SET #1

Question 1

1] Caring for others: unselfish.

2] Concerned for the welfare of others.

Answer 1

Altruistic

Question 2

1] Primitive feelings or behavior.

Ex] The atavistic mother sensibly hurried the children away from the querying stranger.

Answer 2

Atavistic

Question 3

1] New, unusual or experimental ideas. (esp. in works of art or composers themselves)

2] Favoring or introducing experimental or unusual ideas.

Answer 3

Avant-garde

Question 4

1] Someone who is very sensitive/deeply affected to/by beauty.

Answer 4

Aesthete

Question 6

1] To assert or affirm with confidence.

2] State to be the case.

Answer 6

Aver

Question 7

1] Waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects.
2] Work that is pointless but appears to have value.

Answer 7

Boondoggle

Question 7

1] Confusing or pretentious language.

Answer 7

Bafflegab

Question 8

1] Reading materials, esp. written documents, that are unimportant/uninteresting.

Ex] My grandmother has a natural inclination to carry excessive bund in her pocketbook.

Answer 8

Bumf

Question 9

1] Pertaining to the day time: daily.

Answer 9

Diurnal

Question 10

1] To throw out a window.

Answer 10

Defenestrate

Question 11

1] Mixture of discordant sounds.

Answer 11

Cacophony

Question 13

1] Show anger/annoyance as what is perceived as unfair.

Answer 13

Indignant

Question 13

1] A briefly structured abstract sound pattern used to represent a specific item or event.

Answer 13

Earcon

Question 13

1] Catchy piece of music that continuously repeats through a person’s head after no longer playing.

Answer 13

Earworm

Question 14

1] Possession of great knowledge: scholarly.

Answer 14

Erudite

Question 15

1] A thing or person that signals the approach of another.

Answer 15

Harbinger

Question 16

1] Passionate expression of grief/sorrow.

2] Express regret/disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable or unfair.

Answer 16

Lament

Question 17

1] Too obscure to be comprehended.
2] Too deep to be measured.

Ex] I gaped into a devious pair of cold, fathomless grey eyes.

Answer 17

Fathomless

Question 18

1] Accepted view or belief about something.

Answer 18

Orthodoxy

Question 19

1] Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

2] Affecting one’ emotions, esp. in a melancholic way.

Answer 19

Poignant

Question 19

1] Serving as an introduction: preface.

Answer 19

Prefatory

Question 21

1] Proper etiquette.

Answer 21

Savior-faire

Question 22

1] Ostentatious: self-important.

Answer 22

Pompous

Question 23

1] Ability to live elegantly while maintaining intelligence and grace.

Answer 23

Savior-vivre

Question 24

1] A waiter who manages a wine service in a hotel or restaurant.

Answer 24

Sommelier

Question 25

1] Find fault with (someone): scold.

Answer 25

Upbraided