Week 2

Question 1

Conciliatory

Answer 1

Adj, Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

Question 2

Credible

Answer 2

Adj. Capable of being believed; plausible.

Question 3

Exonerate

Answer 3

To free from blame.

Question 4

Incontrovertible

Answer 4

Adj. Indisputable; not open to question

Question 5

Indict

Answer 5

V, To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime

Question 6

Litigious

Answer 6

Adj, Prone to engage in lawsuits.

Question 7

Partisan

Answer 7

Adj, Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or a cause.

Question 8

Parity

Answer 8

N. Equality, as in amount, status, or value

Question 9

Rectitude

Answer 9

N. Moral uprightness; righteousness

Question 10

Remiss

Answer 10

Adj. Lax in attending to duty; negligent.

Question 11

Repudiate

Answer 11

to reject the validity or authority of

Question 12

Sanctimonious

Answer 12

feigning piety or righteousness

Question 13

Scrupulous

Answer 13

Adj, principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting.

Question 14

Solicitious

Answer 14

Adj. Concerned

Question 15

Sophistry

Answer 15

N. Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument

Question 16

Substantiate

Answer 16

V. To support with proof or evidence; verify

Question 17

Veracity

Answer 17

N. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness

Question 18

Vindicate

Answer 18

V. To free from blame.

Question 19

Cajole

Answer 19

V. To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

Question 20

Chicanery

Answer 20

N. trickery

Question 21

Obsequious

Answer 21

Adj, fawning and servile

Question 22

Sycophant

Answer 22

N, Insincere, obsequious flatterer

Question 23

Altruism

Answer 23

N, unselfish concern foe the welfare of others; selflessness.

Question 24

Eminent

Answer 24

Adj. Distinguished; prominent.

Question 25

Empathetic

Answer 25

Adj, Identification with and understanding of another's feelings, and motives

Question 26

Extol

Answer 26

V. To praise highly.

Question 27

Laudatory

Answer 27

Adj. Full of praise.

Question 28

Magnanimous

Answer 28

Adj. Courageously or generously noble in mind and heart.

Question 29

Philanthropic

Answer 29

Adj, Humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity.

Question 30

Reciprocate

Answer 30

V. To Mutually take or give; to respond in kind

Question 31

Defunct

Answer 31

Adj. No longer existing or functioning

Question 32

Eradicate

Answer 32

V. To get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish.

Question 33

Expurgate

Answer 33

V. to remove objectionable content before publication or release.

Question 34

Extripate

Answer 34

V. To destroy.

Question 35

Quell

Answer 35

V. To put down forcibly; suppress

Question 36

Raze

Answer 36

V. To level to the ground; demolish

Question 37

Squelch

Answer 37

V. to crush as if by trampling; squash.

Question 38

Supplant

Answer 38

V. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics.

Question 39

Stymie

Answer 39

V. To thwart or stump

Question 40

Abase

Answer 40

V, To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem.

Question 41

Deride

Answer 41

To mock comtemptuously

Question 42

Derogator

Answer 42

insulting or intending to insult

Question 43

Disparage

Answer 43

V. To speak of negatively; to belittle

Question 44

Effrontery

Answer 44

N. Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

Question 45

Ignominy

Answer 45

N. Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct

Question 46

Impugn

Answer 46

V. to attack as false or questionable.

Question 47

Mar

Answer 47

V. To damage, especially in a disfigured way.

Question 48

Pejorative

Answer 48

Adj. Disparaging, belittling, insulting.

Question 49

Vex

Answer 49

V. To annoy or to bother; to perplex

Question 50

Vindictive

Answer 50

Adj. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.