List 4

Question 1

Acrid

Answer 1

sharply bitter in taste or odor

Question 2

Acrimonious

Answer 2

bitter in words or manner

Question 3

Adherent

Answer 3

someone who follows a leader or supports a cause

Question 4

Adroit

Answer 4

having skill or resourcefulness in coping with situations

Question 5

Adulation

Answer 5

excessive admiration

Question 6

Augment

Answer 6

make larger or more numerous

Question 7

Austere

Answer 7

forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented

Question 8

Autonomous

Answer 8

not controlled or governed by outside forces

Question 9

Benign

Answer 9

gentle in disposition; not malignant

Question 10

bleak

Answer 10

barren and lacking in warmth

Question 11

censorious

Answer 11

highly critical

Question 12

censure

Answer 12

harshly criticize

Question 13

cliche

Answer 13

phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; trite theme; person who acts in wholly predictable

Question 14

culpable

Answer 14

deserving blame

Question 15

cursory

Answer 15

hastily done

Question 16

denounce

Answer 16

proclaim as evil

Question 17

depict

Answer 17

represent using words or a picture

Question 18

deplore

Answer 18

regret strongly; express grief over

Question 19

elucidate

Answer 19

throw light upon; make clear

Question 20

elusive

Answer 20

hard to grasp or capture

Question 21

embellish

Answer 21

make more beautiful; make a story more interesting by adding (generally fictitious details

Question 22

eminent

Answer 22

high in reputation

Question 23

flagrant

Answer 23

really, obviously bad

Question 24

gratuitous

Answer 24

given freely; uncalled for

Question 25

hedonist

Answer 25

one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life

Question 26

impeccable

Answer 26

having no flaws

Question 27

impecunious

Answer 27

having little or no money

Question 28

impede

Answer 28

causing delay in progress or moving

Question 29

lampoon

Answer 29

criticize by using ridicule

Question 30

meticulous

Answer 30

excessively careful

Question 31

notoriety

Answer 31

state of having a bad reputation

Question 32

obstinate

Answer 32

1. unreasonably persistent
2. not easily controlled, cured or removed

Question 33

paucity

Answer 33

smallness of quantity or number

Question 34

pedantic

Answer 34

overly concerned with small details, especially when teaching; tending to show off one’s learning

Question 35

pedestrian

Answer 35

performed in an unimaginative manner

Question 36

prosaic

Answer 36

dull and unimaginative

Question 37

provincial

Answer 37

pertaining to province; lacking urban sophistication; limited in outlook

Question 38

quiescent

Answer 38

temporarily inactive; at rest

Question 39

quixotic

Answer 39

idealistic but impractical

Question 40

rebuttal

Answer 40

response with contrary evidence; reply pointing out flaws in opponent’s argument

Question 41

recant

Answer 41

retract a previous statement; openly confess error

Question 42

recluse

Answer 42

someone who withdraws from society

Question 43

skeptic

Answer 43

person who suspends judgement until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined

Question 44

sluggish

Answer 44

disinclined to exert oneself; slow to react

Question 45

susceptible

Answer 45

easily influenced; open to impression; having little resistance, as to a disease

Question 46

sustain

Answer 46

live through; keep up; give support to; bear up under

Question 47

tirade

Answer 47

long speech, generally critical in nature

Question 48

transient

Answer 48

staying for a short time

Question 49

vestigial

Answer 49

relating to visible traces left by something that no longer exists

Question 50

vigor

Answer 50

active physical or mental strength

Question 51

vindicate

Answer 51

1. clear from blame
2. provide justification or support for