Week 1

Question 0

Conjecture

Answer 0

Inference; guesswork

Question 1

Candid

Answer 1

Completely honest, straightforward

Question 2

Didactic

Answer 2

Instructive

Question 3

Effusive

Answer 3

Showing excessive emotion; overflowing

Question 4

Euphemism

Answer 4

A mild, in direct, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term

Question 5

Extrapolate

Answer 5

Into infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

Question 6

Incoherent

Answer 6

Lacking cohesion or connection

Question 7

Insinuate

Answer 7

To introduce or communicate stealthily

Question 8

Loquacious

Answer 8

Very talkative

Question 9

Lucid

Answer 9

Easily understood; clear

Question 10

Rhetoric

Answer 10

The art of using language effectively and persuasively

Question 11

Acumen

Answer 11

Quickness,accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight

Question 12

Adroit

Answer 12

Dexterous; deaf

Question 13

Ascertain

Answer 13

To find out through investigation or experimentation

Question 14

Astute

Answer 14

Shrewd; clever

Question 15

Circumspect

Answer 15

Careful; prudent; discreet

Question 16

Desseminate

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To scatter widely, as in sowing seed

Question 17

Erudition

Answer 17

Deep, extensive learning

Question 18

Pedantic

Answer 18

Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

Question 19

Perspicacious

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Shrewd; clear-sighted

Question 20

Pragmatic

Answer 20

Practical

Question 21

Precocious

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Exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

Question 22

Prolific

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Very productive; producing great quantities

Question 23

Prospective

Answer 23

Formal proposal

Question 24

Rudimentary

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Basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development

Question 25

Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

Question 26

Callous

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Emotionally hardened; unfeeling

Question 27

Convoluted

Answer 27

Intricate; complex

Question 28

Disaffected

Answer 28

Having lost faith or loyalty; discontent

Question 29

Enigma

Answer 29

A puzzle, mystery, or riddle

Question 30

Inscrutable

Answer 30

Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable

Question 31

Reticent

Answer 31

Inclined to keep silent; reserved

Question 32

Staid

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Unemotional; serious

Question 33

Arcane

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Known or understood by only a few people

Question 34

Insimilate

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To absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar

Question 35

Autonomy

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Independence; self-determination

Question 36

Cosmopolitan

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Worldly; widely sophisticated

Question 37

Derivative

Answer 37

Something that comes from another source

Question 38

Esoteric

Answer 38

Intended for or understood by only a small group

Question 39

Gaffe

Answer 39

A clumsy social error; a faux pas

Question 40

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 40

Characteristic peculiar to an individual or group

Question 41

Insular

Answer 41

Isolated; narrow or provincial

Question 42

Orthodox

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Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

Question 43

Potentate

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One who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch

Question 44

Castigate

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To scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

Question 45

Censure

Answer 45

To issue official blame

Question 46

Denounce

Answer 46

To condemn openly

Question 47

Reclusive

Answer 47

Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation

Question 48

Relinquish

Answer 48

To retire from; give up or abandon

Question 49

Renounce

Answer 49

To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement

Question 50

Vituperative

Answer 50

Marked by harshly abusive condemnation

Question 51

Circumscribe

Answer 51

To draw a circle around; to restrict

Question 52

Contiguous

Answer 52

Sharing an edge or boundary; touching