kaplan 4

Question 1

dispossessed

Answer 1

Dispossessed people have had their property taken away from them

Question 2

weary

Answer 2

very tired

Question 3

afflict

Answer 3

to make someone or something suffer physically or mentally:

Question 4

Viable

Answer 4

able to work as intended or able to succeed:

Question 5

seismic

Answer 5

having very great and usually damaging effects:

Question 6

plenitude

Answer 6

the situation when there is more than enough of something:

Question 7

plague

Answer 7

to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time:

Question 8

usurp

Answer 8

to take power or control of something by force or without the right to do so:

Question 9

rationalize

Answer 9

to try to find reasons to explain your behaviour, decisions, etc.:

Question 10

Overt

Answer 10

done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret:

Question 11

happenstance

Answer 11

coincidence

Question 12

bestow

Answer 12

to give something as an honour or present:

Question 13

prevalence

Answer 13

the fact that something is very common or happens often

Question 14

astigmatic

Answer 14

showing incapacity for observation or discrimination

Question 15

purblind

Answer 15

having impaired or defective vision; partially blind.

Question 16

bigot

Answer 16

a person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.

Question 17

Subliminal

Answer 17

not recognized or understood by the conscious mind, but still having an influence on it:

Question 18

Implicit

Answer 18

suggested but not communicated directly:

Question 19

explicit

Answer 19

clear and exact:

Question 20

squarely

Answer 20

directly and with no doubt:

Question 21

grotesque

Answer 21

strange and often frightening in appearance or character:

wrong or unfair to a shocking degree:

Question 22

plenum

Answer 22

a meeting at which all the members of a group or organization are present:

Question 23

plethora

Answer 23

a very large amount of something, especially a larger amount than you need, want, or can deal with

Question 24

dichotomy

Answer 24

a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things:

Question 25

linguist

Answer 25

a person skilled in foreign languages.

Question 26

preeminent

Answer 26

more important or powerful than all others:

Question 27

preternatural

Answer 27

beyond what is normal or natural.

Question 28

middling

Answer 28

medium or average; neither very good nor very bad:

Question 29

digress

Answer 29

(in speech or writing) to move away from the main subject and discuss something else:

Question 30

imprecations

Answer 30

an offensive word:

Question 31

Nugatory

Answer 31

worth nothing or of little value:

Question 32

Perpetual

Answer 32

continuing for ever in the same way:

Question 33

doomed

Answer 33

certain to fail, die, or be destroyed:

Question 34

bland

Answer 34

not having a strong taste or character or not showing any interest or energy:

Question 35

queasiness

Answer 35

a feeling of being worried, unhappy, or uncertain about something:

Question 36

flimsy

Answer 36

very thin, or easily broken or destroyed:

A flimsy argument, excuse, etc. is weak and difficult to believe:

Question 37

exuberance

Answer 37

the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience.

Question 38

Pretence / pretense

Answer 38

a way of behaving that is intended to deceive people:

Question 39

muse

Answer 39

to think about something carefully and for a long time

a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.

Question 40

potent

Answer 40

having great power, influence, or effect

Question 41

quiddity

Answer 41

the basic nature or quality of something, that makes it different from other things:

Question 42

malfeasance

Answer 42

an example of dishonest and illegal behaviour, especially by a person in authority:

Question 43

calamitous

Answer 43

causing great damage or suffering:

Question 44

sanity

Answer 44

the fact of showing good judgment and understanding:

Question 45

mores

Answer 45

the traditional customs and ways of behaving that are typical of a particular society:

Question 46

recapitulate

Answer 46

to repeat the main points of an explanation or description:

Question 47

slander

Answer 47

to damage someone’s reputation by making a false spoken statement about them

Question 48

utilitarian

Answer 48

designed to be useful rather than decorative:

Question 49

plagiarism

Answer 49

the process or practice of using another person’s ideas or work and pretending that it is your own:

Question 50

tardiness

Answer 50

the quality of being late or slow: