Top 32 Words

Question 1

Anomaly

Answer 1

deviation from what is normal

Question 2

Equivocal

Answer 2

open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

Question 3

Lucid

Answer 3

clear and easily understood

Question 4

precipitate

Answer 4

to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

Question 5

Assuage

Answer 5

to make something unpleasant less severe; i.e. Serena used aspirin to assuage her pounding headache

Question 6

Erudite

Answer 6

learned, scholarly, bookish

Question 7

Opaque

Answer 7

impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light

Question 8

Prodigal

Answer 8

lavish, wasteful

Question 9

Enigma

Answer 9

a puzzle; a mystery

Question 10

Fervid

Answer 10

intensely emotional; feverish

Question 11

Placate

Answer 11

to soothe or pacify “to please”

Question 12

Zeal

Answer 12

passion, excitement

Question 13

abstain

Answer 13

to choose not to do something

Question 14

audacious

Answer 14

fearless and daring

Question 15

desiccate

Answer 15

to dry out thoroughly

Question 16

gullible

Answer 16

easily deceived

Question 17

laudable

Answer 17

deserving commendation; praiseworthy

Question 18

pedant

Answer 18

someone who shows off learning

Question 19

vacillate

Answer 19

to sway physically

Question 20

adulterate

Answer 20

to make impure

Question 21

capricious

Answer 21

changing one’s mine quickly and often

Question 22

engender

Answer 22

to produce, cause or bring about

Question 23

homogenous

Answer 23

of a similar kind

Question 24

loquacious

Answer 24

talkative

Question 25

pragmatic

Answer 25

practical as opposed to idealistic. i.e. while daydreaming gamblers think they can get rich by frequenting casinos, PRAGMATIC gamblers realize that the odds are heavily stacked against them

Question 26

volatile

Answer 26

easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

Question 27

apathy

Answer 27

lack of interests or emotion

Question 28

corroborate

Answer 28

to provide supporting evidence

Question 29

ephemeral

Answer 29

lasting a short time

Question 30

laconic

Answer 30

using few words

Question 31

mitigate

Answer 31

to soften; to lessen. ie a judge may MITIGATE a sentence if she decides that a person committed a crime out of need.

Question 32

propriety

Answer 32

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs