List 4

Question 1

Perfunctory

Answer 1

acting with indifference; showing little interest or care; performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial

Question 2

Tantalize

Answer 2

to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed

Question 3

Pragmatic

Answer 3

dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical

Question 4

Zeugma

Answer 4

a construction in which a single word, especially a verb or an adjective, is applied to two or more nouns when its sense is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way

Question 5

Laconic

Answer 5

using few words; expressing much in few words; concise, terse

Question 6

Salient

Answer 6

of notable significance; prominent

Question 7

Pithy

Answer 7

precisely meaningful; brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning

Question 8

Pandemonium

Answer 8

a very noisy place; wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos; the abode of all the demons

Question 9

Quixotic

Answer 9

caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; resembling or befitting Don Quixote– idealistic without regard to practicality

Question 10

Stigma

Answer 10

a small mark; a scar or birthmark

Question 11

Pejorative

Answer 11

tending to make or become worse; belittling; tending to disparage or belittle

Question 12

Impede

Answer 12

to obstruct, retard, interfere with, or slow the progress of; hinder

Question 13

Garrulous

Answer 13

excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters

Question 14

Herculean

Answer 14

requiring the great strength of Hercules; hence very difficult, dangerous, or hard to perform

Question 15

Appellation

Answer 15

a name, title, or designation; the act of naming

Question 16

Cynical

Answer 16

negative or pessimistic; showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions, esp. by actions that exploit the scruples of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessmistic

Question 17

Galvanize

Answer 17

to stimulate or shock by or as if by an electric current

Question 18

Expedite

Answer 18

to free from entanglements; to carry out promptly or speed up the process of

Question 19

Disquietude

Answer 19

worried unease; anxiety

Question 20

Bowdlerize

Answer 20

to edit (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable; to expurgate (a book) prudishly

Question 21

Bower

Answer 21

a shaded, leafy recess; an arbor; a rustic cottage; a country retreat; a woman’s private chamber in a medieval castle

Question 22

Ostracize

Answer 22

to exclude, by general consent, from a group– such as from society, friendship, conversation, privileges

Question 23

Lethargy

Answer 23

abnormal drowsiness

Question 24

Aver

Answer 24

to affirm positively as true; to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner; to allege as a fact

Question 25

Dilatory

Answer 25

tending to delay, procrastinate, or postpone; intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision

Question 26

Stoic

Answer 26

one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain

Question 27

Pander

Answer 27

to act as a go-between or liaison in amorous intrigues

Question 28

Infernal

Answer 28

of or relating to a lower world of the dead; of or relating to hell or a nether world

Question 29

Scintillating

Answer 29

brilliantly clever; animated, vivacious; marked by high spirits or excitement

Question 30

Insouciant

Answer 30

lighthearted and unconcerned; free of cares and anxiety