Deck 26

Question 1

SOLICITOUS

Answer 1

showing great care; attentive

Question 2

DISINGENUOUS

Answer 2

insincere

Question 3

VENERATE; REVERE

Answer 3

to greatly respect

Question 4

CONTENTIOUS; DISPUTATIOUS

Answer 4

argumentative

Question 5

PRECLUDE

Answer 5

to make impossible; to rule out

Question 6

COMPUNCTION; CONTRITION; REMORSE

Answer 6

sincere and deep regret

Question 7

DEMOGRAPHY

Answer 7

the study of the characteristics of human populations

Question 8

APHORISM; AXIOM

Answer 8

a statement or principle universally accepted as true;

[think of axioms in geometry]

Question 9

Reconciliation

Answer 9

getting two things togethe

Question 10

Forgo

Answer 10

go back or lose the right of

Question 11

Relish

Answer 11

vigorous

Question 12

Obtuse

Answer 12

slow at learning

Question 13

Rectify

Answer 13

set straight

Question 14

Venal

Answer 14

capable of being corrupted

Question 15

Perquisite

Answer 15

exclusive right

Question 16

Fallow

Answer 16

undeveloped but potentially useful

Question 17

Chimerical

Answer 17

imaginative

Question 18

Truculent

Answer 18

aggressive

Question 19

Requisite

Answer 19

required

Question 20

Defoliated

Answer 20

lose of leaves

Question 21

Matriculation

Answer 21

admission to a group

Question 22

Perfidious

Answer 22

tending to betray, treacherous

Question 23

Pontificate

Answer 23

papacy or talk in a pompous manner

Question 24

Phlegmatic

Answer 24

showing little emotion

Question 25

Subsidy

Answer 25

grant paid by the govt

Question 26

Endowment

Answer 26

provides income or natural qualities

Question 27

Emanation

Answer 27

something that it emitted

Question 28

Polemicist

Answer 28

opposes

Question 29

Indolent

Answer 29

lazy

Question 30

Sycophant, toady, lackey

Answer 30

one who tries to please someone in order to gain something (Kiss up)

Question 31

Fawning

Answer 31

flattering someone

Question 32

Aggregation

Answer 32

collection

Question 33

Mirth

Answer 33

extreme happiness

Question 34

Bemoaned

Answer 34

regret strongly

Question 35

Conglomeration

Answer 35

collection

Question 36

Recalcitrant

Answer 36

stubborn resistance

Question 37

Habituating

Answer 37

regularly use

Question 38

Iconoclastic

Answer 38

attack beliefs