Group 6

Question 1

Admonish

Answer 1

v: scold someone seriously
v: give someone urgent advice

Question 2

Aesthetic

Answer 2

a: pertaining to beauty or the appreciation thereof

Question 3

Affectation

Answer 3

n: a pretense or show meant to impress others

Question 4

Alleviate

Answer 4

v: lessen the intensity or severity of something negative; relieve

Question 5

Analogous

Answer 5

a: comparable or similar to

Question 6

Bolster

Answer 6

v: lend support or boost; reinforce

Question 7

Chauvinistic

Answer 7

a: excessively patriotic or biased in favor of a group or cause

Question 8

Connoisseur

Answer 8

n: a discerning expert in matters of taste

Question 9

Dissemble

Answer 9

v: hide or misrepresent one’s true feelings or beliefs; bluff

Question 10

Dogged

Answer 10

a: demonstrating tenacity or unwillingness to give up

Question 11

Dupe

Answer 11

v: trick or fool someone

Question 12

Empirical

Answer 12

a: based on observation or experience rather than conjecture; factual

Question 13

Engender

Answer 13

v: produce or stimulate the development of something

Question 14

Entitled

Answer 14

a: assuming oneself to be deserving of special rights or priviliges

Question 15

Pertinacious

Answer 15

a: stubbornly holding onto a belief or course of action

Question 16

Presumptuous

Answer 16

a: overstepping boundaries, often in an overconfident way; arrogant

Question 17

Probity

Answer 17

n: the characteristic of having strong ethical standards; integrity

Question 18

Proliferate

Answer 18

v: rapidly increase or multiply in number

Question 19

Specious

Answer 19

a: seemingly reasonable but actually wrong; misleading

Question 20

Spurious

Answer 20

a: not genuine, bogus

Question 21

Subjective

Answer 21

a: pertaining to personal feelings rather than objective reality

Question 22

Subvert

Answer 22

v: undermine or weaken, typically an authority of some sort

Question 23

Timorous

Answer 23

a: displaying nervousness, lacking confidence

Question 24

Tortuous

Answer 24

a: marked by numerous twists or turns; winding
a: overly complicated and long; convoluted

Question 25

Tractable

Answer 25

a: easily managed or controlled
a: (situation) easy to solve or handle; manageable

Question 26

Transient

Answer 26

a: not lasting, not permanent; fleeting

Question 27

Ubiquitous

Answer 27

a: being everywhere at once; universal

Question 28

Underscore

Answer 28

v: emphasize or show the importance of something; highlight

Question 29

Venal

Answer 29

a: open to bribery or corruption

Question 30

Venerate

Answer 30

v: regard with deep respect; deify