Units 10 & 11

Question 0

Adjudicate

Answer 0

Arbitrate, referee, mediate,

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

Perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity

Question 2

Anachronism

Answer 2

Chronological error

Question 3

Apocryphal

Answer 3

Fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus,

Question 4

Disparity

Answer 4

Dissimilarity, unlikeness, discrepancy, incongruity

Question 5

Dissimulate

Answer 5

Dissemble, pretend, misrepresent

Question 6

Empirical

Answer 6

Verifiable, observed, experiential, pragmatic

Question 7

Flamboyant

Answer 7

Ornate, showy, ostentatious, florid

Question 8

Fulsome

Answer 8

Offensively insincere or excessive, disgusting, sickening, inordinate, repulsive

Question 9

Immolate

Answer 9

Sacrifice, slay, kill

Question 10

Imperceptible

Answer 10

Extremely slight, minimal, undetectable

Question 11

Lackey

Answer 11

Servile follower, footman, toady, flunky, hanger-on

Question 12

Liaison

Answer 12

Intermediary, channel

Question 13

Monolithic

Answer 13

Massiveness, solidness, total uniformity, undifferentiated, massive, dense

Question 14

Mot just

Answer 14

Right word

Question 15

Nihilism

Answer 15

Rejection, extreme radicalism

Question 16

Patrician

Answer 16

Aristocrat, peer, noble, highborn

Question 17

Propitiate

Answer 17

Conciliate, satisfy, appease, placate, mollify

Question 18

Sic

Answer 18

Thus so, intentionally written

Question 19

Sublimate

Answer 19

Rechannel, elevate

Question 20

apostate

Answer 20

Renegade, defector, turncoat

Question 21

Bravado

Answer 21

Flash or assumed courage, swagger, bluster, braggadocio

Question 22

Consensus

Answer 22

Unanimity, concord, accord, harmony

Question 23

Constrict

Answer 23

Narrow, contract, curb, restrain

Question 24

Dichotomy

Answer 24

Schism, division, bifurcation

Question 25

Effusive

Answer 25

Highly demonstrative, unrestrained, gushy, lavish

Question 26

Euphoria

Answer 26

Elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture

Question 27

Gothic

Answer 27

Gloomy, grotesque, sinister, eerie

Question 28

Impasse

Answer 28

Dead end, deadlock, standoff, stalemate

Question 29

Lugubrious

Answer 29

Sad, mournful, gloomy, doleful, melancholy, dismal, dolorous

Question 30

Metamorphosis

Answer 30

A complete transformation, change, makeover

Question 31

Mystique

Answer 31

Aura or attitude of mystery or veneration, charisma

Question 32

Non sequitur

Answer 32

It does not follow, illogical reference, unsound conclusion

Question 33

Parlous

Answer 33

Perilous, hazardous, risky, dangerous

Question 34

Punctilio

Answer 34

Fine point, nicety

Question 35

Quagmire

Answer 35

Soft, soggy, mud or slush, fen, marsh, bog, morass

Question 36

Quixotic

Answer 36

Idealistic, fanciful, impractical, utopian

Question 37

Raconteur

Answer 37

Storyteller, anecdotist

Question 38

Sine qua non

Answer 38

Necessity, requisite, desideratum

Question 39

Vendetta

Answer 39

Blood feud, rivalry