Testtakers 151-200

Question 0

Plausible

Answer 0

Believable, reasonable

Question 1

Objective

Answer 1

Not affected by personal feeling

Impartial, indifferent, unbiased

Question 2

Vacillate

Answer 2

To change one’s mind continually.

People who vacillate are capricious and mercurial.

Question 3

Steadfast

Answer 3

Firm, sure

Question 4

Castigate

Answer 4

To criticize or punish severely.

Denounce, censure, reprove, upbraid, decry

Question 5

Unwitting

Answer 5

Not aware, unintentional

Question 6

Amicable

Answer 6

Friendly.

Gregarious, affable, cordial

Question 7

Eludcidate

Answer 7

To make clear. Comes from the Latin word lucidus, which means light or clear.

Question 8

Revise

Answer 8

To correct or improve

Question 9

Comprehensible

Answer 9

Capable of being understood

Question 10

Ascetic

Answer 10

Rejecting physical comforts.

Austere, spartan

Question 11

Cryptic

Answer 11

Secret, mysterious.

Obscure, esoteric, enigmatic, inscrutable. Abstruse

Question 12

Venerate

Answer 12

To respect.

Revere

Question 13

Ostentatious

Answer 13

Showy, intended to impress.

Question 14

Bias

Answer 14

Preference, prejudice.

Partisan

Question 15

Augment

Answer 15

To add to, increase

Question 16

Vivid

Answer 16

Lifelike, intense

Question 17

Pessimism

Answer 17

A tendency to expect the worst

Question 18

Assess

Answer 18

To evaluate, estimate

Question 19

Repudiate

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To reject.

Spurn

Question 20

Enervate

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To drain of energy.

Debilitate

Question 21

Reprove

Answer 21

To scold

Castigate, upbraid

Question 22

Vigilant

Answer 22

Watchful, alert

Question 23

Raze

Answer 23

To demolish

Question 24

Trivial

Answer 24

Of little importance or significance. | Trifiling

Question 25

Defame

Answer 25

To harm the reputation of. | Vilify, disparage, deprecate

Question 26

Depravity

Answer 26

Wickedness or perversion | Corruption, nefariousness

Question 27

Disseminate

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To spread widely | Disperse

Question 28

Corrugated

Answer 28

Covered with grooves or ridges

Question 29

Dogmatic

Answer 29

Stubbornly certain in a belief

Question 30

Induce

Answer 30

To cause

Question 31

Induce

Answer 31

To cause

Question 32

Affable

Answer 32

Friendly, pleasant. | Gregarious, amicable, cordial

Question 33

Fetter

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To bind, restrain

Question 34

Paucity

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Fewness, scarcity. | Dearth

Question 35

Indigenous

Answer 35

Native, originally from

Question 36

Meticulous

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Extremely careful and precise | Assiduous, diligent, painstaking

Question 37

Candor

Answer 37

Openness, honesty

Question 38

Dormant

Answer 38

Asleep, inactive. | Quiescent

Question 39

Fortuitous

Answer 39

Accidental and lucky. | Opportune

Question 40

Inundate

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To flood, overwhelm

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Abridged

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To shorten, condense | Truncate

Question 42

Prevalent

Answer 42

Widespread, commonly accepted

Question 43

Cordial

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Warmly pleasant. | Gregarious, amicable, affable

Question 44

Misanthrope

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A person who hates mankind

Question 45

Appeal

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Attraction

Question 46

Appease

Answer 46

To calm, pacify. | Mollify, placate, conciliate

Question 47

Orthodox

Answer 47

Traditional, conventional

Question 48

Facilitate

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To make easier. | Expedite

Question 49

Terse

Answer 49

Brief, succinct.

Question 50

Desecrate

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To violate the sacredness of. | It's like de-sacred

Question 51

Fallow

Answer 51

Inactive, not in use. | Quiescent, dormant