Summit 5

Question 1

acquisitive

Answer 1

able to get and retain ideas/info

concerned with acquiring helath or property

Question 2

arrogate

Answer 2

to claim or take without right

Question 3

banal

Answer 3

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Question 4

belabor

Answer 4

to work on excessively

to thrash soundly

Question 5

carping

Answer 5

tending to find fault especially in a petty, nasty way

Question 6

congeal

Answer 6

solidify

to make inflexible or rigid

Question 7

emulate

Answer 7

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Question 8

encomium

Answer 8

a formal expression of praise

a lavish tribute

Question 9

eschew

Answer 9

to shun, avoid, keep away from

Question 10

germane

Answer 10

relevant, appropriate, fitting

Question 11

insatiable

Answer 11

unquenchable

ravenous

voracious

Question 12

intransigent

Answer 12

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Question 13

invidious

Answer 13

offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness or resentment

Question 14

largesse

Answer 14

generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 15

reconnaissance

Answer 15

a survey made for military purposes

Question 16

substantiate

Answer 16

to establish by evidence, prove

Question 17

tactiturn

Answer 17

hbaitually silent or quiet

Question 18

temporize

Answer 18

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrontation or postpone a decision

Question 19

tenable

Answer 19

capable of being held or defended

Question 20

accost

Answer 20

to approach and speak to first

to confront in a challenging/aggressive way

Question 21

animadversion

Answer 21

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 22

avid

Answer 22

desirous of sth to the point it’s greedy

intensely eager

Question 23

brackish

Answer 23

saline, salty taste

Question 24

celerity

Answer 24

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 25

devious

Answer 25

straying or wandering from a straight direct course

Question 26

gambit

Answer 26

ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver

Question 27

halcyon

Answer 27

calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent

Question 28

histrionic

Answer 28

theatrical, artificial, melodramatic

Question 29

incendiary

Answer 29

deliberately setting or causing fires

tending to sir up strife or rebellion

Question 30

maelstrom

Answer 30

a whirlpool of great size and violence

vortex, chaos, turbulence

Question 31

myopic

Answer 31

nearsighted, lacking a broad/realistic view of the situation

Question 32

cavort

Answer 32

to romp and prance around exuberantly

Question 33

credence

Answer 33

belief, mental acceptancce

Question 34

decry

Answer 34

to condemn, denounce

express strong disapproval

to officially depreciate

Question 35

dissemble

Answer 35

to disguise/conceal

deliberately giving a false impression

Question 36

eulogy

Answer 36

a formal statemen of commendation, high praise

ecomium

Question 37

evince

Answer 37

to display clearly

to make evident

to provoke

Question 38

exhume

Answer 38

to remove from a grave

to bring to light

Question 39

feckless

Answer 39

lacking in spirit and strength

ineffective

weak

irresponsible

unreliable

Question 40

murky

Answer 40

dark and gloomy

obscure

lacking in clarity and precision

Question 41

nefarious

Answer 41

wicked

depraved

devoid of moral standards

Question 42

piquant

Answer 42

stimulating to the taste or mind

spicy

pungent

appealingly provocative

Question 43

primordial

Answer 43

developed or creared at the very beginning

fundamental

basic

Question 44

propinquity

Answer 44

nearness in place or time

kinship

Question 45

unwonted

Answer 45

not usual or expected

not in character

Question 46

utopian

Answer 46

visionary view of an ideal world

idealistic

impractical

Question 47

verbiage

Answer 47

language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content

Question 48

verdant

Answer 48

green in tint or colour

immature in experience or judgement

Question 49

viscous

Answer 49

having a gluey quality

lacking in easy movement or fluidity