life

Question 1

Pithy

Answer 1

Terse

Question 2

Dowdy

Answer 2

Unfashionable and unstylish in appearance

Question 3

Redolent

Answer 3

Strongly reminiscent of

Question 4

Intransigence

Answer 4

refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something.

Question 5

Despondent

Answer 5

hopeless

Question 6

Alacrity

Answer 6

Cheerful promptness

Question 7

Connivance

Answer 7

willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.

Question 8

Frugal

Answer 8

sparing or economical as regards money or food

Question 9

Zeal

Answer 9

Passion; ardour; great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.

Question 10

Embargo

Answer 10

an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

Question 11

Pique

Answer 11

1a : to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff sly remarks to pique their curiosity. b : pride he piques himself on his skill as a cook.

2 : to arouse anger or resentment in : irritate what piques linguistic conservatives

Question 12

Connivance

Answer 12

willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.

Question 13

Coy

Answer 13

(especially with reference xsxto a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring.

Question 14

Fundamentalist

Answer 14

strict adherence to some belief or ideology (especially religious)

Question 15

Perspicacious

Answer 15

having a ready insight into and understanding of things.

Question 16

Vain

Answer 16

1. having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth.
2. producing no results; futile; useless

Question 17

regaled

Answer 17

entertain or amuse (someone) with talk.

Question 18

Raillery

Answer 18

good-humoured teasing.

Question 19

Woeful

Answer 19

1. characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.
2. very bad

Question 20

Venality

Answer 20

Open to money, corruption

Question 21

Perpetual

Answer 21

constant

Question 22

Goad

Answer 22

provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

Question 23

Salubrious

Answer 23

Heatlhy

Question 24

Affected

Answer 24

1. influenced or touched by an external factor.

2. artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.

Question 25

Aptly

Answer 25

in a manner that is appropriate or suitable in the circumstances.

Question 26

Descry

Answer 26

catch sight of.

Question 27

Righteous

Answer 27

morally right or justifiable.

Question 28

Self-righteous

Answer 28

having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior; sanctimonious; priggish