Vocab Expansion - Learned

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

Adjective. Angry, bitter, or spiteful, particularly of speech.

Question 2

Antipodean

Answer 2

Adjective or noun. To relate to Australia or New Zealand
“would you like to try some Antipodean wine?”
“Antipodean” is capitalised

Question 3

Sardonic

Answer 3

Adjective. Grimly mocking or cynical.

Question 4

Transmogrify

Answer 4

Transform in a surprising or magical manner.

Question 5

Surreptitious

Answer 5

Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

Question 6

Reticent

Answer 6

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

Question 7

Phlegmatic

Answer 7

(Adjective) - Of a person with a calm, unemotional, stoic disposition

Question 8

Incongruous

Answer 8

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

Question 9

Ameliorate

Answer 9

To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

Question 10

Pejorative

Answer 10

Expressing contempt or disapproval

Question 11

Meridional

Answer 11

Adjective. Relating to people from the south, particularly of France.

Question 12

To retrench

Answer 12

Verb. (Of an organisation or person) cutting costs of spending in response to economic difficulties. Also to make redundant and reduce

Question 13

Demonym

Answer 13

A noun used to denote the natives or inhabitants of a particular country, state, city (i.e. Tuscan. Mancunian)

Question 14

Purported

Answer 14

Appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged.

Question 15

Shrewd

Answer 15

Having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute.

Question 16

Rostrum

Answer 16

A raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra.

Question 17

Dilettante

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A Person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

Question 18

Putative

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Commonly accepted or supposed. Assumed to exist to to have existed

Question 19

Intransigence

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Refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something.

Question 20

Obduracy

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Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

Question 21

Annals

Answer 21

Historical year-by-year account

Question 22

Bravura

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Great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity.

Question 23

Fervent

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Showing great warmth or intensity of spirit

Question 24

Conspicuous

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Easily seen. Attracting attention : striking

Question 25

To tarry

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To stay longer than intended

Question 26

Ostensibly

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As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently.

Question 27

Magnanimous

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Generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person.

Question 28

Frenetic

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Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

Question 29

Ancillary

Answer 29

Subordinate, subsidiary, auxiliary, or supplementally (eg. the main factory and its ancillary plants)

Question 30

Disconsolate

Answer 30

Very unhappy and unable to be comforted.