Chaoter 6-10

Question 1

An obstacle; impediment

Answer 1

Hindrance

Question 2

Aware

Answer 2

Cognizant

Question 3

Self serving; convenient

Answer 3

Expedient

Question 4

Extravagant

Answer 4

Lavish

Question 5

Careless

Answer 5

Negligent

Question 6

To examine

Answer 6

Scrutinize

Question 7

To stir up; arouse

Answer 7

Kindle

Question 8

To horrify; dismay

Answer 8

Appall

Question 9

Laughable

Answer 9

Ludicrous

Question 10

To sympathize; express compassion

Answer 10

Commiserate

Question 11

Deliberate deceptiveness; deceit

Answer 11

Duplicity

Question 12

Open to more than one interpretation and often intended to mislead

Answer 12

Equivocal

Question 13

All or always the same; without variety

Answer 13

Uniform

Question 14

To reduce in size; become compressed

Answer 14

Contract

Question 15

A loud outcry; hubbub

Answer 15

Clamor

Question 16

Unable to be held or defended; insupportable

Answer 16

Untenable

Question 17

Not moving; not flowing; motionless

Answer 17

Stagnant

Question 18

To make abusive statements about

Answer 18

Vilify

Question 19

To repeal; take back

Answer 19

Rescind

Question 20

Uncertain how to think or act; undecided

Answer 20

Irresolute

Question 21

Of doubtful authentictiy; not genuine

Answer 21

Desultory

Question 22

Moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way

Answer 22

Garbled

Question 23

Very talkative

Answer 23

Loquacious

Question 24

Friendly; easy to get along with

Answer 24

Affable

Question 25

Easily angered; irritable

Answer 25

Irascible

Question 26

Difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible

Answer 26

Opaque

Question 27

To summarize or repeat briefly

Answer 27

Recapitulate

Question 28

Slow to understand; dull

Answer 28

Obtuse

Question 29

A scarcity; an insufficiency

Answer 29

Paucity

Question 30

Mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible

Answer 30

Apocryphical

Question 31

Praise

Answer 31

Accolade

Question 32

A building, especially of large, imposing size

Answer 32

Edifice

Question 33

A breaking of a law or rule

Answer 33

Infraction

Question 34

A bitter, abusively critical speech or piece of writing

Answer 34

Diatribe

Question 35

To relieve; lessen

Answer 35

Assuage

Question 36

Solemn; sad and depressing; melancholy

Answer 36

Somber

Question 37

Blame; a rebuke

Answer 37

Censure

Question 38

Severity; weighty importance

Answer 38

Gravity

Question 39

Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things

Answer 39

Profane

Question 40

Harsh, discordant sounds

Answer 40

Cacophony

Question 41

Hatred

Answer 41

Enmity

Question 42

To examine; read with great care

Answer 42

Peruse

Question 43

Mistaken

Answer 43

Erroneous

Question 44

A person who leads a solitary life; someone who withdraws from others

Answer 44

Recluse

Question 45

Disrespect toward something sacred or important, irreverence

Answer 45

Blasphemy

Question 46

To reject; give up; cast off

Answer 46

Renounce

Question 47

To lose strength; fail in health; be weak

Answer 47

Languish

Question 48

To stir up

Answer 48

Incite

Question 49

A person who holds unpopular or unaccepted beliefs; dissented; nonconformist

Answer 49

Heretic

Question 50

To collect

Answer 50

Garner