Magoosh Set 5

Question 1

persnickety

Answer 1

placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy: persnickety gardeners | she’s very persnickety about her food.

Question 2

solemnity

Answer 2

the state or quality of being serious and dignified: his ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity.

Question 3

respite

Answer 3

noun – a pause from doing something (as work)

Question 4

duress

Answer 4

noun – compulsory force or threat

Question 5

ailing

Answer 5

in poor health

Question 6

trounce

Answer 6

defeat heavily in a contest

Question 7

probing

Answer 7

investigative

Question 8

facile

Answer 8

appearing neat but lacks complexities

Question 9

debonair

Answer 9

confident

Question 10

smug

Answer 10

adjective – marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

Question 11

inkling

Answer 11

slight knowledge or suspicion

Question 12

hindsight

Answer 12

understanding of situation only after it happened

Question 13

unpretentious

Answer 13

not attempting to impress

Question 14

stymy

Answer 14

hinder or prevent progress

Question 15

pastoral

Answer 15

(esp. of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle: scattered pastoral farms.
• associated with country life: the view was pastoral, with rolling fields and grazing sheep.

Question 16

precipitous

Answer 16

adjective – done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Question 17

resolute

Answer 17

adjective – firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

Question 18

nonchalant

Answer 18

adjective – marked by blithe unconcern

Question 19

ennoble

Answer 19

verb – give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

Question 20

stultify

Answer 20

verb – deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

Question 21

precarious

Answer 21

not securely held in position

Question 22

platitude

Answer 22

noun – a trite or obvious remark

Question 23

incontrovertible

Answer 23

impossible to deny or disprove

Question 24

caviling

Answer 24

make unnecessary objection

Question 25

doting

Answer 25

extremely fond of someone

Question 26

confounded

Answer 26

amaze

Question 27

contrived

Answer 27

affected

Question 28

mutability

Answer 28

being capable of mutation

Question 29

discord

Answer 29

different from one another