Kaplan #3

Question 1

Implacable

Answer 1

unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

Question 2

Inchoate

Answer 2

not fully formed, disorganized

Question 3

Ingenuous

Answer 3

showing innocence or childlike simplicity

Question 4

Inimical

Answer 4

hostile, unfriendly

Question 5

Innocuous

Answer 5

harmless

Question 6

Insipid

Answer 6

lacking interest or flavor

Question 7

Intransigent

Answer 7

uncompromising

Question 8

Inundate

Answer 8

to overwhelm, to cover with water

Question 9

Irascible

Answer 9

easily made angry

Question 10

Laconic

Answer 10

Using few words

Question 11

Lament

Answer 11

to express sorrow, to grieve

Question 12

Laud

Answer 12

to give praise, to glorify

Question 13

Lavish

Answer 13

to give unsparingly, or extremely generous or extravagant

Question 14

Lethargic

Answer 14

acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner

Question 15

Loquacious

Answer 15

talkative

Question 16

Lucid

Answer 16

clear and easily understood

Question 17

Malinger

Answer 17

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Question 18

Malleable

Answer 18

capable of being shaped

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol

Question 20

Meticulous

Answer 20

extremely careful about details

Question 21

Misanthrope

Answer 21

a person who dislikes others

Question 22

Mitigate

Answer 22

to soften, to lessen

Question 23

Mollify

Answer 23

to calm or make less severe

Question 24

Monotony

Answer 24

lack of variation

Question 25

Naïve

Answer 25

lacking sophistication or experience

Question 26

Obdurate

Answer 26

hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion

Question 27

Obsequious

Answer 27

overly submissive and eager to please

Question 28

Obstinate

Answer 28

stubborn, unyielding

Question 29

Obviate

Answer 29

to prevent, to make unnecessary

Question 30

Occlude

Answer 30

to stop up, to prevent the passage of

Question 31

Onerous

Answer 31

troublesome and oppressive, burdensome

Question 32

Opaque

Answer 32

impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light

Question 33

Opprobrium

Answer 33

public disgrace

Question 34

Ostentation

Answer 34

Excessive showiness

Question 35

Paradox

Answer 35

a contradiction or dilemma

Question 36

Paragon

Answer 36

model of excellence or perfection

Question 37

Pedant

Answer 37

someone who shows off learning

Question 38

Perfidious

Answer 38

willing to betray one’s trust

Question 39

Perfunctory

Answer 39

done in a routine way, indifferent

Question 40

Permeate

Answer 40

to penetrate

Question 41

Philanthropy

Answer 41

charity, desire or effort to promote goodness

Question 42

Placate

Answer 42

to soothe or pacify

Question 43

Plastic

Answer 43

able to be molded, altered or bent

Question 44

Plethora

Answer 44

excess

Question 45

Pragmatic

Answer 45

practical as opposed to idealistic

Question 46

Precipitate

Answer 46

to throw violently or bring about abruptly, lacking deliberation

Question 47

Prevaricate

Answer 47

to lie or deviate from the truth

Question 48

Pristine

Answer 48

fresh and clean, uncorrupted

Question 49

Prodigal

Answer 49

lavish, wasteful

Question 50

Proliferate

Answer 50

in increase in number quickly