Hisaaki Muroga Round 1

Question 1

precariousness

Answer 1

the condition of being likely to fail or get worse

Question 2

exactitude

Answer 2

the condition of having great detail, or of being complete, correct, or true in every way

Question 3

resilience

Answer 3

the ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened

Question 4

inconspicuousness

Answer 4

the state or quality of being not easily noticed or seen; the lack of prominence or striking features

Question 5

spontaneous

Answer 5

happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced

Question 6

rigid

Answer 6

stiff or fixed; not able to be bent or moved

Question 7

aggravate

Answer 7

to make a bad situation worse

Question 8

hinder

Answer 8

to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something

Question 9

grapple

Answer 9

to fight, especially in order to win something

Question 10

adhere

Answer 10

to stick firmly:

Question 11

premeditated

Answer 11

(especially of a crime or something unpleasant) done after being thought about or carefully planned

Question 12

haphazard

Answer 12

not having an obvious order or plan

Question 13

fruitless

Answer 13

If an action or attempt to do something is fruitless, it is unsuccessful or produces nothing of value

Question 14

rudimentary

Answer 14

basic

Question 15

surmise

Answer 15

to guess something, without having much or any proof

Question 16

contrived

Answer 16

artificial and difficult to believe

Question 17

Rebuts

Answer 17

to argue that a statement or claim is not true

Question 18

innocuous

Answer 18

completely harmless (= causing no harm)

Question 19

impractical

Answer 19

Impractical people are not naturally good at doing useful jobs such as making or repairing things

Question 20

quarrel

Answer 20

an angry disagreement between two or more people or groups

Question 21

paucity

Answer 21

the fact that there is too little of something

Question 22

profusion

Answer 22

produced or given in large amounts

Question 23

verisimilitude

Answer 23

the quality of seeming true or of having the appearance of being real

Question 24

reciprocate

Answer 24

to share the same feelings as someone else, or to behave in the same way as someone else

Question 25

disengage

Answer 25

to become physically separated from something, or to make two things become physically separated

Question 26

decisive

Answer 26

able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality:

Question 27

dormant

Answer 27

Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later time:

Question 28

derived

Answer 28

coming from or caused by something else:

Question 29

confined

Answer 29

to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way:

Question 30

repressed

Answer 30

having feelings that you do not express:

Question 31

legitimate

Answer 31

allowed by law

Question 32

indecipherable

Answer 32

indecipherable