Chapter 1

Question 0

Ambidextrous

Answer 0

Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
Syn: versatile, facile
Ant: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit

Question 1

Adulterate

Answer 1

To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value.
Syn: contaminate, pollute, sully
Ant: purify, purge, expurgate

Question 2

Augment

Answer 2

To make larger, increase
Syn: enlarge, supplement, amplify
Ant: decrease, diminish

Question 3

Bereft

Answer 3

Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
Syn: bereaved
Ant: replete, well provided

Question 4

Deploy

Answer 4

To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up

Syn: Station, organize

Question 5

Dour

Answer 5

Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
Syn: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine
Ant: cheery, inviting, genial

Question 6

Fortitude

Answer 6

Courage facing difficulty
Syn: resolve, steadfastness, mettle
Ant: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness

Question 7

Gape

Answer 7

To stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
Syn: gawk, ogle

Question 8

Gibe

Answer 8

(V) to utter taunting words
(N) an expression of scorn
Syn: (v) ridicule, knock, deride, jeer
Ant: (n) compliment, praise

Question 9

Guise

Answer 9

External appearance, cover, mask

Syn: costume, semblance, pretense

Question 10

Insidious

Answer 10

Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
Syn: cunning, underhanded, perfidious
Ant: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard

Question 11

Intimation

Answer 11

A hint, indirect suggestion

Question 12

Opulent

Answer 12

Wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
Syn: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant
Ant: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute

Question 13

Pliable

Answer 13

Easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
Syn: supple, adaptable, resilient
Ant: recalcitrant, rigid, inflexible

Question 14

Reiterate

Answer 14

To say again, repeat

Syn: restate, rehash, recapitulate

Question 15

Stolid

Answer 15

Not easily moved mentally of emotionally; dull, unresponsive
Syn: impassive, phlegmatic
Ant: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung

Question 16

Tentative

Answer 16

Experimental in nature; tentative, heatiant

Question 17

Unkempt

Answer 17

Not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
Syn: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough
Ant: well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty

Question 18

Verbatim

Answer 18

(Adj., adv.) Word for word; exactly as written or spoken
Syn: (adj) exact; (adv) precisely
Ant: paraphrased

Question 19

Warily

Answer 19

(Adj.)Cautiously, with great care
Syn: carefully, prudently, gingerly
Ant: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously