VIC 3.1

Question 1

abide

Answer 1

To put up with

Question 2

Administer

Answer 2

To manage

To give aid

Question 3

Amplification

Answer 3

A fuller explanation of an idea

Question 4

Anecdotal

Answer 4

Not reliable because based on limited, observed experience rather than fact

Question 5

Annex

Answer 5

To add or attach
To take as ones own
An addition to a building or document

Question 6

Authority

Answer 6

A source of reliable information

Confidence due to skill or experience

Question 7

Bear

Answer 7

To substantiate (provide evidence…)

Question 8

Bleak

Answer 8

Empty of vegetation or life; desolate

Cold; chilly; harsh

Question 9

Buoyant

Answer 9

Cheerful; light-hearted

Question 10

Charitable

Answer 10

Inclined to see the good in people

Forgiving

Question 11

Chasm

Answer 11

A deep opening or crack in a structure or geological formation
A vast separation between viewpoints or ideologies

Question 12

Cohere

Answer 12

To stick together

To make logical sense

Question 13

Commission

Answer 13

A group of people assigned with a specific responsibility

A task or sale

Question 14

Confer

Answer 14

To grant or bestow

Question 15

Constitution

Answer 15

The way something is composed or put together

Physical health and vitality

Question 16

Contemporary

Answer 16

Of the same period of time
Happening simultaneously
Someone of the same period or age as another

Question 17

Disarm

Answer 17

To charm; to make someone less hostile

Question 18

Discharge

Answer 18

To successfully fulfill a task or obligation
To fire a weapon
A release from military service

Question 19

Dispense

Answer 19

To administer justice

To do without; to get rid of

Question 20

Vest

Answer 20

To give power or authority to; to bestow