List 2

Question 0

maladroit

Answer 0

awkward

Question 1

impertinent

Answer 1

irrelevant

Question 2

desiccant

Answer 2

a drying agent

Question 3

recalcitrant

Answer 3

obstinately defiant of authority or restraint

Question 4

amorphous

Answer 4

shapeless

Question 5

filigree

Answer 5

ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces

Question 6

tautology

Answer 6

unnecessary repetition

Question 7

quandary

Answer 7

a state of doubt

Question 8

prestidigitation

Answer 8

legerdemain

Question 9

peroration

Answer 9

the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration

Question 10

pernicious

Answer 10

highly injurious

Question 11

complaisant

Answer 11

marked by an inclination to please or oblige

Question 12

feint

Answer 12

a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to attack

Question 13

libel

Answer 13

a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought

Question 14

extirpate

Answer 14

to root up; to destroy

Question 15

conjecture

Answer 15

to arrive at or deduce by guesswork

Question 16

relegate

Answer 16

to consign to an inferior position

Question 17

lambaste

Answer 17

to thrash verbally or physically

Question 18

chide

Answer 18

to voice disapproval to

Question 19

immutable

Answer 19

not capable of or susceptible to change

Question 20

infrastructure

Answer 20

underlying foundation; basic framework

Question 21

cogently

Answer 21

having power to compel or constraint

Question 22

inadvertently

Answer 22

carelessly; unintentionally

Question 23

exacerbate

Answer 23

to make worse

Question 24

didactic

Answer 24

intent to teach

Question 25

ambivalence

Answer 25

the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes

Question 26

morose

Answer 26

sad; sullen

Question 27

analytical

Answer 27

separating something into component parts

Question 28

paradigmatic

Answer 28

example, pattern; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype

Question 29

inception

Answer 29

beginning; commencement

Question 30

improvident

Answer 30

not foreseeing and providing for the future

Question 31

lithesome

Answer 31

lissome; agile

Question 32

piquant

Answer 32

appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive

Question 33

steadfast

Answer 33

a firmly fixed placed; immovable

Question 34

contend

Answer 34

to assert

Question 35

litigation

Answer 35

legal proceedings

Question 36

philandering

Answer 36

to have casual or illicit sex with a woman or with many women; especially : to be sexually unfaithful to one’s wife

Question 37

staunch

Answer 37

to stop or check the flow of

Question 38

portent

Answer 38

something that foreshadows an upcoming event

Question 39

fortifications

Answer 39

something that defends or strengthens (defend a place or positions)