Quiz On 12/16/13

Question 0

Ascend

Answer 0

To move upward; to rise from a lower station

Question 1

Antithesis

Answer 1

A direct opposite; a contrast

Question 2

Austere

Answer 2

Strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic

Question 3

Autonomous

Answer 3

Independent, self-contained

Question 4

Banal

Answer 4

Common, ordinary;lacking freshness;hackneyed

Question 5

Benign

Answer 5

Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

Question 6

Capricious

Answer 6

Changing suddenly; fickle

Question 7

Dawdle

Answer 7

To waste time; to spend time idly; to move in a lackadaisical manner

Question 8

Esoteric

Answer 8

Understood only by a small group or a select few

Question 9

Exacerbate

Answer 9

To make worse, to aggravate, to irritate, to vex

Question 10

Extol

Answer 10

To praise; to glorify

Question 11

Fastidious

Answer 11

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Question 12

Furtive

Answer 12

Secretive in an underhanded way

Question 13

Gregarious

Answer 13

Sociable and outgoing

Question 14

Lethargic

Answer 14

Sluggish; languid

Question 15

Melancholy

Answer 15

A feeling if pensive sadness

Question 16

Opaque

Answer 16

Not able to be seen through; not transparent, hard to understand

Question 17

Reprove

Answer 17

To scold or to rebuke for a misdeed, usually with kindly intent

Question 18

Symmetry

Answer 18

Balanced proportions

Question 19

Venerate

Answer 19

To honor, to revere