Deck 12

Question 1

CHICANERY

Answer 1

trickery, fraud, deception

Question 2

SLIGHT

Answer 2

an insult or disparaging remark

Question 3

CAPITULATE

Answer 3

to surrender completely without protest

Question 4

DISHEARTENING

Answer 4

very discouraging; dismaying

Question 5

APOCRYPHAL

Answer 5

of doubtful authenticity

Question 6

MAGISTERIAL

Answer 6

learned and authoritative

Question 7

PLASTICITY; MALLEABLE; PLIABLE

Answer 7

flexible, easily shaped, especially by outside influences

Question 8

CHAGRIN

Answer 8

embarrassment or humiliation

Question 9

IDYLLIC

Answer 9

charmingly simple; peaceful

Question 10

DILAPIDATED

Answer 10

broken down; in terrible condition

Question 11

EXTEMPORIZE; IMPROVISE

Answer 11

to speak without lecture or notes; unplanned

Question 12

SECULAR

Answer 12

non-religious; worldly

Question 13

MYRIAD

Answer 13

many; numerous

Question 14

UNGAINLY

Answer 14

awkward; clumsy

Question 15

DILATORY

Answer 15

habitually late; tardy

Question 16

DISCORDANT

Answer 16

not in harmony; incompatible

Question 17

PROLIFERATION

Answer 17

to rapidly increase

Question 18

DICHOTOMY

Answer 18

a division into two incompatible groups

Question 19

NUANCE

Answer 19

a SUBTLE difference between two things

Question 20

FLIPPANT; FACETIOUS

Answer 20

Satire

serious matters with humor or disrespect

Question 21

PEJORATIVE

Answer 21

a word that insults or expresses contempt and disdain

Question 22

FLORID

Answer 22

flower in style; very ornate

Question 23

EXCORIATING; SCATHING

Answer 23

expressing strong disapproval; condemning

Question 24

INTERLOPER

Answer 24

an intruder; a gatecrasher

Question 25

CEREBRAL

Answer 25

intellectual (cerebellum) rather than emotional or physical

Question 26

VISCERAL

Answer 26

Instinctive rather than rational (“Viscera”) - hitting one in the gut