List 10

Question 1

Abjure

Answer 1

to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant

Question 2

Acumen

Answer 2

keen insight; shrewdness

Question 3

Bellicose

Answer 3

inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious

Question 4

Enfranchise

Answer 4

to endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote

Question 5

Fatuous

Answer 5

vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish; delusive; complacently or inanely foolish

Question 6

Feckless

Answer 6

feeble or ineffective; careless and irresponsible; futile, incompetent

Question 7

Fiduciary

Answer 7

of or relating to holding of something in trust for another; a person bound to act for another person’s benefit, as a trustee in relation to his beneficiary

Question 8

Gauche

Answer 8

lacking social polish; tactless; awkward, crude, maladroit

Question 9

Hegemony

Answer 9

the predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group over another; domination of one power or nation in a league or confederation

Question 10

Incontrovertible

Answer 10

impossible to dispute; unquestionable; not open to question

Question 11

Inculcate

Answer 11

to impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill; to implant by repeated admonition (usually followed by “in” or “upon”)

Question 12

Jejune

Answer 12

not interesting; dull; insipid; lacking maturity; childish; uninformed

Question 13

Kowtow

Answer 13

to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission; to show servile deference

Question 14

Lexicon

Answer 14

a dictionary (especially of Hebrew, Latin, or Greek); a stock of terms used in a particular profession, language field, social class, or subject; a list of terms relating to a particular subject

Question 15

Lugubrious

Answer 15

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated, affected, or ludicrous degree; doleful; excessively mournful

Question 16

Moiety

Answer 16

half; a part, portion, or share

Question 17

Nonsectarian

Answer 17

not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination

Question 18

Orthography

Answer 18

the art of study of standard spelling

Question 19

Ontology

Answer 19

the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being

Question 20

Precipice

Answer 20

a cliff with a vertical, near vertical, or overhanging face; a situation of great peril

Question 21

Querulous

Answer 21

full of complaints; complaining; inclined to make peevish or whining complaints

Question 22

Quotidian

Answer 22

daily; usual or customary, every day

Question 23

Recapitulate

Answer 23

to repeat in concise form; to review as by brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; to restate the main points

Question 24

Salutary

Answer 24

favorable to or promoting health; wholesome; conducive to some beneficial purpose

Question 25

Tautology

Answer 25

needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy; an empty statement composed of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false

Question 26

Tawdry

Answer 26

cheap and gaudy in appearance and quality; gaudy, showy, cheap

Question 27

Unctuous

Answer 27

characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness or piousness; excessively smooth, suave, or smug

Question 28

Valediction

Answer 28

an act of bidding farewell or taking leave; an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell; the act or instance of saying goodbye

Question 29

Winnow

Answer 29

to separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air; to rid of undesirable parts; to separate or distinguish the valuable from the worthless parts

Question 30

Yeoman

Answer 30

attendant, servent, or lesser official in a noble household; a farmer who cultivates his own land; a petty officer in a navy, generally one who has clerical duties in the US Navy