Week 2

Question 0

Credible

Answer 0

Capable of being believed; plausible

Question 1

Conciliatory

Answer 1

Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

Question 2

Exonerate

Answer 2

To free from blame

Question 3

Incontrovertible

Answer 3

Indisputable; not open to question

Question 4

Indict

Answer 4

To officially charge with wrongdoing and crime

Question 5

Litigious

Answer 5

Prone to engage with lawsuits

Question 6

Partisan

Answer 6

Devoted to or biased in support to a party, group, or cause

Question 7

Parity

Answer 7

equality, as in amount , status, value

Question 8

Rectitude

Answer 8

Moral uprightness; riteousness

Question 9

Remiss

Answer 9

Lax in attending to duty; negligent

Question 10

Repudiate

Answer 10

To reject the validity or authority of

Question 11

Sanctimonious

Answer 11

Feigning piety or righteousness

Question 12

Scrupulous

Answer 12

Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting

Question 13

Solicitous

Answer 13

Concerned

Question 14

Substantiate

Answer 14

To support with proof or evidence; verify

Question 15

Veracity

Answer 15

Adherence to the truth; truthfulness

Question 16

Vindicate

Answer 16

To free from blame

Question 17

Cajole

Answer 17

To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

Question 18

Chicanery

Answer 18

Trickery

Question 19

Obsequious

Answer 19

Fawning and servile

Question 20

Sycophant

Answer 20

Insincere, obsequious flatterer

Question 21

Altruism

Answer 21

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness

Question 22

Eminent

Answer 22

Distinguished, prominent

Question 23

Empathetic

Answer 23

Identifying with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives

Question 24

Extol

Answer 24

To praise highly

Question 25

Laudatory

Answer 25

Full of praise

Question 26

Magnanimous

Answer 26

Courageously or generously noble in mind and heart

Question 27

Philanthropic

Answer 27

Humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity

Question 28

Reciprocate

Answer 28

To mutually take or give; to respond in kind

Question 29

Defunct

Answer 29

No longer existing or functioning

Question 30

Eradicate

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Quell

Answer 31

To put down forcibly; supress

Question 32

Raze

Answer 32

To level to the ground; demolish

Question 33

Squelch

Answer 33

To crush as if by trampling; squash

Question 34

Supplant

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Stymie

Answer 35

To thwart or stump

Question 36

Abase

Answer 36

To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

Question 37

Deride

Answer 37

To mock contemptuously

Question 38

Derogatory

Answer 38

Insulting or intended to insult

Question 39

Disparage

Answer 39

To speak of negatively; to belittle

Question 40

Effrontery

Answer 40

Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

Question 41

Ignominy

Answer 41

Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct

Question 42

Impugn

Answer 42

To attack as false or questionable

Question 43

Mar

Answer 43

To damage, especially in a disfiguring way

Question 44

Pejorative

Answer 44

Disparaging, belittling, insulting

Question 45

Vex

Answer 45

To annoy or bother; to perplex

Question 46

Vindictive

Answer 46

Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful