Test 2

Question 0

Bombastic

Answer 0

Too elaborate; exaggerated; inflated

Question 1

Aspersion

Answer 1

Negative feeling; damaging remark

Question 2

Convoluted

Answer 2

Complicated

Question 3

Cryptic

Answer 3

Hidden

Question 4

Decorous

Answer 4

Good and correct (use of behavior)

Question 5

Derivative

Answer 5

Unoriginal

Question 6

Despot

Answer 6

Tyrant

Question 7

Detritus

Answer 7

Rubbish

Question 8

Diaphanous

Answer 8

Very thin and transparent

Question 9

Dictum

Answer 9

Often-used saying

Question 10

Dilettante

Answer 10

Person who dabbles in the arts

Question 11

Dispassionate

Answer 11

Unbiased; fair

Question 12

Elicit

Answer 12

Evoke or draw out

Question 13

Elliptical

Answer 13

Indirect

Question 14

Iconoclast

Answer 14

Person who goes against accepted authority

Question 15

Idiosyncratic

Answer 15

Quirky; unique

Question 16

Indigence

Answer 16

Extreme poverty

Question 17

Jingoism

Answer 17

Using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism

Question 18

Mendicancy

Answer 18

Begging

Question 19

Milieu

Answer 19

Environment; surroundings

Question 20

Nascent

Answer 20

Just begun; in an early stage of development

Question 21

Ossified

Answer 21

Become fixed and rigid

Question 22

Pastoral

Answer 22

Concerned with the countryside

Question 23

Pedestrian

Answer 23

Boring

Question 24

Perfidy

Answer 24

Treachery; betrayal

Question 25

Profligacy

Answer 25

Wasteful and immoral behavior

Question 26

Prohibitive

Answer 26

Very expensive

Question 27

Purveyor

Answer 27

One who sells something or causes something to spread

Question 28

Visceral

Answer 28

Concerned with the guts; physical rather than mental; related to deep inner feelings rather than intellect