Part 1 Of Final

Question 1

Vilify

Answer 1

Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

Question 2

Dogmatic

Answer 2

Characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts

Question 3

Truculent

Answer 3

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

Question 4

Loquacious

Answer 4

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative

Question 5

Bombastic

Answer 5

High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

Question 6

Ingenuous

Answer 6

Innocent and unsuspecting

Question 7

Eclectic

Answer 7

Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

Question 8

Iconoclast

Answer 8

A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.

Question 9

Quixotic

Answer 9

Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Question 10

Misanthrope

Answer 10

A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

Question 11

Explication

Answer 11

The process of analyzing and developing an idea or principle in detail

Question 12

Onerous

Answer 12

Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.

Question 13

Urbane

Answer 13

Courteous and refined in manner

Question 14

Vituperate

Answer 14

Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language

Question 15

Anathema

Answer 15

Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes

Question 16

Apocryphal

Answer 16

Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

Question 17

Obdurate

Answer 17

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Question 18

Axiom

Answer 18

A statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

Question 19

Diaphanous

Answer 19

Characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through

Question 20

Moribund

Answer 20

At the point of death / In terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor