Group 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Question 2

Adversity

Answer 2

hardship or difficulty; opposition

Question 3

Aggravate

Answer 3

to worsen or intensify

Question 4

Arduous

Answer 4

strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

Question 5

Belie

Answer 5

to give a false impression of; to misrepresent

Question 6

Bombast

Answer 6

self-important or pompous writing or speech

Question 7

Cacophony

Answer 7

harsh, jarring; discordant sound, dissonance

Question 8

Castigation

Answer 8

severe criticism or punishment

Question 9

Censure

Answer 9

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Question 10

Chicanery

Answer 10

trickery or subterfuge

Question 11

Coercive

Answer 11

serving or intended to compel by force or authority

Question 12

Condemn

Answer 12

to blame or denounce

Question 13

Conspire

Answer 13

to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal ac

Question 14

Covert

Answer 14

hidden; clandestine

Question 15

Cower

Answer 15

to shrink in fear; to cringe

Question 16

Craven

Answer 16

contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

Question 17

Denigrate

Answer 17

to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage

Question 18

Denounce

Answer 18

to publicly condemn or criticize

Question 19

Derision

Answer 19

scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

Question 20

Diatribe

Answer 20

a harsh denunciation

Question 21

Discomfit

Answer 21

to defeat; to put down

Question 22

Disingenuous

Answer 22

insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness

Question 23

Dissemble

Answer 23

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

Question 24

Exacerbate

Answer 24

to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence

Question 25

Fraud

Answer 25

deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

Question 26

Furtive

Answer 26

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Question 27

Garrulous

Answer 27

pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Question 28

Harangue

Answer 28

to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

Question 29

Impudent

Answer 29

saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful

Question 30

Inopportune

Answer 30

ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate

Question 31

Irascible

Answer 31

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 32

Malevolent

Answer 32

having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred

Question 33

Martial

Answer 33

associated with war and the armed forces

Question 34

Misanthrope

Answer 34

one that hates all other humans

Question 35

Morose

Answer 35

sad; sullen; melancholy

Question 36

Obdurate

Answer 36

unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

Question 37

Obsequious

Answer 37

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Question 38

Obstinate

Answer 38

stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

Question 39

Onerous

Answer 39

troubling; burdensome

Question 40

Opprobrium

Answer 40

disgrace, contempt, scorn

Question 41

Pendantic

Answer 41

the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules

Question 42

Perjury

Answer 42

the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath

Question 43

Provoke

Answer 43

to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation

Question 44

Recalcitrant

Answer 44

obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Question 45

Secrete

Answer 45

to ensconce; conceal, or stow

Question 46

Specious

Answer 46

seemingly true; but actually being fallaciously misleadingly attractive

Question 47

Spurious

Answer 47

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Question 48

Squander

Answer 48

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Question 49

Tirade

Answer 49

a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

Question 50

Vexation

Answer 50

annoyance or irritation