Section 6

Question 1

Adjective

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Answer 1

Ambivalent

Question 2

Verb

Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

Answer 2

Equivocate

Question 3

Adjective

Not important or significant

Answer 3

Inconsequential

Question 4

Adjective

Having little substance or strength

Answer 4

Tenuous

Question 5

Adjective

Characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort

Answer 5

Diligent

Question 6

Adjective

Characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

Answer 6

Intrepid

Question 7

Noun

An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

Answer 7

Maverick

Question 8

Adjective

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Answer 8

Obdurate

Question 9

Noun

One that occupies a particular position or place

Answer 9

Incumbent

Question 10

Adjective

Providing or tending to provide knowledge, understanding, or insight

Answer 10

Enlightening

Question 11

Adjective

Involved in the constitution or essential character of something

Answer 11

Inherent

Question 12

Adjective

Existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth

Answer 12

Innate

Question 13

Adjective

Tending to evade grasp or pursuit

Answer 13

Elusive

Question 14

Adjective

Pleasing in appearance

Answer 14

Aesthetic

Question 15

Adjective

Passing especially quickly into or out of existence

Answer 15

Transient