Set 2

Question 0

Recluse

Answer 0

[n] a person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion in often in solitude

Question 1

Perennial

Answer 1

[adj] lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring

“his perennial distrust of the media”

Question 2

Sporadic

Answer 2

[adj] occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Question 3

Tangential

Answer 3

[adj] diverging from a previous course online; erratic, not even in pattern/movement, unpredictable, refers to something not part of the whole

Question 4

Audacious

Answer 4

[adj] showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risk; showing an impudent lack of respect

“a series of audacious takeovers”

Question 5

Beneficent

Answer 5

[adj] (of a person) generous are good doing

Question 6

Blithe

Answer 6

[adj] showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous (insensitive and cruel disregard to others) or improper

“a blithe disregard for the rules of the road”

Question 7

Burnish

Answer 7

[v/n] v: polish (something esp. metal) by rubbing

n: the shine on a highly polished surface

Question 8

Belie

Answer 8

[v] Disguise or contradict, to give a false impression of

Question 9

Cacophony

Answer 9

[n] harsh, discordant mixtures of sound; jarring (strike against something with an unpleasant vibration or jolt); dissonance (conflict, lack of agreement)

Question 10

Castigation

Answer 10

[v] reprimand (someone) severely: severely criticize or punish

Question 11

Censure

Answer 11

[v] expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; officially rebuke; typically a formal statement

“a judge was censured in 1983 for a variety of types of injudicious conduct”

Question 12

Chicanery

Answer 12

[n] the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

“an underhanded person who schemes corruption and political chicanery behind closed doors”

Question 13

Craven

Answer 13

[adj] contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

“a craven abdication of his moral duty”

Question 14

Morose

Answer 14

[adj] sullen and ill-tempered

Question 15

Misanthrope

Answer 15

[n] a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

Question 16

Denigrate

Answer 16

[v] criticize unfairly; disparage

“there is a tendency to denigrate the poor”

Question 17

Derision

Answer 17

[n] contemptuous ridicule or mockery

“my stories were greeted with derision and disbelief”

Question 18

Cower

Answer 18

[v] crouch down in fear

“children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted”

Question 19

Diatribe

Answer 19

[n] a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something

“a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church”