Level 2

Question 1

palliative

Answer 1

easing pain without curing

Question 2

stratified

Answer 2

arranged by layers

Question 3

mutuability

Answer 3

changeability

Question 4

serendipitous

Answer 4

occurring by chance in a beneficial way

Question 5

clandestine

Answer 5

done in secret

Question 6

litiguious

Answer 6

relating to the law

Question 7

dearth

Answer 7

lack or scarcity

Question 8

inexorable

Answer 8

unstoppable

Question 9

depersonalize

Answer 9

to remove the information necessary to identify an individual

Question 10

vocation

Answer 10

career or occupation, calling

Question 11

anthropology

Answer 11

the study of humans, usually with reference to social interaction

Question 12

mutually exclusive

Answer 12

two things that cannot both be true at the same time

Question 13

purportedly

Answer 13

supposedly, allegedly

Question 14

tacit

Answer 14

implied but unspoken

Question 15

ascertain

Answer 15

to learn with certainty through inquiry, examination, or investigation

Question 16

arbitrary

Answer 16

random, subject to individual judgment

Question 17

engender

Answer 17

to bring out, to create

Question 18

prose

Answer 18

ordinary language for writing or speaking as opposed to poetic language

Question 19

array (verb)

Answer 19

to arrange in logical order

Question 20

candid

Answer 20

frank, forthright

Question 21

innoccuous

Answer 21

harmless, unlikely to offend

Question 22

status quo

Answer 22

the current or existing state of affairs

Question 23

extrapolate

Answer 23

to predict or infer using incomplete data

Question 24

preclude

Answer 24

to make impossible, to prevent

Question 25

debunk

Answer 25

to expose a commonly held belief as untrue

Question 26

gratuitious

Answer 26

given freely, not asked for

Question 27

nuance

Answer 27

a slight difference difficult for a non-expert to detect or understand

Question 28

poignant

Answer 28

deeply and emotionally moving, often sad

Question 29

induce

Answer 29

to bring about

Question 30

altruism

Answer 30

unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 31

rancorous

Answer 31

having bitter feelings or ill will

Question 32

jocular

Answer 32

playful

Question 33

provisional

Answer 33

provided in response to an urgent or temporary need