Summit Week 3

Question 1

dun (v)/(n)/(adj)

Answer 1

(v) to demand insistently; especially in payment of a debt
(n) a creditor
(adj) dark; dull; drab; dingy

Question 2

gist (n)

Answer 2

the essential part; main point; essence

Question 3

imperious (adj)

Answer 3

over/bearing; arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing; compelling

Question 4

reprobate (n/adj/v)

Answer 4

(n) a depraved, vicious or unprincipled person; scoundrel
(adj) wicked, corrupt or unprincipled
(v) to disapprove of, condemn

Question 5

abstemious (adj)

Answer 5

moderate; sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-disciplined

Question 6

discursive (adj)

Answer 6

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another; rambling, roving, nomadic

Question 7

debonaire (adj)

Answer 7

pleasant; courteous; light-hearted

smooth and polished in manner and appearance

Question 8

dowdy (adj)

Answer 8

poorly dressed; shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

Question 9

foist (v)

Answer 9

to impose by fraud to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about vy stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

Question 10

salient (adj)/(n)

Answer 10

(adj) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent; standing out; conspicuous
(n) a projection or bulge; a land form that projects upward or outward

Question 11

specious (adj)

Answer 11

deceptive; apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

Question 12

clangor (n)/(v)

Answer 12

(n) a loud ringing sound

(v) to make a loud ringing noise

Question 13

extenuate (v)

Answer 13

to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses

Question 14

politic (adj)

Answer 14

prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient

Question 15

sanctimonious (adj)

Answer 15

making a show of virtue or

righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous