Quiz 1: 1.1-1.3

Question 1

Deleterious

Answer 1

Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way
1.1

Question 2

Sanctimonious

Answer 2

Hypocritically pious or devout
1.1

Question 3

Indigenous

Answer 3

Produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment.
Of or relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group.
1.1

Question 4

Parsimonious

Answer 4

Exhibiting or being marked by the quality of being extremely careful with money or resources; showing the state of being stingy
1.1

Question 5

Exacerbate

Answer 5

To make more violent, bitter, or severe.
1.1

Question 6

Imperative

Answer 6

A command or order; an obligatory act of duty (noun)
1.1

Question 7

Abscond

Answer 7

To depart secretly and hide oneself
1.2

Question 8

Achromatic

Answer 8

Possessing no hue; being involving gray, black, or white
1.2

Question 9

Aquiesce

Answer 9

To accept, comply, or submit tacitly, quietly, or passively
1.2

Question 10

Inchoate

Answer 10

Being only partially in existence or operation; imperfectly formed or formulated, usually conceptually
1.2

Question 11

Ineffable

Answer 11

Incapable of being expressed in words; not to be uttered
1.2

Question 12

Ingenuous

Answer 12

Showing innocent or childlike simplicity; lacking craft, maturity, or subtlety
1.2

Question 13

Aphorism

Answer 13

A concise statement of a principle; a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment
1.3

Question 14

Anathema

Answer 14

Someone intensely disliked or loathed (usually used as a predicate nominative)
1.3

Question 15

Anachronism

Answer 15

An error in chronology; a person or thing that is chronologically out of place
1.3

Question 16

Prosaic

Answer 16

A character of prose as distinguished from poetry; meaning a connotation of being dull or unimaginative; everyday or ordinary
1.3

Question 17

Pernicious

Answer 17

Highly injurious or destructive; deadly
1.3

Question 18

Perambulate

Answer 18

To travel over or through, especially on foot; to make an official inspection on foot; another term for walking. 1.3