Group 1

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

Deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)

Question 2

Alacrity

Answer 2

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 3

Anomaly

Answer 3

Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

Question 4

Approbation

Answer 4

An expression of approval or praise

Question 5

Arduous

Answer 5

Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

Question 6

Assuage

Answer 6

To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Question 7

Audacious

Answer 7

Daring and fearless; recklessly bold

Question 8

Austere

Answer 8

Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

Question 9

Axiomatic

Answer 9

Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

Question 10

Canonical

Answer 10

Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

Question 11

Capricious

Answer 11

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

Question 12

Censure

Answer 12

To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Question 13

Chicanery

Answer 13

Trickery or subterfuge

Question 14

Connoisseur

Answer 14

An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

Question 15

Convoluted

Answer 15

Complex or complicated

Question 16

Disabuse

Answer 16

To undeceive; to set right

Question 17

Discordant

Answer 17

Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 18

Disparate

Answer 18

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Question 19

Effrontery

Answer 19

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Question 20

Eloquent

Answer 20

Well-spoken, expressive, articulate

Question 21

Enervate

Answer 21

To weaken; to reduce in vitality

Question 22

Ennui

Answer 22

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 23

Equivocate

Answer 23

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 24

Erudite

Answer 24

Very learned; scholarly

Question 25

Exculpate

Answer 25

Exonerate; to clear of blame

Question 26

Exigent

Answer 26

Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

Question 27

Extemporaneous

Answer 27

Improvised; done without preparation

Question 28

Filibuster

Answer 28

Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action

Question 29

Fulminate

Answer 29

To loudly attack or denounce

Question 30

Ingenuous

Answer 30

Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Question 31

Inured

Answer 31

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 32

Irascible

Answer 32

Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 33

Laud

Answer 33

To praise highly

Question 34

Lucid

Answer 34

Clearly; easily understood

Question 35

Magnanimity

Answer 35

The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving

Question 36

Martial

Answer 36

Associated with war and the armed forces

Question 37

Mundane

Answer 37

Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Question 38

Abscond

Answer 38

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide