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Question 1

Perfunctory

Answer 1

With little effort or care.

Perfunctory nod

Question 2

Droll

Answer 2

curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.
“his unique brand of droll self-mockery”

Question 3

Propitious

Answer 3

giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.
“the timing for such a meeting seemed propitious”

Question 4

Hewn

Answer 4

past participle: hewn
chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool.
“we have finished hauling and hewing timber”

Question 5

Pique

Answer 5

verb
past tense: piqued; past participle: piqued
1.
stimulate (interest or curiosity).

Question 6

Dilettante

Answer 6

a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
“a wealthy literary dilettante”

Question 7

Soporific

Answer 7

adjective
tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.
“the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect”
noun
a drug or other agent that induces sleep.

Question 8

Entropic

Answer 8

adjective
Thermodynamics. of or relating to entropy, a measure of the thermal energy unavailable for work, or of the constituent randomness, in a process or system:
At very small scales, the entropic effects become significant, so a more intricate analysis, incorporating thermal fluctuations, is needed in the study of biopolymers.

(in data transmission and information theory) of or relating to entropy, a measure of the information lost in a transmitted signal or message:
In an oral culture, only those thoughts that can be formulated into sayings, proverbs, and other dicta are likely to survive the entropic effects of oral transmission.

Question 9

Acceding

Answer 9

agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
“the authorities did not accede to the strikers’ demands”
Similar:
agree to
consent to
accept
assent to
acquiesce in
endorse
comply with
go along with
concur with
allow
recognize
grant
surrender to
yield to
give in to
give way to
defer to
relent
back down
Opposite:
refuse
deny
2.
assume an office or position.
“Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558”

Question 10

Irrepressible

Answer 10

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adjective
not able to be controlled or restrained.
“a great shout of irrepressible laughter

Question 11

Ardent

Answer 11

adjective
enthusiastic or passionate.
“an ardent baseball fan”

Question 12

Apparition

Answer 12

ap·pa·ri·tion
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noun
a ghost or ghostlike image of a person

Question 13

Guady

Answer 13

extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.
“silver bows and gaudy ribbons”

Question 14

Mercurial

Answer 14

1.
(of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
“his mercurial temperament”

Question 15

Glower

Answer 15

Grimace, scowl

Question 16

Jingoism

Answer 16

extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.
“the popular jingoism that swept the lower–middle classes”

Question 17

Aquiline

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(of a person’s nose) hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.
“with bold features and an aquiline nose he could be mistaken for a Roman bust”

Question 18

circumspect

Answer 18

adjective
adjective: circumspect
wary and unwilling to take risks.
“the officials were very circumspect in their statements

Question 19

pernicious

Answer 19

adjective

having a harmful effect, especially in agradualor subtle way.

“the pernicious effects of air pollution”

Question 20

Ostensible

Answer 20

adjective
stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
“the delay may have a deeper cause than the ostensible reason”

Question 21

Abtruse

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difficult to understand; obscure.
“an abstruse philosophical inquiry

Question 22

Lilt

Answer 22

noun

a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent.

“he spoke with a faint but recognizable Irish lilt”

Similar:

cadence

rise and fall

inflection

intonation

upswing

emphasis

stress

rhythm

swing

sway

beat

pulse

measure

meter

tempo

verb

speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.

“the music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm

Question 23

Cadre

Answer 23

noun
plural noun: cadres
a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
“a small cadre of scientists”
Similar:
small group
body
team
corps
core
nucleus
key group
a group of activists in a communist or other revolutionary organization.
a member of an activist group.

Question 24

Sheer

Answer 24

adjective
1.
nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis).
“she giggled with sheer delight”
Similar:
utter
complete
absolute
total
pure
perfect
downright
out-and-out
thorough
thoroughgoing
through and through
consummate
patent
surpassing
veritable
unqualified
unmitigated
unalloyed
unadulterated
unmixed
stark
rank
plain
simple
mere
proper
fair
arrant
right-down
2.
(especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so.
“the sheer ice walls”
Similar:
precipitous
very steep
perpendicular
vertical
abrupt
bluff
sharp
vertiginous
acclivitous
declivitous
scarped
Opposite:
gradual
adverb
1.
perpendicularly.
“the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags”
2.
ARCHAIC
completely; right.
“she went sheer forward when the door was open”
noun
a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article.
“I put up the new curtains and sheers”