New Words

Question 1

Contraindicate

Answer 1

To give an indication against

Question 2

Fallacious

Answer 2

Based on a mistaken belief

-fallacious arguments

Question 3

Mendacity:

Noun
From mendac-lying

Answer 3

Untruthfulness

-people publicly castigated for past mendacity

Question 4

Castigated:

Verb

Answer 4

Reprimand severely

• he was castigated for not setting a good example

Question 5

Intuit

Verb

Answer 5

Understand or work out by instinct

-I intuited his real identity

Question 6

Parse:

Answer 6

Analyse (a sentence)into its parts and describe their syntactic roles

Examine or analyse minutely

Question 7

Disparages:

Verb

Answer 7

Regard or represent as being of little worth

Question 8

Porous:

Adjective

Answer 8

(Of a rock or other material) having minute spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass

Not retentive or secure

Question 9

Novel:

Adjective

Answer 9

New or unusual in an interesting way

Question 10

Derision:

Noun

Answer 10

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Question 11

Calumny:

Noun

Answer 11

The making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone’s reputation; slander

Question 12

Endemic:

Adjective

Answer 12

(Of a disease of condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area

Question 13

Vicissitudes:

Noun

Answer 13

A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

Question 14

Garrulous

Adjective

Answer 14

Full of trivial conversations

Question 15

Gregarious

Adjective

Answer 15

Instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

Question 16

Insatiable

Adjective

Answer 16

Impossible to satisfy

Question 17

Forlorn

Adjective

Answer 17

Marked by or showing hopelessness

Question 18

Philistine

Adjective

Answer 18

Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Question 19

Chauvinist

Noun

Answer 19

A person with a prejudice belief in the superiority of his or her own kind.

Question 20

Derision

Answer 20

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Question 21

Avowed

Adjective

Answer 21

That has been asserted, admitted, or stated publicly

Question 22

Belie

Verb

Answer 22

(Of an appearance) fail to give a true impression of (something)

Question 23

Opulence

Noun

Answer 23

Wealth as evidence by sumptuous living

Question 24

Perusal

Noun

Answer 24

Reading carefully with intent to remember

Question 25

Cursory

Adjective

Answer 25

Hasty and without to detail; not thorough

Question 26

Poring

Adjective

Answer 26

Direct one’s attention on something

Question 27

Derisive

Adjective

Answer 27

Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

Question 28

Prevarication

Noun

Answer 28

A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

Intentionally vague or ambiguous

Question 29

Equivocation

Noun

Answer 29

Intentionally vague or ambiguous

A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Question 30

Cogent

Answer 30

(Of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing

Question 31

Verbosity

Noun

Answer 31

The fact or quality of using more words than needed; wordiness

Question 32

Tantamount

Adjective

Answer 32

Equivalent in seriousness; virtually the same as

Question 33

Profundity

Noun

Answer 33

Great depth of insight or knowledge

Great depth or intensity of a state, quality or emotion