Vocab

Question 1

intransigent

Answer 1

unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something

Question 2

temerity

Answer 2

excessive confidence, audacity

Question 3

capricious

Answer 3

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Question 4

urbanity

Answer 4

refinement, courteousness

Question 5

abrogate

Answer 5

repeal or do away with (a law)

Question 6

inclement

Answer 6

unpleasantly cold or wet

Question 7

untoward

Answer 7

unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient

Question 8

specious

Answer 8

superficially plausible but actually wrong

Question 9

redoubtable

Answer 9

formidable, especially as an opponent

Question 10

pellucid

Answer 10

translucently clear

Question 11

muckraking

Answer 11

the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.

Question 12

parsimony

Answer 12

extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

Question 13

2 synonyms for obscure

Answer 13

abstruse, recondite

Question 14

jingoism

Answer 14

extreme patriotism, with an aggressive or warlike quality

Question 15

pugnacity

Answer 15

belligerence or aggressiveness

Question 16

prosaic

Answer 16

unpoetic, prose-like, common

Question 17

derelict

Answer 17

(adj) in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
(n) a person without a home, job, or property.