Deck 5

Question 1

Circumscribe

Answer 1

To restrict within limits

Question 2

Corroborate

Answer 2

To support or confirm; opposite of recant/disavow

Question 3

Ameliorate

Answer 3

To make something better; opposite of exacerbate

Question 4

Immutable

Answer 4

Unchanging over time

Question 5

Polemical

Answer 5

Expressing a strong critical attack; a controversial opinion

Question 6

Deification

Answer 6

To turn something into a god; to deify or worship

Question 7

Excoriate

Answer 7

To wear off skin; to censure (strong disapproval) scathingly

Question 8

Calumny

Answer 8

False and slanderous statement to damage someone’s reputation

Question 9

Garland

Answer 9

A wreath of flowers and leaves

Question 10

Obloquy

Answer 10

A strong condemnation; abusive language aimed to discredit

Question 11

Artifice

Answer 11

Clever or cunning devices used to trick others

Question 12

Pedantry

Answer 12

Excessively concerned with minor details and rules

Question 13

Parsimony

Answer 13

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

Question 14

Pulchritude

Answer 14

Beauty

Question 15

Minutiae

Answer 15

Small details

Question 16

Tortuous

Answer 16

Marked by repeated twists or turns; winding

Question 17

Tepid

Answer 17

Lukewarm; showing little enthusiasm

Question 18

Deprecate

Answer 18

To express disapproval

Question 19

Indolence

Answer 19

Avoidance of activity or energy; laziness

Question 20

Probity

Answer 20

Honesty and decency; having strong moral principles

Question 21

Profligate

Answer 21

Extravagant or wasteful spending of resources

Question 22

Antediluvian

Answer 22

Belonging to the time before the biblical Flood; ridiculously old-fashioned

Question 23

Ascetic

Answer 23

A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention, typically for religious reasons