Kaplan #2

Question 1

Diffident

Answer 1

lacking self-confidence

Question 2

Dilate

Answer 2

to make larger, to expand

Question 3

Dilatory

Answer 3

intended to delay

Question 4

Dilettante

Answer 4

someone with amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

Question 5

Dirge

Answer 5

a funeral hymn or mournful speech

Question 6

Disabuse

Answer 6

to set right, free from misconception

Question 7

Discern

Answer 7

to perceive, to recognize

Question 8

Disparate

Answer 8

fundamentally different, entirely unlike

Question 9

Dissemble

Answer 9

to present a false appearance, to disguise one’s real intentions or character

Question 10

Dissonance

Answer 10

harsh or disagreeable combination, often of sounds

Question 11

Dogma

Answer 11

Firmly held opinion, often a religious belief

Question 12

Dogmatic

Answer 12

Dictatorial in one’s opinions

Question 13

Dupe

Answer 13

to deceive, a person who is easily deceived

Question 14

Eclectic

Answer 14

selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

Question 15

Efficacy

Answer 15

effectiveness

Question 16

Elegy

Answer 16

a sorrowful poem or speech

Question 17

Eloquent

Answer 17

persuasive and moving, especially in speech

Question 18

Emulate

Answer 18

to copy, to try to equal or excel

Question 19

Enervate

Answer 19

to reduce in strength

Question 20

Engender

Answer 20

to produce, cause or bring about

Question 21

Enigma

Answer 21

a puzzle, mystery

Question 22

Enumerate

Answer 22

to count, list, or itemize

Question 23

Ephemeral

Answer 23

lasting a short time

Question 24

Equivocate

Answer 24

to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

Question 25

Erratic

Answer 25

wandering and unpredictable

Question 26

Erudite

Answer 26

learned, scholarly, bookish

Question 27

Esoteric

Answer 27

known or understood by only a few

Question 28

Estimable

Answer 28

admirable

Question 29

Eulogy

Answer 29

speech in praise of someone

Question 30

Euphemism

Answer 30

use of an inoffensive work or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

Question 31

Exacerbate

Answer 31

to make worse

Question 32

Exculpate

Answer 32

to clear from blame, prove innocent

Question 33

Exigent

Answer 33

urgent, requiring immediate action

Question 34

Exonerate

Answer 34

to clear from blame

Question 35

Explicit

Answer 35

clearly stated or shown, forthright in expression

Question 36

Fanatical

Answer 36

acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme devotion

Question 37

Fawn

Answer 37

to grovel

Question 38

Fervid

Answer 38

Intensely emotional, feverish

Question 39

Florid

Answer 39

excessively decorated or embellished

Question 40

Foment

Answer 40

to arouse or incite

Question 41

Frugality

Answer 41

a tendency to be thrifty or cheap

Question 42

Garrulous

Answer 42

tending to talk a lot

Question 43

Gregarious

Answer 43

outgoing, sociable

Question 44

Guile

Answer 44

deceit or trickery

Question 45

Gullible

Answer 45

easily deceived

Question 46

Homogenous

Answer 46

of a similar kind

Question 47

Iconoclast

Answer 47

one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions

Question 48

Imperturbable

Answer 48

not capable of being disturbed

Question 49

Impervious

Answer 49

impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected

Question 50

Impetuous

Answer 50

quick to act without thinking