Reading 8 List 10

Question 1

Ambivalence

Answer 1

Mixed feelings or emotions

Question 2

Arduous

Answer 2

Difficult to accomplish, taxing to the utmost, requiring a lot of strength

Question 3

Belittle

Answer 3

Lessen authority or dignity or reputation, negatively express

Question 4

Cataclysmic

Answer 4

Severely destructive

Question 5

Digression

Answer 5

Straying from the main point

Question 6

Divisive

Answer 6

Disagreeing or having different opinions

Question 7

Emphatic

Answer 7

Forceful or definite, sudden and strong, spoke with emphasis

Question 8

Exacerbate

Answer 8

Exasperate or irritate, to worsen

Question 9

Hostility

Answer 9

Unfriendly, violent

Question 10

Incessant

Answer 10

Occurring so frequently, infinitely, not interrupted

Question 11

Inhibit

Answer 11

Limit the forces of, put and end to with authority

Question 12

Inveterate

Answer 12

Having the habit of standing long

Question 13

Licentious

Answer 13

Lacking moral discipline

Question 14

Metaphysical

Answer 14

High abstract, obverse theoretical, without material form or substance

Question 15

Modicum

Answer 15

A small or moderate token amount

Question 16

Novel

Answer 16

Book, never seen before

Question 17

Omnipotent

Answer 17

Having unlimited power

Question 18

Partisan

Answer 18

Devoted to cause or party, a blade

Question 19

Perfunctory

Answer 19

Hasty, without attention to detail

Question 20

Petulance

Answer 20

Suddenly irritated

Question 21

Polemic

Answer 21

Controversial

Question 22

Progenitor

Answer 22

A ancestor in direct line

Question 23

Protean

Answer 23

Taking on different forms

Question 24

Reconnaissance

Answer 24

To examine or survey an enemy

Question 25

Scurrilous

Answer 25

Expressing offensive reproach

Question 26

Sullenness

Answer 26

Gloomy, resentful disposition

Question 27

Ubiquitous

Answer 27

Present everywhere

Question 28

Venerate

Answer 28

Respect or be in awe of

Question 29

Vituperate

Answer 29

Spread bad information about

Question 30

Wistfulness

Answer 30

A sadly pensive longing

Question 31

Acknowledge

Answer 31

Accept as legally binding and valid, claim to be true or existent, accept ones claimed power and authority