Day 28-30

Question 1

perfunctory

Answer 1

lacking interest

Question 2

truculent

Answer 2

fierce, cruel, brutal

Question 3

pugnacious

Answer 3

inclined to quarrel or fight readily

Question 4

pique

Answer 4

fleeting feeling of hurt pride

Question 5

recpitulate

Answer 5

to review by a brief summary

Question 6

cogent

Answer 6

convincing, incisive presentation

Question 7

desiccate

Answer 7

to dry thoroughly, to dry up

Question 8

curmudgeon

Answer 8

malcontent, stingy, miser

Question 9

penitent

Answer 9

expressing sorrow for sins

Question 10

austere

Answer 10

rigorous self-discipline and severely moral

Question 11

tantmount

Answer 11

equivalent in value or significance

Question 12

heuristic

Answer 12

encouraging a person to learn

Question 13

convoke

Answer 13

to call together

Question 14

jettison

Answer 14

discard, throw away, eject

Question 15

circumlocution

Answer 15

a roundabout expression

Question 16

serendipity

Answer 16

good fortune

Question 17

eulogy

Answer 17

to praise highly

Question 18

pontificate

Answer 18

to speak in a pompous or dogmatic way

Question 19

belie

Answer 19

to show to be false

Question 20

propagate

Answer 20

to increase in extent

Question 21

perfidious

Answer 21

disloyal

Question 22

veracity

Answer 22

habitual observance of truth in speech

Question 23

emollient

Answer 23

to soften, relax

Question 24

perdition

Answer 24

complete and utter loss

Question 25

inoculate

Answer 25

to prevent a disease

Question 26

squalor

Answer 26

filth, misery

Question 27

adumbrate

Answer 27

to sketch, outline

Question 28

mellifluous

Answer 28

sweet, smoothly

Question 29

secant

Answer 29

straight line intersecting a curve at two points

Question 30

caucus

Answer 30

to bring up for discussion in a meeting

Question 31

prognosticate

Answer 31

to assume, conjecture

Question 32

forthright

Answer 32

direct, outspoken

Question 33

berate

Answer 33

scold, rebuke

Question 34

censorious

Answer 34

severly critical

Question 35

tedium

Answer 35

long and tiresome

Question 36

laggard

Answer 36

casual, unhurried

Question 37

refectory

Answer 37

room where meals are served

Question 38

grandiloquence

Answer 38

pompous talk, fancy

Question 39

denigrate

Answer 39

to criticize, belittle

Question 40

detractor

Answer 40

someone who belittle or disparages

Question 41

enthrall

Answer 41

praise, distinction

Question 42

accrue

Answer 42

to accumulate, to grow by addition

Question 43

foible

Answer 43

minor, weakness, character flaw

Question 44

filibuster

Answer 44

use of obstructive tactics in a legislative assembly to prevent adoption of a measure

Question 45

foliating

Answer 45

developing, flourishing

Question 46

prepossessing

Answer 46

engaging, appealing

Question 47

tepid

Answer 47

lukewarm, apathetic

Question 48

convex

Answer 48

curved outward, arched, bent

Question 49

mercurial

Answer 49

capricious, changing fickles

Question 50

fetter

Answer 50

chain, shackle

Question 51

fraternize

Answer 51

to associate with on friendly terms

Question 52

stymie

Answer 52

hinder, block, thwart

Question 53

sumptuous

Answer 53

lavish, splendid

Question 54

superannuated

Answer 54

too old, obsolete, outdated

Question 55

domineer

Answer 55

to rule over

Question 56

dissension

Answer 56

to disagree with theethods

Question 57

promulgate

Answer 57

to decare

Question 58

simian

Answer 58

apelike

Question 59

perfunctory

Answer 59

routine

Question 60

bereft

Answer 60

lacking or deprived of something

Question 61

chimerical

Answer 61

fanciful

Question 62

perdition

Answer 62

complete and utter loss