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Question 1

Nebulous

Answer 1

Vague or ill-defined concepts or ideas.

Question 2

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 2

A mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar or particular to an individual.

Question 3

Heterogeneous

Answer 3

Diverse in character or context.

Question 4

Avolition

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Decrease in the motivation to initiate and perform self-directed, purposeful activities.

Question 5

Anhedonia

Answer 5

Inability to feel pleasure in normally pleasurable experiences.

Question 6

Forme fruste

Answer 6

Crude or unfinished. In medicine: an atypical or attenuated manifestation of a disease or syndrome.

Question 7

Palimpsest

Answer 7

Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. Commonly a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.

Question 8

Ostensibly

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Proletariate

Answer 9

Working-class people regarded collectively (often used with reference to marxism).

Question 10

Bourgeois

Answer 10

Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

Question 11

Tacitly (tacit)

Answer 11

Not spoken, but implied by or inferred from actions or statements. (Not commonly used nowadays).

Question 12

Taciturn

Answer 12

(Of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech.

Question 13

Axiom

Answer 13

A self-evident or universally accepted truth without proof as the basis for argument.

Question 14

Maxim

Answer 14

A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.

Question 15

Pithy

Answer 15

Terse or vigorously expressive.

Question 16

Terse

Answer 16

Sparing use of words.

Question 17

Epigrammatic

Answer 17

In the style of an epigram; concise, clever and amusing.

Question 18

Lexical

Answer 18

Relating to words or vocabulary of a language.

Question 19

Aberration

Answer 19

Something that differs from the norm.

Question 20

Acquiesce

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To agree without protesting.

Question 21

Alacrity

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Eagerness, speed.

Question 22

Arcane

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Obscure or secret, known to only a few.

Question 23

Avarice

Answer 23

Excessive speed.

Question 24

Brusque

Answer 24

Short, abrupt or dismissive.

Question 25

Cajole

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To urge or coax.

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Circumspect

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Cautious.

Question 27

Clandestine

Answer 27

Kept secret or done secretly, usually due to illicit nature.

Question 28

Debase

Answer 28

To lower the quality or esteem of something.

Question 29

Decry

Answer 29

To criticise openly.

Question 30

Deferential

Answer 30

Showing respect for another’s authority.

Question 31

Demure

Answer 31

Quiet, modest or reserved.

Question 32

Despot

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One who has total power and rules brutally.

Question 33

Enmity

Answer 33

Ill will, hatred or hostility.

Question 34

Erudite

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Having or showing great knowledge or learning.

Question 35

Extol

Answer 35

To praise or revere.

Question 36

Fractious

Answer 36

Troublesome or irritable.

Question 37

Gratuitous

Answer 37

Uncalled for or unwanted.

Question 38

Hypocrisy

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The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

Question 39

Implacable

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Incapable of being appeased or mitigated

Question 40

Impudent

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Casually rude or impatient.

Question 41

Indolent

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Lazy. In medicine: causing little or no pain.

Question 42

Insular

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Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas or peoples outside of one’s own experience.

Question 43

Intrepid

Answer 43

Brave in the face of danger.

Question 44

Inveterate

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A habit which is long-established and unlikely to change.

Question 45

Knell

Answer 45

The solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death.

Question 46

Lithe

Answer 46

Thin, supple and graceful. Especially of a person’s body.

Question 47

Maverick

Answer 47

An unorthodox or independent-minded person.

Question 48

Modicum

Answer 48

A small quantity of something, particularly something desirable and valuable.

Question 49

Nadir

Answer 49

The lowest or most unsuccessful point of a situation.

Question 50

Zenith

Answer 50

The highest or cumulating point.