Lesson 3

Question 1

abstruse

Answer 1

difficult to understand, concealed

Question 2

affable

Answer 2

friendly, courteous, amiable

Question 3

audacity

Answer 3

excessive boldness, rashness, daring

Question 4

contrite

Answer 4

extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

Question 5

credulous

Answer 5

believing on slight evidence, gullible

Question 6

depravity

Answer 6

moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act

Question 7

deprecate

Answer 7

to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval

Question 8

didactic

Answer 8

instructive, designed to teach

Question 9

dormant

Answer 9

inactive, sleeping

Question 10

enigmatic

Answer 10

mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling

Question 11

erudite

Answer 11

scholarly

Question 12

exotic

Answer 12

foreign, unfamiliar

Question 13

fuse

Answer 13

to mix or to join (usually by melting)

Question 14

immutable

Answer 14

unchanging

Question 15

incorrigible

Answer 15

incapable of being reformed or improved

Question 16

loathe

Answer 16

to detest

Question 17

mitigate

Answer 17

to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe

Question 18

nullify

Answer 18

to cause not to be in effect, to negate

Question 19

pacifistic

Answer 19

opposed to war or use of force

Question 20

pretentious

Answer 20

making an extravagant outward show, self-important

Question 21

prologue

Answer 21

introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work

Question 22

recant

Answer 22

to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke

Question 23

servile

Answer 23

overly submissive

Question 24

trepidation

Answer 24

fear, trembling, agitation

Question 25

vilify

Answer 25

to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against