Initial Group

Question 1

Abtruse

Answer 1

difficult to understand; obscure

Question 2

Acumen

Answer 2

The ability to make good judgements and quick decisions

Question 3

Advent

Answer 3

The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event

Question 4

Ambrosial

Answer 4

Something very pleasant to taste or smell

Question 5

Apocryphal

Answer 5

A story or statement of doubtful authenticity, that is widely circulated as true

Question 6

Apogee

Answer 6

the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination

Question 7

Arcane

Answer 7

Understood by few. Mysterious or secret

Question 8

Assuage

Answer 8

To make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 9

Bedlam

Answer 9

A scene of uproar and confusion

Question 10

Belie

Answer 10

To disguise or contradict; to betray

Question 11

Catholic

Answer 11

Including a wide variety of all things. All-embracing

Question 12

Cerebral

Answer 12

Intellectual, rather than emotional or physical

Question 13

Convalescing

Answer 13

Recovering one’s health over time after illness or operation

Question 14

Cosset

Answer 14

Care for and protect in an overindulgent way

Question 15

Craven

Answer 15

Cowardly; contemptibly lacking in courage

Question 16

Dandle

Answer 16

Move a baby up and down in a playful or affectionate way; move something lightly up or down

Question 17

Deleterious

Answer 17

Causing harm or damage

Question 18

Detritus

Answer 18

Waste or debris of any kind

Question 19

Dilettantish

Answer 19

A person who cultivates an area of interest without any real commitment or knowledge

Question 20

Ebullient

Answer 20

Cheerful and full of energy

Question 21

Edify

Answer 21

To improve something morally or intellectually

Question 22

Exculpate

Answer 22

Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

Question 23

Expurgate

Answer 23

To remove something thought to be objectionable or unsuitable; to censor

Question 24

Extirpate

Answer 24

Root out and destroy completely

Question 25

Fatuous

Answer 25

Silly and pointless

Question 26

Ignominous

Answer 26

deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

Question 27

Inchoate

Answer 27

Not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

Question 28

Indelible

Answer 28

Not able to be forgotten or removed

Question 29

Laconic

Answer 29

Using very few words

Question 30

Lucid

Answer 30

Expressed clearly; easy to understand

Question 31

Malfeasance

Answer 31

Wrongdoing, especially by a public official

Question 32

Mellifluous

Answer 32

Sweet or musical, pleasant to hear

Question 33

Mien

Answer 33

A person’s look or manner

Question 34

Neologism

Answer 34

Newly coined word or expression

Question 35

Panegyrical

Answer 35

A public speech in praise of someone or something

Question 36

Parochial

Answer 36

Having limited or narrow outlook or scope

Question 37

Pernitacious

Answer 37

Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action

Question 38

Phlegmatic

Answer 38

Unemotional and stolidly calm

Question 39

Prosaic

Answer 39

Having the style or diction of prose

Question 40

Provincial

Answer 40

Concerning a province of a country or empire

Question 41

Recondite

Answer 41

little known; obscure

Question 42

Revile

Answer 42

Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

Question 43

Ribald

Answer 43

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way

Question 44

Salubrious

Answer 44

Healthy

Question 45

Timorous

Answer 45

Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

Question 46

Trenchancy

Answer 46

Strong, clear, and effective

Question 47

Truculent

Answer 47

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

Question 48

Vindicate

Answer 48

Show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified

Question 49

Wizened

Answer 49

Shriveled or wrinkled with age