Set 5

Question 1

Plague

Answer 1

any infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills many people

Synonyms: Affliction, Scourge, Pestilence

Question 2

Grime

Answer 2

A thick layer of dirt

Question 3

Torment

Example: Destitute children endure torment in their daily life

Answer 3

Great pain and suffering in mind or body

Synonyms: Affliction, Scourge, Pestilence

Question 4

Acuity

Example: He was a man of great political acuity; A child’s visual acuity has usually been fully developed by the time the child reaches six months of age

Answer 4

Sharpness of thought, vision or hearing

Synonyms: Clarity

Question 5

Barbarian

Answer 5

A wild person with no culture

Synonyms: Boor, Goon, Oaf

Question 6

Cumbersome

Example: Both don the heavy, cumbersome diving suits and have their huge helmet clamped on.

Answer 6

Heavy and difficult to carry, use, wear, etc.

Synonyms: Vexatious, Onerous

Question 7

Fitful

Answer 7

Intermittent, Irregular

Question 8

Intramural

Answer 8

Situated or done within the walls of a building

Question 9

Vexatious

Example: A frivolous or vexatious litigant

Answer 9

Tending to cause annoyance, worry or frustration

Synonyms: Onerous

Question 10

Adulate

A toady guy adulates people to befriend them at the initial stages

Answer 10

Praise Excessively

Synonyms: Being obsequious, lionize, Ingratiating, being toady

Question 11

Succint

Answer 11

Said clearly, in a few words

Question 12

Perverse

Answer 12

Liking to behave in a way that’s weird