List 2

Question 1

adj.) Sarcastic in a biting or scathing way, capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.

Answer 1

caustic

Question 2

(n.) a temporary of final ceasing of action: a STOP

Answer 2

cessation

Question 3

(v.) an act of sympathy for another.

Answer 3

condolence

Question 4

(n.) a person easily tricked or deceived; a fool

Answer 4

dupe

Question 5

(n.) An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

Answer 5

euphemism

Question 6

(adj.) unintentional; accidental

Answer 6

inadvertent

Question 7

(adj.) beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Answer 7

incipient

Question 8

(adj.) not harmonious or not conforming; incompatible, disagreeing. Inconsistent with itself.

Answer 8

incongruous

Question 9

(v.) to come into contact or collision; to stir up, agitate.

Answer 9

jostle

Question 10

(adj.) lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality. Dull, mediocre, “lacking”

Answer 10

lackluster

Question 11

(v.) to hate intensely

Answer 11

loathe

Question 12

(adj.) characterized by the practical and ordinary; commonplace

Answer 12

mundane

Question 13

(adj.) Giving the impression something bad will happen. Foreshadowing evil; bad omen.

Answer 13

ominous

Question 14

(n.) A superabundance; an excess.

Answer 14

plethora

Question 15

(n.) an excuse; a false reason given to justify an action or situation.

Answer 15

pretext

Question 16

(v.) to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

Answer 16

repudiate

Question 17

(adj.) inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech; laconic.

Answer 17

reticent

Question 18

(adj.) limited or relating to basic facts of principles; fundamental

Answer 18

rudimentary

Question 19

(adj.) trembling, quivering, timid or fearful.

Answer 19

tremulous

Question 20

(v.) to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements.

Answer 20

wrest