Practice Set 2

Question 0

Nominal

Answer 0

Very little, in the name only

Question 1

Hardiness

Answer 1

Capacity of enduring hardships, capable of surviving under harsh conditions, bold, courageous, audacious

Question 2

Terse

Answer 2

Neatly or effectively concise

Question 3

Deadpan

Answer 3

Marked by or accomplished by pretentious seriousness , displaying no emotional or personal involvement

Question 4

Acerbic

Answer 4

Harsh or severe as of temper or expression

Question 5

Brusque

Answer 5

Abrupt In manner,blunt

Question 6

Manifest

Answer 6

Readily perceived by the eye, obvious, evident, apparent

Question 7

Dilapidation

Answer 7

The fall of building or automobile to astute of disrepair, as in by neglect or misuse

Question 8

Depilatory

Answer 8

To remove the hair from

Question 9

Torrid

Answer 9

Subject to parching or burning heat, oppressively hot

Question 10

August

Answer 10

Eminent, venerable, of supreme dignity or grandeur, majestic

Question 11

Quaint

Answer 11

Having old fashioned attractiveness or charm, oddly picturesque

Question 12

Cosseted

Answer 12

Pamper

Question 13

Chastised

Answer 13

To discipline especially by corporal punishment, criticize severely

Question 14

Dogged

Answer 14

Persistent , stubbornly tenacious

Question 15

Tenacious

Answer 15

Have firm hold- tenacious grip, highly retentive. - tenacious memory, persistent stubborn, obstinate

Question 16

Colossal

Answer 16

extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.

Question 17

Herculean

Answer 17

requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
having enormous strength, courage, or size.

Question 18

Interminable

Answer 18

Incapable of being terminated, having no limits

Question 19

Consummate

Answer 19

to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.

Question 20

Egregious

Answer 20

extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking. Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable.

Question 21

Ebbing

Answer 21

Flowing back of he tide as water returns, fade away

Question 22

Forged

Answer 22

to form or make, especially by concentrated effort: to forge a friendship through

Question 23

Foster

Answer 23

to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child.

Question 24

Excommunication

Answer 24

I cut off communication

Question 25

Ostracize

Answer 25

to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate.

Question 26

Contention

Answer 26

a struggling together in opposition; strife.

a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.

Question 27

Dissension

Answer 27

strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.

difference in sentiment or opinion; disagreement.

Question 28

Parsimonious

Answer 28

extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.

Question 29

Covetous

Answer 29

Greedy for wealth