Quiz #3

Question 0

Affinity

Answer 0

A natural attraction, liking, a preference

Question 1

Abnegate

Answer 1

To renounce, to deny oneself

Question 2

Analogous

Answer 2

Corresponding in certain ways, similar in process or design

Question 3

Ardent

Answer 3

Strongly emotional, passionate

Question 4

Authoritarian

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Absolute and unquestioned authority

Question 5

Bombastic

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Flamboyant, overwrought, pompous speech

Question 6

Carping

Answer 6

To complain and criticize constantly, to nag

Question 7

Circumlocution

Answer 7

Using far too many words to express and idea

Question 8

Connoisseur

Answer 8

An astute judge in matters of art and taste

Question 9

Cynic

Answer 9

One who believes all human action has selfish motivations

Question 10

Denunciation

Answer 10

And official and formal condemnation, an accusation of evil deed

Question 11

Diatribe

Answer 11

A bitter, often abusive denunciation

Question 12

Disparity

Answer 12

Condition of something being completely distinct or different in characteristics of quality

Question 13

Ebullient

Answer 13

Positive excitement filled with enthusiasm

Question 14

Emulate

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To strive to equal or better, esp through imitation

Question 15

Esoteric

Answer 15

Meant for and understood only by a small and particular group

Question 16

Explicit

Answer 16

Clearly expressed or defined

Question 17

Fitful

Answer 17

Irregular, intermittent (often a synonym of troubled)

Question 18

Galvanize

Answer 18

To stimulate or shock, as with an electric current; to arouse action or awareness, provoke; to coat iron or steel with rust-proof zinc

Question 19

Hedonism

Answer 19

A way of life devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

Question 20

Immaterial

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Lacking bodily material or form; of no importance or weight

Question 21

Imply

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To express indirectly, to suggest

Question 22

Indigent

Answer 22

Impoverished, needy

Question 23

Insular

Answer 23

Typical or suggestive of the isolated life of an island, narrow-minded

Question 24

Judicious

Answer 24

Having or exercising sound judgement

Question 25

Listless

Answer 25

Lacking energy, spirit, or enthusiasm; lethargic

Question 26

Mendacious

Answer 26

Prone to, or marked by, lying or deceit; untruthful

Question 27

Nebulous

Answer 27

Misty, cloudy, hazy; indefinite in form or limits

Question 28

Opportunist

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One who takes advantage of circumstances for self-serving purposes

Question 29

Pedantic

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Marked by a narrow, ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules; bookish, scholastic

Question 30

Phlegmatic

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Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

Question 31

Precocious

Answer 31

Having developed certain abilities at an earlier age than usual

Question 32

Propensity

Answer 32

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

Question 33

Rancor

Answer 33

An angry feeling of hatred or dislike for someone who has treated you unfairly

Question 34

Remorse

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A feeling of being sorry for doing something bad or wrong in the past; a feeling of guilt

Question 35

Respite

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A short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant, or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed

Question 36

Saturnine

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Slow and gloomy (of a person or their manner)

Question 37

Soporific

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Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep

Question 38

Stringent

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Rigorously exacting, strict

Question 39

Surmise

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To conjecture, guess, conclude

Question 40

Temerity

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Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity

Question 41

Turbulence

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Violent agitation

Question 42

Unscathed

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Not injured or harmed

Question 43

Verisimilitude

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The quality or state of appearing to be true; likely

Question 44

Vociferous

Answer 44

Producing an outcry (literally and figuratively)