Set 12

Question 0

Desiccate

Answer 0

[v] lacking interest, passion, or energy

“a desiccated history of ideas”

Question 1

Caustic

Answer 1

[adj] able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action

“a caustic cleaner”

Question 2

Divest

Answer 2

[v] deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions

“men are unlikely to be divested of power without a struggle”

Question 3

Enervate

Answer 3

[v] cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.

Question 4

Ephemeral

Answer 4

[adj] lasting for a very short time

“fashions are ephemeral”

Question 5

Eradicate

Answer 5

[v] destroy completely; put an end to

“this disease has been eradicated from the world”

Question 6

Inchoate

Answer 6

[adj] just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

“a still inchoate democracy”

Question 7

Obdurate

Answer 7

[adj] stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.

Question 8

Obsequious

Answer 8

[adj] obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

“they were served by obsequious waiters”

Question 9

Onerous

Answer 9

[adj] (of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome

“he found his duties increasingly onerous”