list A

Question 1

abridge

Answer 1

V. abbreviated communication: to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents

Question 2

compendium

Answer 2

N. abbreviated communication: abridgement, a summary

Question 3

cursory

Answer 3

Adj. abbreviated communication: going rapidly over something

Question 4

curtail

Answer 4

v. abbreviated communication: shorten

Question 5

syllabus

Answer 5

n. abbreviated communication: an outline

Question 6

synopsis

Answer 6

n. abbreviated communication: a condensed statement giving a general view of some subject

Question 7

terse

Answer 7

adj. abbreviated communication: neatly or effectively concise

Question 8

abrupt

Answer 8

adj. Act quickly: sudden, hasty

Question 9

apace

Answer 9

adverb. Act quickly: with speed, quickly

Question 10

headlong

Answer 10

adverb. Act quickly: without delay

Question 11

impetuous

Answer 11

adj. Act quickly: sudden or rash action

Question 12

precipitate

Answer 12

adj, v, act quickly: hasten

Question 13

abet

Answer 13

verb. Assist: to encourage, support (usually in wrongdoing)

Question 14

countenance

Answer 14

n, v. assist: encourage, approval

Question 15

advocate

Answer 15

n. assist: supporter. V. assist: to speak or write in favor of

Question 16

ancillary

Answer 16

adj. assist: subordinate; subsidiary

Question 17

bolster

Answer 17

n. v. Assist: to support with or as with a fillow or cushion

Question 18

corroborate

Answer 18

adj, v. Assist: to make more certain; confirm

Question 19

espouse

Answer 19

v. to make one’s own; adopt or embrace; to marry; to give

Question 20

mainstay

Answer 20

n. Assist: a person or thing that acts as a chief support or part

Question 21

munificent

Answer 21

adj. Assist: extremely liberal in giving; very generous

Question 22

proponent

Answer 22

n. assist: a person who puts forward a prosition or proposal; a person who argues in favor of something; an advocate

Question 23

stalwart

Answer 23

adj, n, assist: strongly and stoutly built. strong and brave. uncompromising

Question 24

sustenance

Answer 24

n. assist: means of sustaining life; nourishment

Question 25

bilious

Answer 25

adj; Bad Mood; extremely unpleasant or distasteful; peevish; irritable; cranky

Question 26

dudgeon

Answer 26

n. bad mood: anger; a feeling of offense or resentment

Question 27

irascible

Answer 27

adj. Bad Mood: easily provoked to anger

Question 28

pettish

Answer 28

adj. Bad Mood: petulantly peevish

Question 29

petulant

Answer 29

adj. Bad Mood: moved to or showing sudden impatient irritation

Question 30

pique

Answer 30

n, v. Bad Mood: to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride. to wound

Question 31

querulous

Answer 31

adj. Bad Mood: full off complaints, complaining

Question 32

umbrage

Answer 32

n. Bad Mood: offense; annoyance; displeasure

Question 33

waspish

Answer 33

adj. Bad Mood: quick to resent a trifling affront or injury; irascibly or petulantly spiteful

Question 34

dilettante

Answer 34

n. Beginner/Amateur: a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement.

Question 35

fledgling

Answer 35

n, adj, Beginner/Amateur: beginning, no experience

Question 36

neophyte

Answer 36

n. beginner/Amateur: a person who newly converted to a belief

Question 37

novitiate

Answer 37

n. Beginner/Amateur: the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.

Question 38

proselyte

Answer 38

n. v. Beginner/Amateur: a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.

Question 39

tyro

Answer 39

n. beginner/amateur: a beginner in learning anything. novice

Question 40

Burgeoning

Answer 40

v. begining/young: to grow or develop quickly; flourish

Question 41

callow

Answer 41

adj. beginning/young: immature or inexperienced

Question 42

engender

Answer 42

v. beginning/young: to produce, cause, or give rise to. to beget; procreate

Question 43

inchoate

Answer 43

adj, beginning/young: not yet completed or fully developed. just begun; rudimentary; incipient

Question 44

incipient

Answer 44

adj. beginning/young

Question 45

rudimentary

Answer 45

adj; beginning/young. basic, beginning.

Question 46

nascent

Answer 46

adj. beginning/young: beginning to exist or develop

Question 47

acerbic

Answer 47

adj. biting: sour or astringent in taste. harsh or severe

Question 48

acidulous

Answer 48

adj. biting. slightly sour: sharp: caustic

Question 49

acrimonious

Answer 49

adj. biting. caustic

Question 50

asperity

Answer 50

n. biting: harshness or sharpness of tone.

Question 51

caustic

Answer 51

adj. biting: capable of burning. corroding. severely critical or sarcastic

Question 52

mordacious

Answer 52

adj. biting: sharp or caustic in style, tone.

Question 53

mordant

Answer 53

adj. biting: sharply caustic or sarcastic.

Question 54

trenchant

Answer 54

adj. biting: sharp incisive or keen, cuastic. vigorous. energetic

Question 55

audacious

Answer 55

adj. bold.

Question 56

courageous

Answer 56

adj. bold

Question 57

dauntless

Answer 57

adj. bold: fearless