Set 26

Question 1

lugubrious

Answer 1

looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 2

transcend

Answer 2

go beyond and range / surpass

Question 3

flustered

Answer 3

make (someone) agitated or confused

Question 4

incidental

Answer 4

occurring by chance

happening as a result

less important

Question 5

axiomatic

Answer 5

self-evident or unquestionable

Question 6

macabre

Answer 6

disturbing because concerned with or causing fear of death

Question 7

gullible

Answer 7

easily persuaded to believe something, credulous

Question 8

ingrained

Answer 8

firmly fixed or established

difficult to change

Question 9

tacit

Answer 9

understood or implied without being stated, implicit

Question 10

exorbitant

Answer 10

unreasonably high (of price or amount)

Question 11

serene

Answer 11

calm, peaceful and untroubled, tranquil

Question 12

treatise

Answer 12

a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject

Question 13

corporeal

Answer 13

relating to a person’s body especially as opposed to their spirit, (law) consisting of material objects

Question 14

figurative

Answer 14

departing from a literal use of words, metaphorical

Question 15

motose

Answer 15

sullen and ill-tempered

Question 16

fickle

Answer 16

changing frequently especially as regard one’s loyalties or affections

capricious

Question 17

ramification

Answer 17

a complex or unwelcome consequence of an action

Question 18

eclectic

Answer 18

deriving ideas, style or taste from a broad and divers range of sources

Question 19

apprehensive

Answer 19

anxiety or fear that something bad wiill happen

Question 20

idiosyncratic

Answer 20

peculiar or individual

Question 21

insolent

Answer 21

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Question 22

ardent

Answer 22

very enthusiastic or passionate

Question 23

doctrinaire

Answer 23

dogmatic, rigid seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstance without regard to practical considerations

Question 24

officious

Answer 24

intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice

interfering

Question 25

cease

Answer 25

come or bring to an end

Question 26

lavish

Answer 26

very generous or extravagant

rich

Question 27

conductive

Answer 27

havingthe property of conducting something

Question 28

equanimity

Answer 28

calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation

Question 29

supplant

Answer 29

supersede and replace

Question 30

lampoon

Answer 30

publicly criticize someone by using ridicule, irony or sarcasm