Group I List

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To depart clandestinely, to steal off and hide

Question 2

Belie

Answer 2

Give false impression

Question 3

Bombast

Answer 3

Self- important or pompous writing or speech

Question 4

Cacophony

Answer 4

Harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

Question 5

Chicanery

Answer 5

Trickery

Question 6

Condemn

Answer 6

In Blame or Denounce

Question 7

Coercive

Answer 7

Serving or intended to compel by force or authority

Question 8

Craven

Answer 8

Contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

Question 9

Denigrate

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Craven

Answer 10

contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

Cave in- you go into a cave when you are scared and are a coward

Question 11

Derision

Answer 11

Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

“Noun form is ‘deride’ and in high school, if you don’t have a car (de ride) that is expensive enough, other kids may mock and ridicule you”

Question 12

Diatribe

Answer 12

a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Di-Tribe

(Divergent tribes fight and denounce eachother)

Question 13

Discomfit

Answer 13

Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.

Dis Cant Fit- Thats embarrassing

Question 14

Dissemble

Answer 14

Disguise or conceal

Question 15

Fraud

Answer 15

Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

Question 16

Furtive

Answer 16

Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Question 17

Garrulous

Answer 17

Pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Question 18

Harangue

Answer 18

To deliver a pompous speech or tirade

*Her-Angry, when she is angry she delivers an angry speech

Question 19

Impudent

Answer 19

Saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful

Question 20

Irascible

Answer 20

Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 21

Malevolent

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Martial

Answer 22

Associated with war and the armed forces

Question 23

Misanthrope

Answer 23

One who hates all other humans

Question 24

Morose

Answer 24

Sad; sullen; melancholy

Question 25

Obdurate

Answer 25

Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

Question 26

Obsequious

Answer 26

Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness Obsess + qui (yes in french)

Question 27

Obstinate

Answer 27

Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

Question 28

Onerous

Answer 28

Troubling; burdensome On Us- everything is on us, its burdensome

Question 29

Opprobrium

Answer 29

Disgrace; contempt; scorn

Question 30

Pedantic

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Perjury

Answer 31

The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath

Question 32

Recalcitrant

Answer 32

Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage Recall- tranturm, is dfiant to authority

Question 33

Secrete

Answer 33

To ensconce, conceal, or stow

Question 34

Specious

Answer 34

Seeming true, but actually being fallacious, misleading attractive

Question 35

Spurious

Answer 35

Lacking authenticity or validity; false; conterfeit s-poor. Poor people buy fake stuff

Question 36

Squander

Answer 36

To waste by spending or using irresponsibly