From Hard Questions

Question 1

tyro (n)

Answer 1

a beginner or novice

syn: neophyte

Question 2

neophyte (n)

Answer 2

a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief

syn: novice, tyro

Question 3

ascetic (adj)

Answer 3

characterized by the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence
syn: austere, abstemious

Question 4

libertine (n)

Answer 4

1. a person who behaves without more principles or a sense of responsibility, esp in sexual matters
   syn: philanderer
2. a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion

Question 5

palliate (v)

Answer 5

make less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause

syn: alleviate, assuage

Question 6

quiescent (adj)

Answer 6

in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy

syn: dormant, inactive, abeyant

Question 7

lissome (adj)

Answer 7

(of a person or their body) thin, supple, graceful

Question 8

abeyant (adj)

Answer 8

temporarily inactive, stopped, or suspended

syn: dormant, quiescent

Question 9

feckless (adj)

Answer 9

lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

syn: useless, incompetent

Question 10

clement (adj)

Answer 10

1. mild (weather)

2. merciful (person or their actions)

Question 11

apposite (adj)

Answer 11

apt in the circumstances or in relation to something

syn: appropriate, befitting

Question 12

fatuous (adj)

Answer 12

silly and pointless

syn: inane, vacuous, asinine

Question 13

chimerical (adj)

Answer 13

existing only as the product of unchecked imagination

syn: imaginary, fallible (in MGRE book)

Question 14

nimbus (n)

Answer 14

a luminous cloud or halo surrounding something

Question 15

ratiocinate (v)

rash-i-os-in-ate

Answer 15

to form judgments by a process of logic; reason

Question 16

collate (v)

Answer 16

collect and combine in proper order

compare and analyze (texts or other data)

Question 17

imprecation (n)

Answer 17

a spoken curse

Question 18

salvo (n)

Answer 18

a simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle
a sudden, vigorous, or aggressive act or series of acts
syn: barrage, volley

Question 19

genteel (adj)

Answer 19

polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
syn: decorous, well mannered, seemly

Question 20

debonair (adj)

Answer 20

confident, stylish, and charming

syn: suave, urbane, sophisticated, cosmopolitan

Question 21

urbane (adj)

Answer 21

suave, courteous, and refined in manner

syn: suave, debonair, cosmopolitan

Question 22

waggish (adj)

Answer 22

humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

Question 23

facetious (adj)

Answer 23

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

Question 24

utilitarian (adj)

Answer 24

designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

syn: pragmatic

Question 25

albatross (n)

Answer 25

a continuing problem that makes it difficult or impossible to do or achieve something

Question 26

précis (n)

Answer 26

a summary or abstract of a text or speech

Question 27

bromide (n)

Answer 27

a trite and unoriginal idea or remark, typically intended to soothe or placate

Question 28

trite (adj)

Answer 28

overused and thus of little import; lacking originality and freshness

Question 29

bloviate (v)

Answer 29

to speak or write verbosely and windily

Question 30

sybaritic (adj)

Answer 30

fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure, self-indulgent | syn: hedonistic, luxurious, voluptuous

Question 31

attenuate (v)

Answer 31

reduce the force, effect, or value of

Question 32

pander (v)

Answer 32

to gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire)

Question 33

importune (v)

Answer 33

to ask pressingly and persistently for | syn: beg, beseech, entreat, implore

Question 34

indemnify (v)

Answer 34

compensate someone for harm or loss

Question 35

amatory (adj)

Answer 35

relating to or induced by sexual love or desire

Question 36

plenitude (n)

Answer 36

an abundance

Question 37

interpolate (v)

Answer 37

insert something between fixed points

Question 38

limn (v)

Answer 38

depict or describe in painting or words | suffuse or highlight something

Question 39

castigate (v)

Answer 39

reprimand severely

Question 40

obtund (v)

Answer 40

to dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden

Question 41

autodidact (n)

Answer 41

a self-taught person

Question 42

crepuscular (adj)

Answer 42

relating to twilight | syn: dusky

Question 43

avuncular (adj)

Answer 43

relating to an uncle; kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person

Question 44

ineluctable (adj)

Answer 44

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable | syn: inexorable

Question 45

incontrovertible (adj)

Answer 45

not able to be denied or disputed

Question 46

inexorable (adj)

Answer 46

impossible to stop or prevent | syn: ineluctable