PR Group 3

Question 0

Aver

Answer 0

Affirm

He averred his innocence

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

Discernment

Noun

Question 2

Diatribe

Answer 2

Tirade, harangue

Question 3

Evanescent

Answer 3

Tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
Brief, transient
Beauty as evanescent as a rainbow

Question 4

Fortuitous

Answer 4

Happening by accident or chance
Your arrival before the storm was fortuitous
I refuse to believe the universe was created by a fortuitous coming together of particles of matter

Question 5

Germane

Answer 5

Relevant

Question 6

Hackneyed

Answer 6

Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

Hackneyed slogans

Question 7

Halcyon

Answer 7

Calm and peaceful

Question 8

Iconclast

Answer 8

One who attacks or undermine traditional conventions or institutions

Question 9

Imperturbable

Answer 9

Marked by extreme calm, i passivity, steadiness

Question 10

Implacable

Answer 10

Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Question 11

Inchoate

Answer 11

Incipient, nascent
In an initial stage, not fully formed
Inchoate feelings for Noor

Question 12

Infelicitous

Answer 12

Unfortunate, inappropriate

Infelicitous remark

Question 13

Insipid

Answer 13

Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge
Insipid food
Insipid prose
Apple pie with ,mushy insipid filling that tasted like wet cardboard

Question 14

Mendacity

Answer 14

Untruthfulness, fable, fabrication

Question 15

Misanthrope

Answer 15

One who hates all other humans

Question 16

Obdurate

Answer 16

Extremely stubborn

Question 17

Obsequious

Answer 17

Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Close to subservient

Question 18

Occlude

Answer 18

To obstruct or block

A blood clot occluded a major artery in his body

Question 19

Opprobrium

Answer 19

Disgrace, contempt, scorn
Noun
How did Anthropology become a term of opprobrium among pedantic elite scholars?

Question 20

Pedantic

Answer 20

Show offish about ones knowledge

Question 21

Pithy

Answer 21

Precise, brief

A pithy Mothers Day card

Question 22

Platitude

Answer 22

Superficial remark, esp one offered as meaningful

Blondes have more fun is silly platitude

Question 23

Polemical

Answer 23

Controversial, argumentative

Jesus’s teachings considered polemical for his time

Question 24

Prodigal

Answer 24

Recklessly wasteful, lavish, profuse

Question 25

Querulous

Answer 25

Prone to complaining or grumbling, peevish

The complaints of those querulous children made the road trip unbearable

Question 26

Rancorous

Rancor (noun)

Answer 26

Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment

Rancorous envy

Question 27

Recalcitrant

Answer 27

Resistant, obstinately defiant
This subject is recalcitrant both to observation and experiment
The recalcitrant employee undermined the managers authority
Recalcitrant youth of El Monte

Question 28

Salubrious

Answer 28

Healthful
Salubrious habits
Fresh air and exercise are always salubrious

Question 29

Spurious

Answer 29

Based on false ideas and bad reasoning
Of deceitful nature or quality
Bastard
Spurious Picasso painting didn’t fool the art expert
The spurious son of King Charles II was not recognized by th Catholic Church

Question 30

Specious

Answer 30

Deceitful, falsely appearing true
A specious argument that does not stand up under close examination
Specious reasoning

Question 31

Subpoena

Answer 31

A writ commanding a person to appear in court