Lesson 22

Question 1

Alimentary

Answer 1

of or relating to nourishment or nutrition

Question 2

Aplomb

Answer 2

Complete composure or self-assurance

Question 3

Avarice

Answer 3

Excessive desire for wealth or gain; greed

Question 4

Bucolic

Answer 4

Relating to or typical or rural life; pastoral or idyllic

Question 5

Chicanery

Answer 5

Deception by subterfuge; false argument or trickery

Question 6

Contemporary

Answer 6

Living or occurring at the same time; modern in style

Question 7

Debunk

Answer 7

To expose the sham or falseness of

Question 8

Disdain

Answer 8

A feeling of contempt or scorn

Question 9

Divergence

Answer 9

a drawing apart from a common point; difference or disagreement

Question 10

Engender

Answer 10

to beget; cause to exist or develop; produce

Question 11

Exemplary

Answer 11

Serving as a model or example; deserving imitation

Question 12

Flagrant

Answer 12

Conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible; glaring

Question 13

Gullible

Answer 13

Easily duped or cheated

Question 14

Impede

Answer 14

To interfere with or slow the progress of

Question 15

Indolent

Answer 15

Averse to effort or movement; lazy

Question 16

Inured

Answer 16

Accustomed to something desirable

Question 17

Lofty

Answer 17

Of imposing height; elevated in status or character; haughty or remote

Question 18

Nascent

Answer 18

Coming or having recently come into existence; beginning to develop

Question 19

Obsterpreprous

Answer 19

Marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness; clamorous

Question 20

Patronizing

Answer 20

Behaving in a condescending manner

Question 21

Plasitcitiy

Answer 21

The capacity for being molded or altered

Question 22

Prodigal

Answer 22

characterized by wasteful spending; yielding abundantly

Question 23

Raze

Answer 23

to scrape, cut, or shave off; destroy to the ground; demolish

Question 24

resignation

Answer 24

a formal notice of quitting one’s job or office; uncomplaining

Question 25

Saturate

Answer 25

to fill with moisture; fill with something that permeates or pervades

Question 26

Squander

Answer 26

To spend foolishly; lose through negligence

Question 27

Surpass

Answer 27

To go beyond; exceed

Question 28

Ubiquitous

Answer 28

Existing or being everywhere at the same time e

Question 29

Viable

Answer 29

Capable of living, growing, or developing; having a reasonable chance of succeeding

Question 30

Wistful

Answer 30

Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy