Set 14

Question 1

acquiescy

Answer 1

accept something reluctant but without protest

Question 2

adroit

Answer 2

clever or skillful

Question 3

amend

Answer 3

make minor changes to (a text, piece of legislation, etc) in order to make it fairer or more accurate, or to reflect changing circumstances

improve the texture or fertility of (soil)

Question 4

animus

Answer 4

hostility or ill-feeling

motivation to do something

Question 5

apologist

Answer 5

a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial

Question 6

astringent

Answer 6

causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues

(f taste or smell) slightly acidic or bitter

sharp or severe in manner or style

Question 7

collaborate

Answer 7

produced by or involving two or more parties working together

Question 8

competent

Answer 8

having the necessary ability, knowledge or skill to do something successfully

Question 9

correlate

Answer 9

have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another

Question 10

deride

Answer 10

express contempt for; ridicule

Question 11

dictate

Answer 11

state or order authoritatively

say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape)

Question 12

discreet

Answer 12

careful and prudent in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment

Question 13

elitist

Answer 13

relating to or supporting the view that a society or system should be led by an elite

Question 14

exacting

Answer 14

making great demands on one’s skill, attention or other resources

Question 15

flummoxed

Answer 15

bewildered or perplexed

Question 16

fruitful

Answer 16

producing good or helpful results; productive

Question 17

inborn

Answer 17

existing from birth

Question 18

polymath

Answer 18

a person of wide knowledge or learning

Question 19

reticent

Answer 19

not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

Question 20

stringent

Answer 20

(of regulations, requirements or conditions) strict, precise or exacting

Question 21

subservient

Answer 21

prepared to obey orders unquestioningly

Question 22

surreptitious

Answer 22

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Question 23

tantalizing

Answer 23

tormenting or teasing with the slight or promise pf something unobtainable

Question 24

tantamount

Answer 24

equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as

Question 25

torpor

Answer 25

a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy

Question 26

trenchant

Answer 26

vigorous or incisive in expression or style

Question 27

umbrage

Answer 27

offence or annoyance

Question 28

versatile

Answer 28

able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activites

Question 29

wayward

Answer 29

difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behavior