Week 3

Question 1

Resignation

Answer 1

The acceptance of some thing unpleased that can’t be avoided

Question 2

Resolve

Answer 2

Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Question 3

Retract

Answer 3

Pull inward or towards a center; formally reject or disavow a formally held belief, usually under pressure

Question 4

Smug

Answer 4

Marked by excessive complacency or self satisfaction

Question 5

Sordid

Answer 5

Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt; foul and run down and repulsive

Question 6

Surly

Answer 6

Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Question 7

Tumult

Answer 7

A state of chaos; noise and confusion

Question 8

Erratic

Answer 8

Unpredictable, strange and unconventional

Question 9

Pugnacious

Answer 9

Eager to fight or argue; verbally combative

Question 10

Profuse

Answer 10

Plentiful; pouring out in abundance

Question 11

Sanguine

Answer 11

Cheerful; optimistic

Question 12

Desecrate

Answer 12

To willfully violate or destroy a sacred place

Question 13

Spendthrift

Answer 13

One who spends money extravagantly

Question 14

Avarice

Answer 14

Greed (one of the seven deadly sins)

Question 15

Voracious

Answer 15

Very hungry; approaching an activity with gusto

Question 16

Vindictive

Answer 16

To have a very strong desire for revenge

Question 17

Cogent

Answer 17

Clear and persuasive

Question 18

Tirade

Answer 18

An angry soeech

Question 19

Archaic

Answer 19

So old as to appear to belong to a different period

Question 20

Assuage

Answer 20

To make something intense less severe

Question 21

Besiege

Answer 21

Harass, as with questions or requests; cause to feel distressed or worried

Question 22

Besmirch

Answer 22

Damage the good name or reputation of something

Question 23

Champion

Answer 23

To fight for a cause

Question 24

Convivial

Answer 24

Describing a lively atmosphere