
It informs everyone but movies and the actors that star and many other interesting things such as
facts about the movie, actor, making, etc.

Question 12

Abominate

Answer 12

To hate violently;

The United States government abominated the mere idea of a monarchy, and in result created a democracy.

Question 13

Centenary

Answer 13

Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years;

A centenary has passed since the event that occurred in the 1900s.

Question 14

Fundamental

Answer 14

Forming a necessary base or core;

Two of the courses cover the fundamentals of Microbiology.

Question 15

Lithe

Answer 15

(of a person) Thin, supple, graceful;

She was a lithe person and one could notice that the way she spoke and the way she walked.

Question 16

Malleable

Answer 16

Easily influenced, pliant;

Anne was shaken enough to be malleable.

Question 17

Uncouth

Answer 17

Awkward, clumsy or unmannerly;

An uncouth relative who embarrasses the Woodhouse family is irrelevant.

Question 18

Consternation

Answer 18

A sudden alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion;

Iger had ousted Disney veteran Dick Cook earlier this month, to the surprise and consternation of talent including Johnny Depp.

Question 19

Amiable

Answer 19

Having or showing pleasant good-natured personal qualities;

An amiable gathering was held in the Weston’s residence that evening after Frank Churchill arrived, causing everyone around Randalls’ to get a sight of Frank.

Question 20

Scruples

Answer 20

An ethical consideration that inhibits certain actions;

Had it been anybody but Tessie I should not have bothered my head about scruples (Chambers, )

Question 21

Equivocal

Answer 21

Allowing the possibility of several different meanings as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide;

The results are almost always negative and when they are equivocal, it is really an indication of actual illness (Saunders, Russell).