Set 3

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

become less intense or widespread

Question 2

Abjure

Answer 2

solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)

Question 3

Anomalous

Answer 3

deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected

Question 4

Antipathy

Answer 4

a deep-seated feeling of aversion

Question 5

Arcane

Answer 5

understood by few; mysterious or secret

Question 6

Arduous

Answer 6

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

Question 7

Artless

Answer 7

without effort or pretentiousness; natural and simple

Question 8

Ascetic

Answer 8

characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious regions

Question 9

Assuage

Answer 9

Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

Question 10

Betray

Answer 10

1) Unintentionally reveal; be evidence of

2) Expose (one’s country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy

Question 11

Bucolic

Answer 11

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

Question 12

Burgeon

Answer 12

begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Question 13

Cacophonous

Answer 13

Involving or producing a harsh discordant mixture of sounds

Question 14

Canonize

Answer 14

1) Place in or regard as belonging to a canon of literary or artistic works
2) (In the roman catholic church) Officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint

Question 15

Censure

Answer 15

Express severe disapproval of, especially in a formal statement

Question 16

Chicanery

Answer 16

the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose

Question 17

Coalesce

Answer 17

Come together to form one mass or whole

Question 18

Cogent

Answer 18

clear, logical, and convincing (referring to an argument or case)

Question 19

Compelling

Answer 19

evoking interest, attention, r admiration in a powerfully irresistible way

Question 20

Contend

Answer 20

1) Compete with others in a struggle to achieve something

2) Assert something as a position in an argument

Question 21

Copious

Answer 21

abundant in supply or quantity

Question 22

Cosmopolitan

Answer 22

1) Including people from many different countries

2) (of a plant or animal) found all over the world

Question 23

Deference

Answer 23

Polite submission and respect

Question 24

Desultory

Answer 24

Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

Question 25

Diffident

Answer 25

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Question 26

Dilatory

Answer 26

1) slow to act

2) Intended to cause delay

Question 27

Equivocate

Answer 27

use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

Question 28

Polarize

Answer 28

Divide or cause to divide into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs

Question 29

Prodigal

Answer 29

1) spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant
2) having or giving something on a lavish scale

Question 30

Verbose

Answer 30

using or expressed in more words than are needed