Group 14

Question 1

Wayward

Answer 1

Difficult to control or predict because of willful behavior
Synonym- obstinate, obdurate, perverse

Mnemonic- follows his own way

Question 2

Acquiesce

Answer 2

Accept something without protest

Mnemonic- agree+quietly

Question 3

Adroit

Answer 3

Clever or skillful

Mnemonic- sounds like a draw- drawing you can make if you are skillful

Question 4

Animus

Answer 4

Hostility or ill feeling

Mnemonic- sounds like enemy- enemies are hostile towards us

Question 5

Apologist

Answer 5

A person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial

Mnemonic- one who seeks apology from someone by justifying strongly

Question 6

Astringent

Answer 6

Slightly acidic or bitter , sharp or severe in manner or style

Mnemonic- a strict agent, agent who’s bitter and harsh

Question 7

Competent

Answer 7

Efficient and capable

Question 8

Deride

Answer 8

Ridicule, mock

Mnemonic- ride- ridicule

Question 9

Elitist

Answer 9

Someone who believes that society should be ruled by an elite

Question 10

Exacting

Answer 10

Demanding, inflicting revenge on someone
Mnemonic- he wants everything too exact and precise and hence he is making too many demands

Question 11

Flummoxed

Answer 11

Bewildered or perplexed

Question 12

Fruitful

Answer 12

Productive

Question 13

Inborn

Answer 13

Natural to a person, animal

Question 14

Polymath

Answer 14

A person of wide knowledge and learning
Mnemonic- prof who teaches math know plenty other stuff

Question 15

Reticent

Answer 15

Reserved, not revealing one’s true feeling easily

Mnemonic- saint is always reserved, doesn’t say what they feel

Question 16

Stringent

Answer 16

Strict, precise and exacting

Mnemonic- strict gentleman

Question 17

Umbrage

Answer 17

Taking offense, annoyance

Question 18

Subservient

Answer 18

Prepared to obey others no matter what, subordinate

Mnemonic- sub servant

Question 19

Surreptitious

Answer 19

Keep secret because it might not get approved of

Mnemonic- sounds like suspicious, you suspect someone if they’re keeping secrets

Question 20

Tantalizing

Answer 20

Teasing with promise of something unobtainable

Mnemonic- taunt+entice(to lead on by exciting hope or desire

Question 21

Tantamount

Answer 21

Equivalent to something

Mnemonic- ta+n+ta , equal ta on both sides of n

Question 22

Torpor

Answer 22

State of mental inactivity

Mnemonic- opp of topper

Question 23

Trenchant

Answer 23

Clear and effective

Mnemonic- when you chant you have to be clear and effective