set 1

Question 1

Detriment

Answer 1

causing harm

Question 2

dexterous

Answer 2

skillful

Question 3

discretion

Answer 3

behaving or speaking in a way to avoid causing offense or revealing information.

Question 4

facetious

Answer 4

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Question 5

gregarious

Answer 5

sociable

Question 6

optimum

Answer 6

the best, finest

Question 7

ostentatious

Answer 7

need to attract attention

Question 8

scrupulous

Answer 8

person or process diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

Question 9

sensory

Answer 9

sensation or the physical senses; transmitted or perceived by the senses

Question 10

vicarious

Answer 10

experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of someone else; empathy

Question 11

collaborate

Answer 11

work together on an activity, especially to produce or create something

Question 12

despondent

Answer 12

loss of courage or hope

Question 13

instigate

Answer 13

start an action or event

Question 14

resilient

Answer 14

able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions

Question 15

retrospect

Answer 15

when looking back on a past event or situation; with hindsight

Question 16

rudimentary

Answer 16

having basic, essential knowledge

Question 17

scoff

Answer 17

mock, taunt

Question 18

squelch

Answer 18

make a soft sucking sound similarly made by walking heavily through mud.

Question 19

venerate

Answer 19

regard with great respect

Question 20

zealot

Answer 20

a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their ideals.