list 5 & 6

Question 1

Meticulous

Answer 1

Adj, overly or unduly careful about small details; extremely careful

Question 2

Altruism

Answer 2

Noun, unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

Question 3

Ameliorate

Answer 3

Verb, to improve or make better

Question 4

Rustic

Answer 4

adj. Characteristic of the country and country people; simple and unsophisticated

Question 5

Deride

Answer 5

Verb, to make fun of; to scorn

Question 6

Diffident

Answer 6

Adj, lacking self confidence; timid; shy

Question 7

Ostracize

Answer 7

Verb, to exclude someone from a social group by general consent

Question 8

Truculent

Answer 8

Adj, savage; cruel; fierce; warlike

Question 9

Vindicate

Answer 9

Verb, to clear of suspicion, as of a charge of wrongdoing

Question 10

Pugnacious

Answer 10

Adj. eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome

Question 11

Forbidding

Answer 11

Adj. looking dangerous threatening, disagreeable, repellent

Question 12

Inane

Answer 12

Adj. foolish, silly, lacking sense or meaning

Question 13

Inure

Answer 13

Verb, to become accustomed to something, difficult, painful, etc.

Question 14

Anarchy

Answer 14

Noun, the complete absence of government, political disorder or violence, disorder in any activity

Question 15

Enmity

Answer 15

Noun, hostility, antagonism, hatred; the bitter feelings of an enemy

Question 16

Sinecure

Answer 16

Noun, any office or position that brings profit or advantage without involving much work or responsibility

Question 17

Tacit

Answer 17

Adj. not expressed or declared openly, but implied or understood

Question 18

Inveigle

Answer 18

Verb, to trick into doing something, to lead on with deception

Question 19

Anachronisim

Answer 19

Noun, anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time in history

Question 20

Avarice

Answer 20

Noun, too great a desire to have wealth; greed for riches