Week 2 April 3-9

Question 1

Garrulous

Answer 1

Adj. Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Question 2

Capitulation

Answer 2

Noun. The action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand.

Question 3

Intractable

Answer 3

Adj. hard to control or deal with.

Question 4

Pertinacious

Answer 4

Adj. holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.

Question 5

Bureaucratic

Answer 5

Adj. Relating to the business of running an organization, or government.

Question 6

Granular

Answer 6

Adj. resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.

Question 7

Buttress

Answer 7

Noun. A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall.

Question 8

Nota bene

Answer 8

Verb. Observe carefully or take special notice (used in written text to draw attention to what follows)

Question 9

Percussive

Answer 9

Musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a handheld or pedal operated stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums…

Question 10

Unfettered

Answer 10

Release from restraint or inhibition (a feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way)

Question 11

Vilify

Answer 11

Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging (being of little worth) manner.

Question 12

Disheveled

Answer 12

Adj. (of a persons hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered

Question 13

Garish

Answer 13

Adj. obtrusively (prominent in unwelcome or intrusive way) bright and showy; lurid (very vivid in color, creating unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect)

Question 14

Proletariat

Answer 14

Workers or working-class people, regarded collectively