Chapter 13

Question 1

Conceivable

Answer 1

Capable of being imagined or grasped intellectually

Question 2

Hard pressed

Answer 2

Burdened with urgent business

Question 3

Exuberance

Answer 3

Full of energy and excitement

Question 4

Pastiche

Answer 4

Imitate the style of something

Question 5

Ramshackle

Answer 5

In a state of severe disrepair

Question 6

Unassuming

Answer 6

Not pretentious

Modest

Question 7

Virulent

Answer 7

Bitterly hostile

Harmful effects

Question 8

Apathetic

Answer 8

No interest or enthusiasm

Question 9

Hitherto

Answer 9

Until now

Question 10

Politic

Answer 10

Prudent and sagacious

Question 11

Imprudent

Answer 11

Not showing care for consequences of an action

Rash

Question 12

Intractable

Answer 12

Hard to control or understand

Question 13

Oust

Answer 13

Drive out or expel

Question 14

Peccadillo

Answer 14

A small or unimportant sin

Question 15

Quibble

Answer 15

Argue or raise Objections about a trivial matter

Question 16

Remotely

Answer 16

From a distance

Without physical contact

Question 17

Adept

Answer 17

Very skilled

Question 18

Irreparable

Answer 18

Impossible to repair or rectify

Question 19

Deluge

Answer 19

Great quantity of something

Severe flood

Question 20

Bedeck

Answer 20

Decorate

Question 21

Beseech

Answer 21

Ask someone urgently to do something

Question 22

Uproarious

Answer 22

Loud noise or laughter

Question 23

Insouciance

Answer 23

Lack of concern

Question 24

Agnosticism

Answer 24

A person who believes nothing is known about good

Question 25

Chagrin

Answer 25

Distress or embarrassment

Question 26

Superannuated

Answer 26

Obsolete

Question 27

Numinous

Answer 27

Having strong religious or spiritual property

Question 28

Ineluctable

Answer 28

Can't be resisted or avoided

Question 29

Treacly

Answer 29

Excessively sentimental

Question 30

Faddish

Answer 30

Intense enthusiasm