Hackers Lesson 6-10

Question 1

hackneyed

Answer 1

overused, trite

Question 2

mundane

Answer 2

ordinary, typical

Question 3

vacuous

Answer 3

lacking substance

Question 4

prosaic

Answer 4

unimaginative, ordinary

Question 5

insipid

Answer 5

uninteresting, dull, without favor

Question 6

banal

Answer 6

ordinary, trivial

Question 7

pedestrian

Answer 7

commonplace, ordinary

Question 8

dormant

Answer 8

inactive, sleeping

Question 9

unanimous

Answer 9

in full agreement

Question 10

uniform

Answer 10

unvarying, always the same

Question 11

equanimity

Answer 11

the quality of being even-tempered

Question 12

magnanimous

Answer 12

noble of heart, generous, forgiving

Question 13

sanguine

Answer 13

cheerfully optimistic

Question 14

phlegmatic

Answer 14

sluggish

Question 15

melancholy

Answer 15

sad, depressed

Question 16

choleric

Answer 16

easily angered

Question 17

recalcitrant

Answer 17

stubbornly resistant to authority

Question 18

lethargic

Answer 18

sluggish; dully apathetic

Question 19

splenetic

Answer 19

irritable, easily angered

Question 20

querulous

Answer 20

disposed to complaining

Question 21

dolorous

Answer 21

marked by or expressive of sorrow or pain

Question 22

animosity

Answer 22

hostility, ill-will

Question 23

pusillanimous

Answer 23

cowardly

Question 24

lassitude

Answer 24

feeling of weakness or listlessness

Question 25

spurious

Answer 25

fake; counterfeit

Question 26

guile

Answer 26

trickery; deceit

Question 27

beguile

Answer 27

to deceive with charm

Question 28

stratagem

Answer 28

a deceitful scheme

Question 29

surreptitious

Answer 29

deceptive; sneaky

Question 30

clandestine

Answer 30

secret; hidden

Question 31

stealth

Answer 31

sneakiness; ability to avoid detection

Question 32

duplicity

Answer 32

deceit; hypocritical deception

Question 33

specious

Answer 33

false, but plausible

Question 34

furtive

Answer 34

secretive; sneaky

Question 35

pseudonym

Answer 35

pen name

Question 36

fallacious

Answer 36

deceptive; false

Question 37

rapacious

Answer 37

greedy; ravenous

Question 38

transient

Answer 38

fleeting; short-lived

Question 39

ephemeral

Answer 39

short-lived

Question 40

sporadic

Answer 40

irregular or unpredictable; infrequent

Question 41

capricious

Answer 41

whimsical; impulsive

Question 42

evanescent

Answer 42

likely to vanish

Question 43

extemporaneous

Answer 43

done with little or no practice

Question 44

anachronism

Answer 44

something out of place in time

Question 45

transitory

Answer 45

lasting for a short time

Question 46

expedite

Answer 46

to speed up

Question 47

influx

Answer 47

a flowing in

Question 48

superfluous

Answer 48

beyond what is necessary or sufficient

Question 49

contemporaneous

Answer 49

occurring at the same time

Question 50

interminable

Answer 50

never ending

Question 51

protracted

Answer 51

prolonged; extended in time

Question 52

censure

Answer 52

official condemnation; harsh criticism

Question 53

calumny

Answer 53

slander; false accusation

Question 54

diatribe

Answer 54

malicious criticism or abuse

Question 55

caustic

Answer 55

corrosive; sarcastic

Question 56

repudiate

Answer 56

to cast off publicly

Question 57

derogatory

Answer 57

disparaging; belittling

Question 58

admonish

Answer 58

to reprimand mildly

Question 59

disparage

Answer 59

to belittle; to demean

Question 60

impugn

Answer 60

to attack as untrue; to refute by argument

Question 61

malediction

Answer 61

to attack the character of; to disparage

Question 62

harangue

Answer 62

a long, critical, and pompous speech

Question 63

pejorative

Answer 63

tending to make worse

Question 64

slander

Answer 64

comments that injure another’s reputation