Vocabulary 1

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

Question 2

Auspicious

Answer 2

favorable; giving or being a sign of future success

Question 3

Facetious

Answer 3

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Question 4

Feckless

Answer 4

lacing initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

Question 5

Fiduciary

Answer 5

involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary

Question 6

Loquacious

Answer 6

tending to talk a great deal; talkative

Question 7

Lugubrious

Answer 7

looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 8

Nihilism

Answer 8

the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless

Question 9

Paradigm

Answer 9

a typical example or pattern of something; a model

Question 10

Precipitous

Answer 10

(of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration

Question 11

Recapitulate

Answer 11

summarize and state again the main points of

Question 12

Sanguine

Answer 12

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Question 13

Taxonomy

Answer 13

the branch of science concerned with classification

Question 14

Tempestuous

Answer 14

characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

Question 15

Usurp

Answer 15

take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force