Part 6

Question 1

chary

(CHAIR-ee)

Answer 1

adj. cautious; wary
* chary wary rhymes

Question 2

circumspect

(SUR-km-spekt)

Answer 2

adj. careful and cautions before acting
* look around before doing something

Question 3

conscientious

(kahn-shee-EN-shus)

Answer 3

adj. relation to doing what one knows is right

Question 4

exacting

(ig-ZAK-ting)

Answer 4

adj. requiring a great deal of care or effort; painstaking
* it is hard to be exact

Question 5

gingerly

(JIN-jer-lee)

Answer 5

adj. very carefully

Question 6

heedful

(HEED-ful)

Answer 6

adj. paying careful attention to

Question 7

scrupulous

(SKROO-pyoo-lus)

Answer 7

adj. showing great care and honesty based on personal belief of what is right and proper

Question 8

vigilant

(VI-juh-lunt)

Answer 8

adj. carefully alert and watchful

Question 9

ephemeral

(ih-FEM-rul)

Answer 9

adj. lasting a short time

Question 10

evanescent

(eh-vuh-NEH-snt)

Answer 10

adj. vanishing quickly
* vanish

Question 11

fleeting

(FLEE-ting)

Answer 11

adj. short-lived
* to flee is to run fast

Question 12

itinerant

(eye-TIH-nuh-runt)

Answer 12

adj. wandering about; tending to move around
* iter in latin means journey or road

Question 13

peripatetic

(per-uh-puh-TEH-tik)

Answer 13

adj. moving or walking about

Question 14

transient

(TRAN-shee-unt)

Answer 14

adj. lasting for a short time; temporary

Question 15

transitory

(TRAN-suh-tawr-ee)

Answer 15

adj. fleeting

Question 16

volatile

(VAH-luh-tl)

Answer 16

adj. explosive or changing very quickly
* volatile volcano

Question 17

antediluvian

(an-tih-dul-LOO-vee-un)

Answer 17

adj. very, very old

Question 18

antiquated

(AN-tuh-kway-tud)

Answer 18

adj. very old and no longer in use
* antique

Question 19

antiquity

(an-TIH-kwuh-tee)

Answer 19

n. ancient times
* antique

Question 20

archaic

(ar-KAY-ik)

Answer 20

adj. old; from a much earlier time
* archeabacteria is ancient bacteria

Question 21

contemporary

(kun-TEM-puh-rer-ee)

Answer 21

adj. modern, new

Question 22

inception

(in-SEP-shun)

Answer 22

n. the start, the beginning of something
* opposite of reception: the end

Question 23

innovation

(in-nuh-VAY-shun)

Answer 23

n. something new
* nova means new in latin

Question 24

novel

(NAH-vul)

Answer 24

adj. new
* nova means new in latin

Question 25

obsolete

(ahb-suh-LEET)

Answer 25

adj. old; outdated, no longer in use
* odd

Question 26

relic

(REH-lik)

Answer 26

n. a custom or object that has been around for a very long time

Question 27

unprecedented

(un-PREH-suh-den-tud)

Answer 27

adj. novel; unparalleled (strange)

Question 28

clandestine

(klan-DES-tun)

Answer 28

adj. hidden, secret, concealed

Question 29

covert

(KOH-vurt)

Answer 29

adj. secret, hidden
* covered

Question 30

furtive

(FUR-tiv)

Answer 30

adj. sneaky

Question 31

inconspicuous

(in-kun-SPIH-kyoo-wus)

Answer 31

adj. hardly noticeable
* in- means not and spic- means see

Question 32

surreptitious

(sur-up-TIH-shus)

Answer 32

adj. done or made in a secret, stealthy way

Question 33

unobtrusive

(un-ub-TROO-siv)

Answer 33

adj. inconspicuous; not easily noticed