Vocabulary

Question 1

Piquant

Answer 1

Pungent in taste; appealing exciting, zest taste

Pungent means sharply strong taste or smell.

Question 2

Bumbling

Answer 2

Clumsy

Question 3

Provincial

Answer 3

Unsophisticated

Also geographic or administrative divisions without negative connotations.

Question 4

Abstruse

Answer 4

Incomprehensible. Difficult to understand; obscure

Question 5

Duress

Answer 5

Compulsory force.

Threats violence, constraints, or other actions used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.

Question 6

Maunder

Answer 6

Wander

Talk in a rambling manner.

Move or act in a dreamy or idle manner.

Question 7

Arriviste

Answer 7

Upstart

An ambitious or ruthlessly self seeking person.

Ie. status seeker, social climber.

Question 8

Espouse

Answer 8

Support a cause.

Adopt or support.

Question 9

Glut

Answer 9

Excessive supply.

Question 10

Ineluctable

Answer 10

Unavoidable

Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

Question 11

Untoward

Answer 11

Inconvenient

Question 12

Anathema

Answer 12

Someone or something that one vehemently dislikes.

Question 13

Recrudescence

Answer 13

The reoccurrence of an undesirable condition.

Relapse

Question 14

Dissemble

Answer 14

Act deceitfully

Conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.

Question 15

Fractious

Answer 15

(Typically of children) Irritable or quarrelsome.

(Of a group or organisation) Difficult to control; unruly

Question 16

Culpability

Answer 16

State of guilt

Responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame

Question 17

Saturnine

Answer 17

Gloomy

Somber melancholy

Question 18

Incumbent

Answer 18

Necessary for (someone) duty or responsibility.

Holder of office or post.