CRL 8

Question 1

Acerbic

Answer 1

1. Sour or bitter in taste

2. Harsh or sharp in speech, manner, or temper

Question 2

Acrid

Answer 2

Bitterly pungent or harsh in taste or smell; sharply stinging

Question 3

Exacerbate

Answer 3

To increase severity of something; to intensify irritation or violence

Question 4

Acrimony

Answer 4

Bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior or speech

Question 5

Acumen

Answer 5

Keenness of insight and discernment; sagacity

Question 6

Acute

Answer 6

1. Very discerning; quickly alert to impressions

2. Severe; intense

Question 7

Peremptory

Answer 7

1. Urgently commanding; officious or arrogantly dictatorial

2. Not allowing contradiction or further disagreement

Question 8

Preempt

Answer 8

To take precedence over someone or something already arranged or in place; to seize priority

Question 9

Redemption

Answer 9

1. Deliverance from sin; atonement for guilt

2. Retrieval; reclamation; reformation

Question 10

Technocracy

Answer 10

Government or social systems that put technological theories into practice

Question 11

Plutocrat

Answer 11

A member of a governing wealthy class or a person whose wealth grants political influence

Question 12

Pecuniary

Answer 12

Relating to money or necessary payment of it

Question 13

Impecunious

Answer 13

Lacking money; penniless

Question 14

Comportment

Answer 14

Behavior; demeanor; mode of bearing or movement

Question 15

Purport

Answer 15

To claim; to profess (without gibing proof); to appear to be