Test #5

Question 1

Agitate

Answer 1

make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Question 2

Extortion

Answer 2

the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

Question 3

Maintenance

Answer 3

the process of maintaining or preserving someone or something, or the state of being maintained.

Question 4

Assuage

Answer 4

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Question 5

Fallacious

Answer 5

based on a mistaken belief.

Question 6

Arduous

Answer 6

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Question 7

Collective

Answer 7

done by people acting as a group.

Question 8

Heterogeneous

Answer 8

diverse in character or content.

Question 9

Sapient

Answer 9

wise, or attempting to appear wise

Question 10

Compute

Answer 10

calculate or reckon (a figure or amount).

Question 11

Insistent

Answer 11

insisting or demanding something; not allowing refusal.

Question 12

Scurrilous

Answer 12

making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.

Question 13

Divinity

Answer 13

the state or quality of being divine.

Question 14

Instigate

Answer 14

bring about or initiate (an action or event).

Question 15

Violation

Answer 15

the action of violating someone or something.