Test Prep 4

Question 1

Lackadaisical

Answer 1

Lazy and unenthusiastic

Question 2

Largesse

Answer 2

Generous giving of money or gift

Question 3

Lionize

Answer 3

To give a lot of public attention and approval

Question 4

Lurid

Answer 4

Shocking

Look red

Question 5

Maladroit

Answer 5

Unskilled, awkward

Question 6

Mire

Answer 6

To cause to become stuck in mud, trap in a difficult situation

Question 7

Multifarious

Answer 7

Different types

Question 8

Nominal

Answer 8

Very small, insignificant

Question 9

Omniscient

Answer 9

All knowing

Question 10

Outstrip

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To go faster, to exceed

Question 11

Overwrought

Answer 11

Overly elaborate

Question 12

Palpable

Answer 12

Able to be touched or noticed

Question 13

Pantheon

Answer 13

An group of important or notable people or things

Question 14

Patent

Answer 14

Obvious

Question 15

Pedantic

Answer 15

Nitpicky

Pedant- is one who makes a show of knowledge, especially by correcting small errors

Question 16

Pejorative

Answer 16

Expressing disapproval or criticism

Cajole- means expressing flattery, Pejole meaning expressing disapproval

Question 17

Pious

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Devoutly religious

Question 18

Pithy

Answer 18

Using few words but well-expressed

Question 19

Plaintive

Answer 19

Sad and mournful

plain(plane)+tive(relative).

Question 20

Plodding

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Slow and boring

Plodding yourself in the couch

Question 21

Poignant

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Evoking tender sadness, touching

She points at the squashed ant and feels sad

Question 22

Precipitious

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Dangerously steep

He has a PRECIPITATE(without thinking carefully) decision : climb a very PRECIPITOUS cliff

Question 23

Precocious

Answer 23

Exhibiting qualities or abilities of an adult at an unusually early age

Question 24

Proclivity

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A tendency towards something bad

pro(forward) + clivity( think of cliff or high slope, prone to slipping towards it)

Question 25

Profuse

Answer 25

Very Large amounts

Question 26

Provincial

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Narrow minded and unsophisticated; small town

Question 27

Purport

Answer 27

to claim to be something falsely

Purpose of report -

Question 28

Quandary

Answer 28

A state of uncertainity

Question 29

Quintessential

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Typical, most perfect of its kind

Question 30

Redouble

Answer 30

To intensify or greatly increase

Question 31

Respite

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Short period of rest or relief

Respirar, you need to breathe to rest after excercise

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Revere

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To greatly admire and respect

Question 33

Salable

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Able to fit to be sold

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Salient

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Relevant, most noticeable

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Slew

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A large amount

Question 36

Solicitous

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Showing care and concern for the need of others

Question 37

Stilted

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Stiff and unnatural seeming

Stilletos-make you unnatural curve

Question 38

Strife

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Angry or bitter disagreement or conflict

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Subvert

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To weaken

Question 40

Suffuse

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To spread throughout

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Surmise

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To suppose something is true without strong evidence

Question 42

Surreptitious

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Done secretly

Question 43

Sycophant

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A suck-up

Sycophant- psycho lawyers want to suck up

Question 44

Tenable

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Able to be maintained or defended

The tenant was able to defend his house

Question 45

Tacit

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Understood without being stated

Question 46

Tact

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Skillful inoffensiveness in speech or manners

Question 47

Titillate

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To interest or excite esp in a sexual way

Question 48

Transient

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Short-lived

Question 49

Typify

Answer 49

To be typical or representative example of

Question 50

Uncanny

Answer 50

Strange or mysterious