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

(v) 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

parity

Answer 7

(n) equality, as in amount, status, or value

Question 8

partisan

Answer 8

(adj) devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause

Question 9

rectitude

Answer 9

(n) moral uprightness; righteousness

Question 10

remiss

Answer 10

(adj) lax in attending to duty; neligent

Question 11

repudiate

Answer 11

(v) to reject to validity or authority of

Question 12

sanctimonious

Answer 12

(adj) feigning piety or righteousness

Question 13

scrupulous

Answer 13

(adj) principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting

Question 14

solicitous

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 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 for the welfare of others; selflessness

Question 24

eminent

Answer 24

(adj) distinguished; prominent

Question 25

empathic

Answer 25

(adj) identification with and understanding of another’s situation, 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 of 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 up by the roots; abolish

Question 33

expurgate

Answer 33

(v) to remove objectionable content before publication or release

Question 34

extirpate

Answer 34

(v) to destroy

Question 35

quell

Answer 35

(v) to put down forcible; 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

stymie

Answer 38

(v) to thwart or stump

Question 39

suupplant

Answer 39

(v) to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics

Question 40

abase

Answer 40

(v) to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

Question 41

deride

Answer 41

(v) to mck contemptuously

Question 42

deragatory

Answer 42

(adj) insulting or intended 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 disfiguring way

Question 48

pejorative

Answer 48

(adj) disparaging, belittling, insulting

Question 49

vex

Answer 49

(v) to annoy or bother; to perplex

Question 50

vindictive

Answer 50

(adj) disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful