Lessons 9-10

Question 1

ambiguous

Answer 1

having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain

Question 2

amiable

Answer 2

friendly, sociable, and congenial; civil and urbane

Question 3

crass

Answer 3

coarse, crude, and unrefined

Question 4

discursive

Answer 4

rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly

Question 5

estrange

Answer 5

to alienate, to separate

Question 6

docile

Answer 6

easily managed, obedient, passive

Question 7

exonerate

Answer 7

to free from blame, obligation, or responsibility; to exculpate

Question 8

gratuitous

Answer 8

given freely, unwarranted

Question 9

hypothesize

Answer 9

to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven

Question 10

indignation

Answer 10

anger as a result of something unjust

Question 11

induce

Answer 11

to bring on or to bring about

Question 12

intractable

Answer 12

stubborn, difficult to manage

Question 13

introspective

Answer 13

the quality of examining one’s own mind or thoughts

Question 14

lucid

Answer 14

easily understood, mentally sound

Question 15

meticulous

Answer 15

taking great care

Question 16

misanthrope

Answer 16

a hater of mankind

Question 17

munificent

Answer 17

very generous

Question 18

plagiarize

Answer 18

to steal and to use another’s writings as one’s own

Question 19

profuse

Answer 19

extravagantly abundant, flowing freely

Question 20

recluse

Answer 20

a person who lives in solitude, a hermit

Question 21

sated

Answer 21

satisfied fully, indulged to excess

Question 22

stupefy

Answer 22

to dull the senses as to put into a stupor

Question 23

terse

Answer 23

concise

Question 24

transient

Answer 24

quickly passing, fleeting

Question 25

virtuoso

Answer 25

one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant

Question 26

abstracted

Answer 26

removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one’s own mind

Question 27

adulation

Answer 27

extreme praise or admiration

Question 28

adversity

Answer 28

misfortune, unfavorable happening

Question 29

burgeon

Answer 29

to sprout, to newly emerge

Question 30

chimera

Answer 30

a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination

Question 31

culpable

Answer 31

deserving blame; guilty

Question 32

decadent

Answer 32

decaying

Question 33

entreaty

Answer 33

a plea, an earnest request

Question 34

fatuous

Answer 34

foolish, silly in an obnoxious way, inane

Question 35

humane

Answer 35

kind, compassionate, sympathetic and considerate

Question 36

indulgent

Answer 36

lenient, especially toward oneself

Question 37

inundate

Answer 37

to flood, to overflow

Question 38

ineptness

Answer 38

lack of competence or judgment

Question 39

ingrate

Answer 39

an ungrateful person

Question 40

miser

Answer 40

one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money

Question 41

nefarious

Answer 41

extremely wicked, evil, vicious

Question 42

prattle

Answer 42

meaningless sounds, babble

Question 43

predilection

Answer 43

preference

Question 44

procrastinate

Answer 44

to defer action; to delay

Question 45

transparent

Answer 45

quality of being able to be seen through, clear

Question 45

stoic

Answer 45

a stoical person; not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive

Question 46

suffrage

Answer 46

right to vote

Question 47

summon

Answer 47

to call together, to send for or to request to appear

Question 48

turbulence

Answer 48

wild or disturbing activity

Question 49

viable

Answer 49

capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately