Week 1: #43-49

Question 1

Hackneyed

Answer 1

(adj.) unoriginal, so commonplace as to be stale; trite or banal

Question 2

Corroborate

Answer 2

(v) to support with evidence, make more certain, or confirm

Question 3

Gist

Answer 3

(n) the central point or essence; the heart of the matter

the grounds of a legal action

Question 4

Pith

Answer 4

(n) the core, essence, or substance of a matter

mettle or vigor; importance or significance

Question 5

Gainsay

Answer 5

(v) to deny or prove false; to oppose or speak out against(

Question 6

Tenuous

Answer 6

(Adj.) not dense; thin or diluted on consistency

Slender; lacking substance or strength; flimsy; shaky

Question 6

Occult

Answer 6

(adj.) secret or withheld from the uninitiated

mysterious, inscrutable, difficulty, or impossible to comprehend

of, related to, or concerned with magic or the supernatural

Question 6

Tenuous

Answer 6

(Adj.) not dense; thin or diluted on consistency

Slender; lacking substance or strength; flimsy; shaky