Level 8

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
liveliness; briskness.

Question 2

Obviate

Answer 2

to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.

Question 3

Emolument

Answer 3

profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages.

Question 4

Intransigent

Answer 4

One who refuses to agree or compromise/

Question 5

Mordant

Answer 5

Sharply caustic or sarcastic.

Question 6

Sagacious

Answer 6

having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.

Question 7

Acerbic

Answer 7

Sour or astringent taste, harsh

Question 8

Succor

Answer 8

Person/thing that gives aid, help, relief

Question 9

Importune

Answer 9

To annoy by making urgent or persistent solicitations.

to make improper advances toward another person.

Question 10

Palliate

Answer 10

to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.

to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate.

Question 11

Wizened

Answer 11

withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.

Question 12

Captious

Answer 12

Apt to find trivial fault. Hard to please.

Question 13

Emendation

Answer 13

Act if emending. Emend- to edit or change (a text). to free from faults or errors; correct.

Question 14

Truculent

Answer 14

fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.

Question 15

Expurgate

Answer 15

to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms’ fairy tales.
to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.

Question 16

Reprobate

Answer 16

a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

Question 17

Spurious

Answer 17

Not genuine, authentic. Illegitimate birth.

Question 18

Volition

Answer 18

Own will. The power or faculty of choosing; the will.

Question 19

Interpolate

Answer 19

to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter. to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

Question 20

Adduce

Answer 20

to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis

Question 21

Miscreant

Answer 21

infidel, heretic. one who behaves criminally or viciously

Question 22

Quixotic

Answer 22

foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action

Question 23

Suppurate

Answer 23

To form or discharge pus

Question 24

Martinet

Answer 24

Strict disciplinarian, rigid adherence to rules.

Question 25

Compunction

Answer 25

anxiety arising from awareness of guilt. distress of mind over an anticipated action or result.

Question 26

Mercurial

Answer 26

having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury or to the influence of the planet Mercury characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood.

Question 27

Nostrum

Answer 27

a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine. Panacea. a medicine made by the person who recommends it.

Question 28

Propitiate

Answer 28

to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease, pacify

Question 29

Efficacy

Answer 29

capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.

Question 30

Tantamount

Answer 30

equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.

Question 31

Pariah

Answer 31

an outcast. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.

Question 32

Germane

Answer 32

Closely related, relevant. Keep your opinions germane to the discussion.

Question 33

Licentious

Answer 33

Unrestrained sexually, by law, morals.

Question 34

Superannuated

Answer 34

retired because of age or infirmity. too old for use, work, service, or a position. antiquated or obsolete: superannuated ideas.

Question 35

Egregious

Answer 35

extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.

Question 36

Vapid

Answer 36

Having lost life. Dull. It became a very vapid party.

Question 37

Crotchet

Answer 37

an odd fancy or whimsical notion. | a small hook.

Question 38

Epigraph

Answer 38

an inscription, especially on a building, statue, or the like.

Question 39

Expatiate

Answer 39

to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme.

Question 40

Sinecure

Answer 40

an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.

Question 41

Predilection

Answer 41

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.

Question 42

Imbroglio

Answer 42

a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations. an intricate and perplexing state of affairs; a complicated or difficult situation.

Question 43

Ineffable

Answer 43

incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.

Question 44

Stolid

Answer 44

adjective. not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.

Question 45

Offal

Answer 45

Rubbish food. the parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by human beings; carrion.

Question 46

Lissome

Answer 46

Flexible, agile, nimble of body

Question 47

Mellifluous

Answer 47

sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.

Question 48

Surfeit

Answer 48

excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.

Question 49

Blandishment

Answer 49

something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.

Question 50

Variegated

Answer 50

Varied