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Question 1

Austere

Answer 1

1. severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance.
2. having an extremely plain or simple lifestyle and/or appearance.

Question 2

Corpulent

Answer 2

fat

Question 3

Derisive

Answer 3

expressing contempt or ridicule.

Question 4

Effeminate

Answer 4

having characteristics and behaviors traditionally associated with women, and regarded as inappropriate for a man.

Question 5

Jocund

Answer 5

cheerful and lighthearted

Question 6

Manifest

Answer 6

1. clear or obvious to the eye or mind; e.g. the system’s manifest failings.
2. demonstrate; e.g. she manifested signs of depression

Question 6

Elegiac

Answer 6

involving serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Question 7

Ostentatious

Answer 7

vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.

Nileshamasi’s ostentatious silk rug.

Question 8

Sanguine

Answer 8

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

Bankers are sanguine about long-term prospects for the global economy.

Question 9

Strident

Answer 9

1. loud and harsh; grating.
2. presenting something in an unpleasantly forceful way.

Mr. Weissert’s voice had become increasingly loud, almost strident.

Question 10

Vehement

Answer 10

showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

Question 11

Fecund

Answer 11

fertile

A lush and fecund vegetable garden.

Question 12

Fortuitous

Answer 12

1. happening by lucky chance; fortunate.

Credit Suisse’s bailout from the Swiss government was fortuitous.

Question 13

Infirmity

Answer 13

physical or mental weakness.

Question 14

Malady

Answer 14

a disease or ailment.

An incurable malady.

Question 15

Nuance

Answer 15

a subtle difference in meaning, expression, or sound.

Question 16

Profligate

Answer 16

1. licentious
2. wasteful in the use of resources.

Americans are profligate consumers of energy.

Question 17

Remonstrance

Answer 17

a forceful and disapproving protest.

Despite angry remonstrances from residents, the board approved Chick-Fil

Question 18

Scintillate

Answer 18

emit flashes of light; sparkle.

Question 19

Vitiate

Answer 19

spoil the quality or efficiency of.

Mint Hill has been vitiated by fast food restaurants.