Challenge

Question 1

Propitiate

Answer 1

Appease

Question 2

Raillery

Answer 2

Light teasing

Question 3

Indignant

Answer 3

Angry

Question 4

Factious

Answer 4

Artificial

Question 5

Calumny

Answer 5

Slander

Question 6

Zeitgeist

Answer 6

Spirit of the times

Question 7

Stultify

Answer 7

Sap enthusiasm

Question 8

Specious

Answer 8

Misleadingly attractive

Question 9

Vicissitude

Answer 9

Change in fortune

Question 10

Begrudge

Answer 10

Envy

Question 11

Petulant

Answer 11

Easily annoyed

Question 12

Platitude

Answer 12

Obvious remark

Question 13

Inscrutable

Answer 13

Unfathomable

Question 14

Censure

Answer 14

Express disapproval

Question 15

Besmirch

Answer 15

Dishonor

Question 16

Arrant

Answer 16

Utter

Question 17

Chortle

Answer 17

Laugh merrily

Question 18

Insouciance

Answer 18

Lack of concern

Question 19

Truculent

Answer 19

Fierce, savage

Question 20

Abrogate

Answer 20

Overturn a law

Question 21

Flummox

Answer 21

Bewilder

Question 22

Palaver

Answer 22

1.
unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure.
“there’s a lot of palaver involved”
2.
HISTORICAL
an improvised conference between two groups, typically those without a shared language or culture.
verb
talk unproductively and at length.
“it’s too hot for palavering”

Question 23

Exhort

Answer 23

Encourage