Week 1

Question 0

Indiscriminate

Answer 0

Choosing at random without careful selection

E.g: Modern warfare often result in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike

Question 1

Voracious

Answer 1

Desiring or consuming great quantity

E.g: After skiing, I find that I have a voracious appetite

Question 2

Eminent

Answer 2

Of a high reputation, outstanding

E.g: The eminent author received the Nobel Prize in for literature.

Question 3

Steeped

Answer 3

Soaked, drenched, saturated

E.g: My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.

Question 4

Replete

Answer 4

Completely filled or supplied with

E.g: The football game was replete with excitement and great plays.

Question 5

Abound

Answer 5

To exist in great numbers

E.g: The western plains used to abound with bison before those animals were slaughtered by settlers

Question 6

Technology

Answer 6

Branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.
E.g: Many may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific technology

Question 7

Prognosticate

Answer 7

To predict or foretell a future event

E.g: The mayor refused to prognosticate as to his margin of victory in the election.

Question 8

Automaton

Answer 8

A robot; a mechanical “person”

E.g: The time is approaching when human workers may be replaced by automatons.

Question 9

Matron

Answer 9

An older married woman

E.g: A clever salesman will always ask a matron if her mother is at home.

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

A statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true
E.g: One of the greatest paradoxes of American life is that though minority groups suffered injustices, nowhere in the world have so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.

Question 11

Realm

Answer 11

Special field of something or someone; kingdom
E.g: The cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his realm, restricting him to the forest, which abounded with wild animals.

Question 12

Annals

Answer 12

Historical records

E.g: The annals of sports are replete with the names of great black athletes

Question 13

Compound

Answer 13

To increase or add to

E.g: His gloom was now compounded by the failing mark on his geometry test.

Question 14

Tinge

Answer 14

A trace, smattering, or slight degree

E.g: A tinge of garlic is all that’s necessary in most recipes.

Question 15

Badger

Answer 15

To pester, nag, annoy persistently

E.g: The teachers continually badgers the pupil for the missing assignments.

Question 16

Implore

Answer 16

To plead urgently for aid or mercy

E.g: The sick child’s mother implored the doctor to come immediately.

Question 17

Drudgery

Answer 17

Unpleasant, dull, or hard work

E.g: She does her homework on Friday to save herself from the drudgery of having to do it during the weekend.

Question 18

Interminable

Answer 18

Unending

E.g: I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed an interminable fifty minutes.

Question 19

Perceive

Answer 19

To understand, know, become aware of

E.g: The eminent scientist perceive difficulties in putting the invention into practice.