List B-9

Question 0

coalesce

Answer 0

to fuse; unite; grow together

Question 1

clemency

Answer 1

leniency; mercy; mildness, especially of weather

Question 2

derivative

Answer 2

copied or adapted; obtained from reasoning or logic

Question 3

despondent

Answer 3

dejected; disheartened, depressed

Question 4

endorse

Answer 4

to write one’s signature; to give approval or support; sanction

Question 5

engender

Answer 5

to bring into existence; produce; propagate

Question 6

flagrant

Answer 6

extremely conspicuous; notorious; shocking

Question 7

marred

Answer 7

blemished; damaged, disfigured

Question 8

obliterate

Answer 8

to do away with completely; destroy without a trace

Question 9

painstaking

Answer 9

careful; taking diligent effort

Question 10

preclude

Answer 10

to make impossible or prevent; to bar

Question 11

relegate

Answer 11

to send to an obscure place; to cast out or banish; to classify

Question 12

satirical

Answer 12

sarcastic; based on satire, irony, derision; designed to expose foolishness

Question 13

swindler

Answer 13

a cheater or fraud, especially one who obtains money or property by fraudulent means

Question 14

undermine

Answer 14

to weaken by wearing away a base; to injure or impair