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Question 1

Orotund

Answer 1

Adj

Of the voice or phrasing, full, round and imposing:

An orotund singing voice.

Synonym: strong; loud

Question 2

Obdurate

Answer 2

Adj

Hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion:

The president was completely obdurate on the issue.

Synonym: intransigent; recalcitrant; inexorable

Question 3

Oblique

Answer 3

Adj

Indirect, evasive; misleading, devious:

Usually open and friendly, Mike has been behaving in a curiously oblique manner lately.

Synonym: tangential; slanted; glancing

Question 4

Obsequious

Answer 4

Adj

Overly submissive and eager to please:

The obsequious new associate made sure to compliment her supervisor’s tie and agree with him on every issue.

Synonym: compliant; deferential; servile; subservient

Question 5

Obstinate

Answer 5

Adj

Stubborn; unyielding:

The obstinate child could not be made to eat any food.

Synonym: intransigent; pertinacious; intractable; obdurate

Question 6

Obviate

Answer 6

Verb

To prevent; to make unnecessary:

The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which obviated the need for a bridge.

Synonym: forestall; preclude; prohibit

Question 7

Occlude

Answer 7

Verb

To stop up, prevent the passage of:

Thick makeup can occlude the pores.

Synonym: barricade; obstruct; block

Question 8

Officious

Answer 8

Adj

Too helpful, meddlesome:

While planning her wedding, Maya discovered just how officious her future mother-in-law could be.

Synonym: eager; intrusive; unwanted

Question 9

Onerous

Answer 9

Adj

Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome:

The assignment was so extensive and difficult to manage that it proved onerous to the team in charge of it.

Synonym: arduous; cumbersome; formidable; taxing

Question 10

Opaque

Answer 10

Adj

impossible to see through

Question 11

Opine

Answer 11

Verb

To express an opinion:

At the talk show, the audience member opined that the guest was in the wrong.

Synonym: point out; voice

Question 12

Opprobrium

Answer 12

Noun

Public disgrace:

After the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter opprobrium.

Synonym: stigma; ignominy; discredit

Question 13

Orotund

Answer 13

Adj

Pompous:

Mike soon grew tired of his date’s orotund babble about her new job.

Synonym: bombastic; declamatory; euphuistic

Question 14

Ossify

Answer 14

Verb

To change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern:

The forensics expert ascertained the body’s age based on the degree to which the facial structure had ossified.

Question 15

Ostensible

Answer 15

Adj

Apparent:

The ostensible reason for his visit was to borrow a book, but he secretly wanted to chat with his neighbor.

Synonym: represented; supposed; surface

Question 16

Ostentation

Answer 16

Noun

excessive showiness:

The ostentation of the Sun King’s court is evident in the lavish decoration and luxuriousness of his palace at Versailles.

Synonym: conspicuousness; flashiness

Question 17

Overwrought

Answer 17

Adj

Agitated, overdone:

The lawyer’s overwrought voice on the phone made her clients worry about the outcome of their case.

Synonym; elaborate; excited; nervous; ornate

Question 18

Opulent

Answer 18

Adj

ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish.

“the opulent comfort of a limousine”

synonyms: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial, lavish, lavishly appointed, rich, splendid, magnificent, grand, grandiose, fancy; More

Question 19

Obloquy

Answer 19

Noun

strong public criticism or verbal abuse:

He endured years of contempt and obloquy.

Synonym: vilification, opprobrium, denigration, calumny

Question 20

Objurgate

Answer 20

verb:

rebuke severely; scold