Group 7

Question 1

perdition

Answer 1

state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death

Question 2

settled

Answer 2

silence; turn attention to

Question 3

inimical

Answer 3

tending to obstruct or harm; unfriendly, hostile

Question 4

recrudescence

Answer 4

a return of something after a period of abatement

Question 6

dubious

Answer 6

hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon; suspect

Question 6

keen

Answer 6

having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm

Question 8

timorous

Answer 8

full of apprehensiveness; timid

Question 9

inveigling

Answer 9

to win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk

Question 9

calumnious

Answer 9

slanderous or defamatory

Question 10

injudicious

Answer 10

lacking or showing a lack of judgment or discretion; unwise

Question 12

salubrious

Answer 12

conducive or favorable to health or well-being

Question 13

pernicious

Answer 13

tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly

Question 14

sanguine

Answer 14

of the color of blood; cheerfully confident; optimistic

Question 14

equivocal

Answer 14

open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous

Question 15

modish

Answer 15

being in or conforming to the prevailing or current fashion; stylish

Question 16

debase

Answer 16

to lower in character, quality, or value; degrade

Question 17

doctrinaire

Answer 17

person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality

Question 18

judicious

Answer 18

having or exhibiting sound judgment; prudent

Question 19

solicitous

Answer 19

anxious or concerned; full of desire, eager

Question 20

munificent

Answer 20

very liberal in giving; generous

Question 21

fastidious

Answer 21

meticulous attention to detail; difficult to please; exacting

Question 22

mendacity

Answer 22

untruthfulness

Question 23

garrulous

Answer 23

given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative

Question 24

baseness

Answer 24

unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values

Question 25

florid

Answer 25

flushed with rosy color; flowery

Question 26

corroboration

Answer 26

to strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain

Question 27

proscribe

Answer 27

denounce or condemn; prohibit, forbid

Question 28

admonish

Answer 28

reprove gently but earnestly; counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution

Question 29

tout

Answer 29

promote or praise energetically, publicize; olicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way

Question 30

extant

Answer 30

still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct

Question 31

congruity

Answer 31

point of agreement

Question 32

banal

Answer 32

drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite

Question 33

obfuscate

Answer 33

make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand

Question 34

abrogate

Answer 34

abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

Question 35

annul

Answer 35

make or declare void or invalid

Question 36

relegate

Answer 36

assign to an obscure place, position, or condition

Question 37

pedant

Answer 37

one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules

Question 38

overwrought

Answer 38

excessively nervous or excited, agitated; extremely elaborate or ornate, overdone

Question 39

despondency

Answer 39

depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection

Question 40

confound

Answer 40

cause to become confused or perplexed

Question 41

belie

Answer 41

give a false representation to; misrepresent

Question 42

assiduous

Answer 42

constant in application or attention, diligent; unceasing, persisten

Question 43

pecuniary

Answer 43

relating to money

Question 44

sinecure

Answer 44

position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary

Question 45

mendicant

Answer 45

beggar

Question 46

panacea

Answer 46

remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all

Question 47

waffle

Answer 47

speak or write evasively

Question 48

rail

Answer 48

express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language

Question 49

dissemble

Answer 49

disguise or conceal behind a false appearance

Question 50

mince

Answer 50

euphemize; walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness

Question 51

candor

Answer 51

frankness; freedom from prejudice; impartiality

Question 52

prolix

Answer 52

tediously prolonged; wordy

Question 53

cantankerous

Answer 53

ill-tempered and quarrelsome, disagreeable; difficult to handle

Question 54

precarious

Answer 54

dangerously lacking in security or stability; subject to chance or unknown conditions

Question 55

elusive

Answer 55

tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory

Question 56

unscrupulous

Answer 56

devoid of scruples; oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable