September 27

Question 1

Antagonistic

Answer 1

inimical, opposed

Question 2

Ingenuity

Answer 2

clever, inventive and original

Question 3

Artifice

Answer 3

things used to deceive others

Question 4

Myopic

Answer 4

lacking foresight

Question 5

Equitable

Answer 5

fair and impartial

Question 6

Tentative

Answer 6

done without confidence/something that is not certain

Question 7

Specious

Answer 7

plausible but false

Question 8

Vindicate

Answer 8

clear someone of blame/suspicion

Question 9

Convergent

Answer 9

come together

Question 10

Broadside

Answer 10

strongly worded attack

Question 11

Panegyric

Answer 11

published speech or text praising someone/something

Question 12

Prognostication

Answer 12

a foretelling of an event/a prophecy

Question 13

Snide

Answer 13

derogatory/rude indirect remarks

Question 14

Spartan

Answer 14

indifference to comfort and luxury

Question 15

Austere

Answer 15

severe or strict in manner, attitude or appearance

Question 16

Voracious

Answer 16

ravenous/wants to devour a lot of food

Question 17

Insouciance

Answer 17

nonchalance/indifference

Question 18

Agnosticism

Answer 18

the doctrine that humans cannot know of the existence of anything beyond the phenomena of their experience

Question 19

Unstinting

Answer 19

to give without restraint (unstinting in praise)

Question 20

Dissimulation

Answer 20

concealing one’s thoughts and feelings, one’s character