Set 4

Question 1

Abstain

Answer 1

1) restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something

2) formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion

Question 2

Approbation

Answer 2

approval or praise

Question 3

Cherish

Answer 3

1) protect and care for lovingly

2) keep (a hope or ambition) in one’s mind

Question 4

Corroborate

Answer 4

confirm or give support to

Question 5

Disparate

Answer 5

essentially different in kind; not able to be compared

Question 6

Emulate

Answer 6

match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation

Question 7

Enervate

Answer 7

make (someone) feel drained or energy or vitality

Question 8

Ephemeral

Answer 8

lasting for a very short time

Question 9

Fervid

Answer 9

intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree

Question 10

Garrulous

Answer 10

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Question 11

Incendiary

Answer 11

1) tending to stir up conflict

2) (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires

Question 12

Inimical

Answer 12

tending to obstruct or harm

Question 13

Intimate

Answer 13

1) closely acquainted; familiar

2) State or make known

Question 14

Invigorate

Answer 14

give strength or energy to

Question 15

Mitigate

Answer 15

Make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful

Question 16

Obsolete

Answer 16

no longer produced or used; out of date

Question 17

Opaque

Answer 17

1) not able to be seen through; not transparent

2) (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand

Question 18

Paradigmatic

Answer 18

1) serving as a typical example of something
2) of or denoting the relationship between a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles

Question 19

Pedantic

Answer 19

excessively concerned with minor details or rules;overscrupulous

Question 20

Placid

Answer 20

1) not easily upset or excited

2) calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity

Question 21

Polemical

Answer 21

of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

Question 22

Precipitate

Answer 22

cause (an event or situation, typically one that is desirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely

Question 23

Profundity

Answer 23

great depth of insight or knowledge

Question 24

Prophetic

Answer 24

accurately predicting what will happen in the future

Question 25

Prudent

Answer 25

acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Question 26

Punctilious

Answer 26

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

Question 27

Recondite

Answer 27

(of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse

Question 28

Scrupulous

Answer 28

careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details (of a person or process)

Question 29

tranquil

Answer 29

free from disturbance; calm

Question 30

Vacillate

Answer 30

waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive