gamsat vocabulary set six <3

Question 1

veracity

Answer 1

accuracy

Question 2

arcane

Answer 2

mysterious / secret

Question 3

vernacular

Answer 3

usual language spoken in a particular place

Question 4

verbiage

Answer 4

excessively lengthy / technical speech or writing

Question 5

hoary

Answer 5

overused & unoriginal

Question 6

prose

Answer 6

ordinary language

Question 7

revelatory

Answer 7

revealing something unknown

Question 8

prise

Answer 8

use force to open something
obtain something from someone with effort

Question 9

erudite

Answer 9

great knowledge or learning

Question 10

acolyte

Answer 10

person assisting a priest

Question 11

festering

Answer 11

wound: forming pus
food: rotten
negative feeling: becoming worse / more intense

Question 12

euphony

Answer 12

pleasing to the ear

Question 13

benediction

Answer 13

utterance of a blessing

Question 14

utterance

Answer 14

a vocal word / sound

Question 15

patios

Answer 15

language of peasants in a region

Question 16

elegy

Answer 16

a poem of serious reflection

Question 17

obtuse

Answer 17

annoyingly insensitive / slow to understand

Question 18

recalcitrant

Answer 18

uncooperative attitude towards authority / discipline

Question 19

harangue

Answer 19

lengthy & aggressive speech