Vocab

Question 1

Banal

Answer 1

(Adj) hackneyed, trite, old, dull

Question 2

Belabor

Answer 2

(V)

To work excessively

Question 3

Eschew

Answer 3

(V)

To avoid, shun, keep away

Question 4

Germane

Answer 4

(Adj)

Relevant, fitting, appropriate

Question 5

Emulate

Answer 5

(V)

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.

Question 6

Insatiable

Answer 6

(Adj)

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

Question 7

Intransigent

Answer 7

(Adj)

Refusing to compromise.

Question 8

Substantiate

Answer 8

(V)

To establish by evidence.

Question 9

Temporize

Answer 9

(V)

To stall or act evasively in order to gain time. To postpone.

Question 10

Arrogate

Answer 10

(V)

To take without right.

Question 11

Devious

Answer 11

(Adj)

To wander or stray from a direct course. Acting in a shifty manner.

Question 12

Avid

Answer 12

(Adj)
Intensely egar.
Desirous of something to the point of greed.

Question 13

Coherent

Answer 13

(Adj)

Holding or sticking together. Connected.

Question 14

Taciturn

Answer 14

(Adj)

habitually silent. Inclined to talk very little.

Question 15

Congeal

Answer 15

(V)

To change from a liquid to a solid. Thicken. To make inflexible or rigid.

Question 16

Invidious

Answer 16

(Adj)

Offensive, hateful intending to cause bitterness.

Question 17

Largesse

Answer 17

(N)

Generosity in giving.

Question 18

Reconnaissance

Answer 18

(N)

Any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.

Question 19

Tenable

Answer 19

(Adj)

Capable of being held of defended. Justifiable.

Question 20

Acquisitive

Answer 20

(Adj)

Able to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.

Question 21

Accost

Answer 21

(V)

To approach and speak first, to confront in a challenging or aggressive way.

Question 22

Animadversion

Answer 22

(N)

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 23

Brackism

Answer 23

(Adj)

Having a salty taste and unpleasant

Question 24

Celerity

Answer 24

(N)

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 25

Vacillate

Answer 25

(V)

To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; waver weakly in mind or will.

Question 26

Carping

Answer 26

(Adj)tending to find fault, especially Ina. Petty nasty way

(N) petty, nagging criticism

Question 27

Gambit

Answer 27

(N)

In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage

Question 28

Halcyon

Answer 28

(Adj)

Of or relating to the halcyon, calm, peaceful, happy, golden

Question 29

Histrionic

Answer 29

(Adj)

Pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical, artificial, melodramatic

Question 30

Incendiary

Answer 30

(Adj)
Deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up, strife or rebellion
(N)
The one who deliberately sets fire

Question 31

Maelstrom

Answer 31

(N)

A whirlwind of great size and violence, a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence

Question 32

Myopic

Answer 32

(Adj)

Nearsighted; lack of a broad, realistic view of a situation

Question 33

Contraband

Answer 33

(N)
Illegal traffic, smuggled goods
(Adj)
Illegal, prohibited

Question 34

Overt

Answer 34

(Adj)

Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Question 35

Pejorative

Answer 35

(Adj)

Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval

Question 36

Propriety

Answer 36

(N)

The state of being proper, appropriateness

Question 37

Amorphous

Answer 37

(Adj)

Shapeless, without define form

Question 38

Cajole

Answer 38

(V)

To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice

Question 39

Erudite

Answer 39

(Adj)

Scholarly, learned, bookish

Question 40

Gossamer

Answer 40

(Adj)

Thin, light , delicate

Question 41

Infer

Answer 41

(V)

To find out be reasoning; to hint