Miu Sakai Round 2

Question 1

Nebulous

Answer 1

Unclear; vague

Question 2

Furtive

Answer 2

Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble.

Question 3

Rectify

Answer 3

Put right; correct

Question 4

Pedantic

Answer 4

Excessively concerned with minor details or rules

Question 5

Ostensibly

Answer 5

As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily

Question 6

Obfuscate

Answer 6

Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

Question 7

Tacit

Answer 7

Understood or implied without being stated

Question 8

Virtue

Answer 8

Behavior showing high moral standards

Question 9

Puritanical

Answer 9

Having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex

Question 10

Eccentric

Answer 10

Unconventional and slightly strange

Question 11

Benevolent

Answer 11

Well meaning and kindly

Question 12

Officious

Answer 12

Assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters.

Question 13

Vapid

Answer 13

Offering nothing that is stimulating or interesting

Question 14

Incredulous

Answer 14

Unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 15

Indoctrinate

Answer 15

Teach to accept a set of beliefs uncritically

Question 16

Archaic

Answer 16

So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Question 17

Denounce

Answer 17

Publicly declare to be wrong or evil

Question 18

Orthodox

Answer 18

Conforming to the generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy, or practice.

Question 19

Agglomeration

Answer 19

A mass or collection of things

Question 20

Coercion

Answer 20

The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats

Question 21

Inscrutable

Answer 21

Impossible to understand or interpret

Question 22

Endorse

Answer 22

Declare one’s public approval or support of

Question 23

Etiolate

Answer 23

Make pale through lack of light (plant)

Question 24

Contrive

Answer 24

Create or bring about by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Question 25

Insatiable

Answer 25

Impossible to satisfy

Question 26

Chequered

Answer 26

Having a pattern consisting of alternating squares of different colors

Question 27

Innumerable

Answer 27

Too many to be counted

Question 28

Intermittent

Answer 28

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady

Question 29

Infallible

Answer 29

Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Question 30

Credulity

Answer 30

A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true