List 2

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

(noun) Promptness; eager and speedy readiness. Action characterized by speed and politness

Question 2

Amalgamate

Answer 2

(verb) To combine two or more groups into a whole, or to join multiple things together to form a unified unit.

Question 3

Ambivalent

Answer 3

(adjective) Uncertain, with mixed or conflicted feelings. Of two minds regarding a potential course of action

Question 4

Ameliorate

Answer 4

(verb) To improve or upgrade. To make better or put right. When an unacceptable state of affairs is changed for the better

Question 5

Anachronism

Answer 5

(noun) Something out of place because it is from a different period of time. A person, idea, or action that belongs to a different time in history. Something or someone in the wrong historical or chronological setting

Question 6

Anathema

Answer 6

(noun) Someone or something that is greatly disliked, detested, or shunned. Someone or something cursed, denounced, or excommunicated by a religious authority

Question 7

Ancillary

Answer 7

(adjective) In a position of secondary or lesser importance; subordinate. Responsible for providing support or performing support duties

Question 8

Animosity

Answer 8

(noun) Intense hostility toward a person or thing, usually taking the form of action. A bitter dislike directed at something or someone

Question 9

Antipathy

Answer 9

(noun) Anger, hostility, and aversion directed toward a particular person or thing. The object of someone’s anger, hostility, or disgust

Question 10

Apocryphal

Answer 10

( adjective) Probably not true but widely believed to be so. Generally accepted or repeated as fact, though excluded from the official version of events.