Deck 26

Question 1

Pristine

Answer 1

adj. extremely clean or new; not changed in any way and left in its original condition; pure, unspoiled

Question 2

Hackneyed

Answer 2

adj. not interesting, funny etc, because of being used too often; cliche

Question 3

Chaff

Answer 3

n. the outer part of grain such as wheat; something comparatively worthless; waste, leftover

Question 4

Natal

Answer 4

adj. relating to the place or time of one’s birth; referring to birth, genetic, biological

Question 5

Rancid

Answer 5

adj. having the disagreeable odor or taste; stinking, sour, rotten

Question 6

Congregation

Answer 6

n. a group of people assembled for religious worship; gathering, assembly, flock

Question 7

Patronize

Answer 7

v. to give money or support to (someone or something); to talk to someone in a way that shows that you believe you are intelligent or better than other people; support

Question 8

Compatriot

Answer 8

n. a person from your own country

Question 9

Paternal

Answer 9

adj. of or like a father; protective, fatherly, patriarchal

Question 10

Patriarchy

Answer 10

n. A form of social organization in which males dominate females

Question 11

Perceptive

Answer 11

adj. having the ability to achieve understanding

Question 12

Precise

Answer 12

adj. clear, accurate
exact, specific

Question 13

Conjecture

Answer 13

v. guess, estimate, speculate

Question 14

Naive

Answer 14

adj. lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind; innocent, trusting, childlike

Question 15

Gullible

Answer 15

adj. easily tricked because they are too trusting; naïve

Question 16

Imperious

Answer 16

adj. unpleasantly proud and expecting to be obeyed; arrogant, commanding, domineering

Question 17

Preposterous

Answer 17

adj. ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, unreasonable, foolish

Question 18

Bolster

Answer 18

n/v. n. a long pillow or cushion; v. to support

Question 19

Affront

Answer 19

v. To insult intentionally, especially openly; offend, outrage

Question 20

Pompous

Answer 20

adj. arrogant or conceited.

Question 21

Baffle

Answer 21

v. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; mystify, puzzle, bewilder

Question 22

Deception

Answer 22

n. a trick to deceive someone; the act of deceiving someone; trickery, fraud, dishonesty

Question 23

Deceive

Answer 23

v. to make someone believe something that is not true; mislead, lie

Question 24

Hypocrisy

Answer 24

n. falseness; the practice of professing beliefs, or virtues that one does not hold

Question 25

Ruse

Answer 25

n. a trick intended to deceive someone

Question 26

Sham

Answer 26

n. fake, deception, imitation

Question 27

Fraudulent

Answer 27

adj. intended to deceive people in an illegal way, in order to gain money, power; deceitful, dishonest, fake

Question 28

Dissemble

Answer 28

v. v.to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones; disguise

Question 29

Delusion

Answer 29

n. a false belief, opinion, illusion, misbelief, misconception

Question 30

Incisive

Answer 30

adj. very clear, direct, keen, sharp, perceptive

Question 31

Judicious

Answer 31

adj. harp; showing the ability to think and express ideas clearly, briefly, and forcefully

Question 32

Astute

Answer 32

adj. showing shrewdness shrewd, smart, perceptive

Question 33

Gawky

Answer 33

adj. tall, awkward, clumsy

Question 34

Inept

Answer 34

adj. having or showing no skill; clumsy

Question 35

Condone

Answer 35

v. accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue; pardon, disregard, forgive

Question 36

Feasible

Answer 36

adj. possible, able to be done, achievable, viable

Question 37

Entreat

Answer 37

v. to beg, implore, ask earnestly, plead

Question 38

Soluble

Answer 38

adj. can be dissolved in a liquid; can be solved

Question 39

Amnesty

Answer 39

n. an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state; pardon

Question 40

Solution

Answer 40

n. a liquid in which something is dissolved; a way of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation; answer, resolution, key

Question 41

Apt

Answer 41

adj. suitable, appropriate; having a natural tendency

Question 42

Quixotic

Answer 42

adj. exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Question 43

Anthropologist

Answer 43

n. an expert or student in the study of human societies and cultures and their development.

Question 44

Democracy

Answer 44

n. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives; people power

Question 45

Cardiologist

Answer 45

n. a doctor who specializes in heart diseases

Question 46

Dermatology

Answer 46

n. study of skin diseases

Question 47

Photography

Answer 47

n. the art or practice of taking and processing photographs; shooting, cinematography, filmmaking

Question 48

Entomology

Answer 48

n. the scientific study of insects

Question 49

Inauspicious

Answer 49

adj. not favorable, ominous, unpromising, discouraging

Question 50

Auspicious

Answer 50

adj. showing signs that success is likely; favorable, promising, fortunate

Question 51

Omen

Answer 51

n. an event regarded as a portent of good or evil

Question 52

Ominous

Answer 52

adj. making you feel that something bad is going to happen

Question 53

Portent

Answer 53

n. a sign or warning of something is going to happen in the future

Question 54

Prophecy

Answer 54

n. prediction, forecast, foretelling

Question 55

Oracle

Answer 55

n. a prediction or a person who makes a prediction; prophecy

Question 56

Herald

Answer 56

n/v. a messenger; to announce; to be a sign that sth is going to happen

Question 57

Prognostication

Answer 57

n. a prediction, foretelling

Question 58

Sinister

Answer 58

adj. seeming evil or dangerous; making you think something bad will happen; threatening, menacing

Question 59

Anticipate

Answer 59

v. regard as probable; expect or predict

Question 60

Inconsolable

Answer 60

adj. very sad and unable to be comforted