Level 2

Question 1

Advocate

Answer 1

One that speaks on behalf of another. to support idea publicly. Lawyer, Spokesperson, apostle.

Question 2

• Delegate (noun)

Answer 2

Representative of someone else; person designated to act for or represent others; a person acting for another. to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.

Question 3

Poignant

Answer 3

Profound. Intense. Keenly emotionally strong. Poignant retelling of the accident.

Question 4

Nebulous

Answer 4

Hazy, unclear, indistinct. a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.

Question 5

Clandestine

Answer 5

Clandestine operation. Done in secret. She had a clandestine affair.

Question 6

Tirade

Answer 6

A long angry speech. Also a section of verse concerning a single theme.

Question 7

Tacit

Answer 7

Understood without expression. Tacit knowledge would be knowing something that is seemingly impossible to teach without the many specific and varied experiences.

Question 8

Allegation

Answer 8

An assertion made with little proof, till then proved

Question 9

Rebuff

Answer 9

Reject (rebuff is a perfect synonym to reject). A blunt refusal. He rebuffed (rejected) the offer, he rebuffs (rejects) her. Don’t you rebuff (reject) this!

Question 10

Tenuous

Answer 10

Describes something THIN. The tenuous strands of dna… People ignore the tenuous odds of succeeding in business. The alliance started off robust but soon became tenuous and weak.

Question 11

*** Abet

Answer 11

To aid, support something (usually a criminal).

Question 12

Waive

Answer 12

To Forgo, to do without. Waive your g-d given right to sue!?

Question 13

Carnal

Answer 13

pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.

Question 14

Sanction

Answer 14

Authorize. The CEO sanctioned the deforestation of the park. Give Warrant.

Question 15

Ambiguous

Answer 15

Unclear. Open to interpretation.

Question 16

Mollify

Answer 16

Assuage. To make less harsh. Mitigate. To soften: mollify one’s demands.

Question 17

Unequivocal

Answer 17

Leaving no doubt. Gwen stefani’s new bandname is unequivocal!

Question 18

Verbose

Answer 18

Too Wordy

Question 19

• Transient

Answer 19

Transitory. Passing through a place only for a short time.

Question 20

Nettle

Answer 20

To irritate, annoy, provoke. Prickly plant.

Question 21

*** Repudiate

Answer 21

3 things: Disown, Reject, Refuse.

He had repudiated his double-dealing partners in the past and quit the firm.

Question 22

• Impetuous

Answer 22

Violent and ‘'’passionate’’’ (but really just irrtional, emotional and not a real deep thinker, thuggish)

Question 23

Incongrous

Answer 23

Not harmonious

Question 24

Assuage

Answer 24

To make mild or less severe, appease (ex: ones pain, hunger).

Question 25

*** Corroborate

Answer 25

To strengthen case.

COLLABorate means to collab, to CORROBorate should signal your muscular ‘core’ which strengthens, in this case strengthens your argument in form of evidence.

Question 26

Avaricious

Answer 26

Characterized by Avarice: Greed. Intense desire to gain and keep wealth.

Question 27

*** Cursory

Answer 27

Rushed and thereby sloppy. The camp contract was clearly a cursory document. Obama’s speech was cursory and half-hearted.

Question 28

Vacillate

Answer 28

To be indecisive, sway

Question 29

Clement

Answer 29

Mild or pleasant

Question 30

*** Allocate

Answer 30

To set aside for a particular purpose

Question 31

*** Reconcile

Answer 31

to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.

Question 32

Paragon

Answer 32

a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence: a paragon of virtue.

Question 33

Analogous

Answer 33

having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.

Question 34

Diurnal

Answer 34

Day (opposite nocturnal)

Question 35

*** Pretext

Answer 35

alleged excuse. The leaders used the insults as a pretext to declare war. What pretext could you have for discriminatory practice.

Question 36

Forgo vs forego

Answer 36

To forgo is to do with hout something.

To forego is to go beFORE, antecede, precede.

Question 37

Mitigate

Answer 37

To make less harsh. To mollify or assauge. Mitigate the impact of the space shuttle landing! Saying you’re a non-smoker helped mitigate fears you had an illness. Since when does political oversight ‘mitigate’ bureaucratic abhorrence.

Question 38

Abhor

Answer 38

To dislike extremely. To Hate.

Question 39

Equivocal

Answer 39

Debatable. Something that by nature creates doubt. Having at least two meanings, therefore hard to understand/explain. Equivocal and paradoxical language have no place in any contracts. His threat that I immediately pay up ended with an equivocal ‘or else’.