Week 3

Question 1

Bristle(v.)

Answer 1

To stiffen with fear or anger, to have one’s hair stand up

Question 2

Caustic

Answer 2

Sarcastic, biting, stinging

Question 3

Cessation

Answer 3

A stopping, a pause

Question 4

Condolence

Answer 4

Expression of sympathy,pity

Question 5

Dupe

Answer 5

An easily fooled person

Question 6

Euphemism

Answer 6

Less offensive or less direct term

Question 7

Inadvertent

Answer 7

Unintentional, due to an oversight, negligent

Question 8

Incipient

Answer 8

Just starting, just beginning to exist

Question 9

Incongruous

Answer 9

Out of place, having inconsistent elements

Question 10

Infamous

Answer 10

Evil, having a bad reputation

Question 11

Jostle

Answer 11

To push, to elbow, to bump into

Question 12

Lackluster

Answer 12

Lacking brightness, dull

Question 13

Loathe

Answer 13

To despise, to hate

Question 14

Mundane

Answer 14

Lacking excitement, ordinary

Question 15

Ominous

Answer 15

Menacing, threatening

Question 16

Reprimand(v.)

Answer 16

To scold severely, to show sharp dissapproval

Question 17

Repudiate

Answer 17

To reject, decline, disown, refuse to accept

Question 18

Stipulate

Answer 18

To make a specific demand, to specify a condition

Question 19

Tremulous

Answer 19

Trembling, quivering

Question 20

Wrest

Answer 20

To seize, to take by force