Past 3

Question 1

excoriate

Answer 1

criticize, assail, censure, lambaste, castigate, pillory, revile
“Akuffo Addo has been often excoriated for inefficiencies in the Free Education System”

Question 2

artifice

Answer 2

deceit, deception, skullduggery

“Just installing an antivirus on your computer is not enough to shield you from the artifices of hackers”

Question 3

minutiae

Answer 3

details, specifics, subtleties

“In medicine, you cannot afford to overlook the minutiae of patient health vitals”

Question 4

antediluvian

Answer 4

outdated, outmoded, ancient

“It’s been 64 years since independence yet the ECG utilizes antediluvian equipment to manage energy distribution”

Question 5

dissipation

Answer 5

squandering, waste

“This NPP government to the dismay of many has been marked by gross dissipation of the country’s resources”

Question 6

brusque

Answer 6

abrupt, sharp, terse

“The manager was really brusque with her after messing up the presentation”

Question 7

metastasize

Answer 7

spread, suffuse, promulgate

“Thanks to Twitter, news in Ghana metastasize within seconds to the diaspora worldwide”

Question 8

parlous

Answer 8

dangerous, precarious

“Skydiving can be entertaining but parlous at the same time”

Question 9

mercurial

Answer 9

temperamental, volatile, capricious, whimsical, fickle, spotty, protean

“You have to be chary when dealing with someone as mercurial as Merzel. On some days he is very open to taking questions from students and on other days he just brushes them off”

Question 10

brook

Answer 10

tolerate, bear

“After that New Year encounter, Katy got a pepper spray. She would brook no more sexual advances from random men”

Question 11

stopgap

Answer 11

makeshift, expedient

“Providing generators is just a stopgap solution to the energy crisis. The government should set up nuclear power”

Question 12

modicum

Answer 12

speck, fragment, iota

“Although Trump was generally detested by the public, his views on the economy had a modicum of truth”

Question 13

paragon

Answer 13

model, epitome

“Cristiano Ronaldo is a paragon of hard work and persistence”

Question 14

mores

Answer 14

conventions, customs, canons

“Irrespective of where they come from, foreigners have to abide by the mores of the country”

Question 15

sangfroid

Answer 15

composure, equanimity

“Despite the rushing waves behind him, the surfer maintained his sangfroid on the water”

Question 16

vindictive

Answer 16

vengeful, unforgiving

“Given that the Persians destroyed his home, you could sense vindictive motives behind him joining their enemies”

Question 17

vituperate

Answer 17

condemn, vilify, slander

“At the gathering held by Pontius Pilate, Jesus was vituperated by the crowd who opted for Barnabas to be freed”

Question 18

squalid

Answer 18

filthy, dirty, sullied

“It is a surprise that a wealthy man like him would live in such squalid conditions”

Question 19

delineate

Answer 19

describe, elucidate

“ I like how the Oxford dictionary delineates the etymology of each word”