List 3

Question 1

Accessible

Answer 1

able to be reached

Question 2

acclaim

Answer 2

announce with great approval

Question 3

accolade

Answer 3

expression of approval

Question 4

acquiesce

Answer 4

agree without protesting

Question 5

benevolent

Answer 5

disposed to do good

Question 6

capricious

Answer 6

impulsive and not predictable

Question 7

captivate

Answer 7

attract and keep someone’s interest

Question 8

catalyst

Answer 8

something that causes an event or change to occur

Question 9

cryptic

Answer 9

having a secret meaning

Question 10

degradation

Answer 10

lowering in rank or dignity

Question 11

deleterious

Answer 11

injurious to health

Question 12

delineate

Answer 12

describe or portray precisely

Question 13

disseminate

Answer 13

scatter (as in sowing seeds)

Question 14

dissent

Answer 14

withhold agreement

Question 15

dubious

Answer 15

causing doubt to arise; of doubtful quality

Question 16

duplicity

Answer 16

double dealing; deceitfulness

Question 17

elicit

Answer 17

draw out a response of reaction

Question 18

eloquence

Answer 18

forceful or persuasive speech

Question 19

extol

Answer 19

praise highly

Question 20

extraneous

Answer 20

not belonging or pertaining to something

Question 21

fervor

Answer 21

passionate intensity of feeling; earnestness of elation

Question 22

gratify

Answer 22

give pleasure to

Question 23

haughtiness

Answer 23

disdain towards persons supposedly lower in rank or status

Question 24

inmatierial

Answer 24

if no particular importance

Question 25

immutable

Answer 25

not subject to change

Question 26

impair

Answer 26

make worse

Question 27

inundate

Answer 27

overwhelm

Question 28

inure

Answer 28

become accustomed to something unpleasant or unwelcome

Question 29

mercenary

Answer 29

interested in money or gain

Question 30

metaphor

Answer 30

implied comparison of one thing to another (without use of like or as); figure of speech

Question 31

methodical

Answer 31

following a system or method

Question 32

nonchalance

Answer 32

lack of concern

Question 33

obscure

Answer 33

make unclear

Question 34

partisan

Answer 34

committed to a particular party or cause

Question 35

patronize

Answer 35

1) provide support for
2) act superior toward
3) be a customer of

Question 36

predecessor

Answer 36

former occupant of a position or office now held by another

Question 37

predilection

Answer 37

tendency to regard something favorably

Question 38

presumptuous

Answer 38

taking liberties; excessively forward

Question 39

pretentious

Answer 39

making an exaggerated show, to attract attention; making unjustified claims

Question 40

querulous

Answer 40

habitually fussy and full of complaints

Question 41

ratify

Answer 41

approve formally

Question 42

rationale

Answer 42

fundamental reason or justification (not always reasonable)

Question 43

raucous

Answer 43

disorderly and boisterous; harsh and shrill

Question 44

scrutiny

Answer 44

close and critical examination

Question 45

seclusion

Answer 45

state of being removed from social contact

Question 46

servile

Answer 46

slavishly submissive

Question 47

terse

Answer 47

concise and to the point

Question 48

unwarranted

Answer 48

having no justification or grounds

Question 49

viable

Answer 49

practical or workable; capable of maintaining life