English

Question 1

Abjure

Answer 1

1 formal a : to renounce upon oath

b : to reject solemnly

2 formal : to abstain from : avoid

Question 2

Annular

Answer 2

of, relating to, or forming a ring

an annular skin lesion

Question 3

Assiduous

Answer 3

: showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
assiduous planning
an assiduous book collector
She tended her garden with assiduous attention.

Question 4

Bemuse

Answer 4

1 : to make confused : PUZZLE, BEWILDER
2 : to occupy the attention of : DISTRACT, ABSORB
has bemused audiences around the world
3 : to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement

Question 5

Caprice

Answer 5

1a : a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
policy changes that seem to be motivated by nothing more than caprice
b : a sudden usually unpredictable condition, change, or series of changes
the caprices of the weather
2 : a disposition to do things impulsively
a preference for democratic endeavor over authoritarian caprice

Question 6

Beneficent

Answer 6

1 : doing or producing good
a beneficent policy
especially : performing acts of kindness and charity
a beneficent leader
2 : BENEFICIAL
beneficent bacteria

Question 7

Cavitation

Answer 7

a : the formation of partial vacuums in a liquid by a swiftly moving solid body (such as a propeller) or by high-intensity sound waves
also : the pitting and wearing away of solid surfaces (as of metal or concrete) as a result of the collapse of these vacuums in surrounding liquid
b : the formation of cavities in an organ or tissue especially in disease

Question 8

Codicil

Answer 8

1 : a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will

2 : APPENDIX, SUPPLEMENT

Question 9

Equanimity

Answer 9

1 : evenness of mind especially under stress
nothing could disturb his equanimity
2 : right disposition : BALANCE
physical equanimity

Question 10

Fait accompli

Answer 10

: a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible
he charged that the members were presented with a fait accompli instead of being called to a meeting to discuss the policy change

Question 11

Gelding

Answer 11

1 : a castrated animal
specifically : a castrated male horse
2 archaic : EUNUCH

Question 12

Expiate

Answer 12

1a : to make amends for
permission to expiate their offences by their assiduous labours
— Francis Bacon
b : to extinguish the guilt incurred by
2 obsolete : to put an end to

Question 13

Hypergolic

Answer 13

1 : igniting upon contact of components without external aid (such as a spark)
2 : of, relating to, or using hypergolic fuel

Question 14

Histrionic

Answer 14

1 : deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : THEATRICAL
histrionic gestures
a tendency to become histrionic
2 : of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater
seeking histrionic perfection

Question 15

Gammon

Answer 15

Talk intended to deceive

“As soon as he had gammoned him sufficiently, he let him out, and sent him about his business.”
-The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, Edgar Allan Poe

Question 16

Grandiloquence

Answer 16

: a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
was urged to follow up his grandiloquence with positive action

Question 17

Livery

Answer 17

1a : a concern offering vehicles (such as boats) for rent
a canoe livery
an automobile livery
b : the feeding, stabling, and care of horses for pay
c : LIVERY STABLE
2a chiefly British : an identifying design (as on a vehicle) that designates ownership
b : a servant’s uniform
c : the distinctive clothing or badge formerly worn by the retainers (see RETAINER entry 1 sense 1) of a person of rank
d : distinctive dress : GARB
a nun’s traditional livery
3 : the act of delivering legal possession of property
4 archaic : the apportioning of provisions especially to servants : ALLOWANCE
5 archaic
a : one’s retainers or retinue
b : the members of a British livery company

Question 18

Interferometer

Answer 18

an apparatus that utilizes the interference of waves (as of light) for precise determinations (as of distance or wavelength)

Question 19

Parsimony

Answer 19

1a : the quality of being careful with money or resources : THRIFT
the necessity of wartime parsimony
b : the quality or state of being stingy
The charity was surprised by the parsimony of some larger corporations.
2 : economy in the use of means to an end
especially : economy of explanation in conformity with Occam’s razor
the scientific law of parsimony dictates that any example of animal behavior should be interpreted at its simplest, most immediate level
— Peter Gorner

Question 19

Plenipotentiary

Answer 19

1 : invested with full power
2 : of or relating to a plenipotentiary

: a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business

Question 21

Obstreperous

Answer 21

1 : marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : CLAMOROUS
obstreperous merriment
an obstreperous argument
2 : stubbornly resistant to control : UNRULY
obstreperous behavior
an obstreperous child

Question 22

Occult

Answer 22

to shut off from view or exposure : COVER, ECLIPSE
the light of a star that was about to be occulted … by Uranus itself
— Jonathan Eberhart

Question 23

Patrician

Answer 23

1 : a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome
2a : a person of high birth : ARISTOCRAT
one of the most nobly born of English patricians
— Sam Schulman
b : a person of breeding and cultivation
a tall patrician … who looked as if she was accustomed to serving on boards and making important decisions
— J. A. Michener

Question 24

Putative

Answer 24

1 : commonly accepted or supposed

2 : assumed to exist or to have existed

Question 25

Rapprochement

Answer 25

: establishment of or state of having cordial relations

Question 26

Sunder

Answer 26

: to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space

intransitive ​verb
: to become parted, disunited, or severed

Question 27

Imprecate

Answer 27

: to invoke evil on : CURSE

“He had scarcely finished the sentence, before loud shouts and imprecations were heard beneath the windows; and, immediately afterward, it became evident that some persons outside or endeavoring to gain entrance into the room.”
-The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, Edgar Allan Poe