Essential words

Question 1

remonstrate

Answer 1

make a forcefully reproachful protest, to present and urge reasons in opposition.

Question 2

Exacerbate

Answer 2

Make ( a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling ) worse :

Question 3

Understand

Answer 3

Perceive the intended meaning of :

Question 4

Establish

Answer 4

Set up ( an organization, system , or set of rules ) on a firm or permanent basis :

Question 5

Mitigate

Answer 5

Make less server , serious , or painfer : he wanted to mitigate misery in the world .

Question 6

Salubrious

Answer 6

Favorable to health .

Question 7

Laconic

Answer 7

Sparing of words : Terse

Question 8

Specious

Answer 8

Seeming to be genuine , correct , or beautiful but not really so < ~ reasoning >
• deceitful, deceptive, delusive, fallacious, false, misleading- more at Deceptive .

Question 9

Loquacious

Answer 9

Excessively talkative -

• chatty, conversational, gabby, garrulous, talkative .

Question 10

Doctrinaire

Answer 10

One who attempts to put an abstract theory into effect without regard to practical difficulties -

Question 11

Talkative

Answer 11

Given to talking -
Chatty, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious: also communicative, expansive,
• Ant closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, taciturn

Question 12

Torpor

Answer 12

N. lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness

After returning home from his coast-to-coast trip, the truck driver sank into a peaceful torpor, watching TV and dozing .

Question 13

Tirade

Answer 13

N. long, violent speech; verbal assault

The students had no choice but to sit and wait for the principal’s tirade about poor discipline to end.

Question 14

Zealot

Answer 14

N. One who is fanatically devoted to a cause

The Crusades of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries were conceived of by Christian zealots as a way to drive the Islamic interlopers from the Holy Land.

Question 15

Wistful

Answer 15

adj. Vaguely longing; sadly thoughtful

The poem casts a wistful look back at a way of life that has vanished forever.

Question 16

Whimsical

Answer 16

adj. fanciful; unpredictable

Many children appreciate Dr. Seuss’ whimsical stories.

The noun whimsy means a playful or fanciful idea.

Despite its rigorous and systematic methodology, there is still considerable room in science for imagination and even whimsy.

Question 17

Welter

Answer 17

V. To wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil

The pigs weltered about happily in the mud.

Question 18

Wary

Answer 18

adj. careful; cautious

According to psychologists, human beings are naturally wary of strangers.