High Freq Words - II

Question 1

alleviate

Answer 1

provide physical relief, as from pain

Question 2

confound

Answer 2

be confusing or perplexing to

Question 3

dupe

Answer 3

fool or hoax

Question 4

hyperbole

Answer 4

extravagant exaggeration

Question 5

malingerer

Answer 5

someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity

Question 6

amalgamate

Answer 6

bring or combine together or with something else

Question 7

connoisseur

Answer 7

an expert able to appreciate a field

Question 8

ebullient

Answer 8

joyously unrestrained

Question 9

iconoclastic

Answer 9

characterized by attack on established beliefs

Question 10

malleable

Answer 10

capable of being shaped or bent

Question 11

ambiguous

Answer 11

having more than one possible meaning

Question 12

contention

Answer 12

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

Question 13

eclectic

Answer 13

selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

Question 14

idolatry

Answer 14

the worship of idols or images that are not God

Question 15

maverick

Answer 15

someone who exhibits independence in thought and action

Question 16

ambivalence

Answer 16

mixed feelings or emotions

Question 17

contentious

Answer 17

showing an inclination to disagree

Question 18

efficacy

Answer 18

capacity or power to produce a desired effect

Question 19

immutable

Answer 19

not subject or susceptible to change or variation

Question 20

mendacious

Answer 20

given to lying

Question 21

ameliorate

Answer 21

to make better

Question 22

contrite

Answer 22

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Question 23

effrontery

Answer 23

audacious behavior that you have no right to

Question 24

impair

Answer 24

make worse or less effective

Question 25

metamorphosis

Answer 25

striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

Question 26

anachronism

Answer 26

something located at a time when it could not have existed

Question 27

conundrum

Answer 27

a difficult problem

Question 28

elegy

Answer 28

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

Question 29

impassive

Answer 29

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

Question 30

meticulous

Answer 30

marked by precise accordance with details

Question 31

analogous

Answer 31

similar or equivalent in some respects

Question 32

converge

Answer 32

be adjacent or come together

Question 33

elicit

Answer 33

call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response

Question 34

impede

Answer 34

be a hindrance or obstacle to

Question 35

misanthrope

Answer 35

someone who dislikes people in general

Question 36

anarchy

Answer 36

a state of lawlessness and disorder

Question 37

convoluted

Answer 37

highly complex or intricate

Question 38

embellish

Answer 38

make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color

Question 39

impermeable

Answer 39

preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through

Question 40

mitigate

Answer 40

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

Question 41

anomalous

Answer 41

deviating from the general or common order or type

Question 42

craven

Answer 42

lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

Question 43

empirical

Answer 43

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

Question 44

imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm and composure

Question 45

mollify

Answer 45

cause to be more favorably inclined

Question 46

antipathy

Answer 46

a feeling of intense dislike

Question 47

daunt

Answer 47

cause to lose courage

Question 48

emulate

Answer 48

strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

Question 49

impervious

Answer 49

not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Question 50

morose

Answer 50

showing a brooding ill humor