MP1 W4

Question 1

Adverse

Answer 1

adj. difficult, challenging

Question 2

Amused

Answer 2

adj. happily entertained

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

n. story

Question 4

Ascetic

Answer 4

adj. practicing self-denial; n. one who rejects worldly pleasures

Question 5

Censor

Answer 5

v. to restrict or remove offensive information

Question 6

Diffident

Answer 6

adj. aloof, standoffish, distant

Question 7

Discrete

Answer 7

adj. separate, distinct

Question 8

Elicit

Answer 8

v. to draw out provoke

Question 9

Eminent

Answer 9

adj. distinguished, well respected

Question 10

Exceptional

Answer 10

adj. out of the ordinary

Question 11

Illusion

Answer 11

n. something that looks or seems different from what it is

Question 12

Ingenious

Answer 12

n. clever

Question 13

Perspicacious

Answer 13

adj. perceptive, astute

Question 14

Uninterested

Answer 14

adj. not interested

Question 15

Averse

Answer 15

adj. disliking for

Question 16

Bemused

Answer 16

adj. puzzled

Question 17

Antidote

Answer 17

n. substance that neutralizes a poison

Question 18

Aesthetic

Answer 18

adj. related to beauty

Question 19

Censure

Answer 19

v. to punish or limit

Question 20

Different

Answer 20

adj. unlike

Question 21

Discreet

Answer 21

adj. secretive

Question 22

Illicit

Answer 22

adj. illegal

Question 23

Imminent

Answer 23

adj. about to happen

Question 24

Exceptionable

Answer 24

adj unpleasant

Question 25

Allusion

Answer 25

n. an implied or indirect reference especially in literature (v. to allude)

Question 26

Ingenuous

Answer 26

adj. naive

Question 27

Perspicuous

Answer 27

adj. clear to understanding

Question 28

Disinterested

Answer 28

adj. objective (not influenced by personal feelings)