Week 4

Question 1

dubious

Answer 1

arousing doubt or uncertainty

Question 2

multifarious

Answer 2

having great variety

Question 3

epitomize

Answer 3

to sum up; to typify

Question 4

embroil

Answer 4

to throw into conflict or confusion

Question 5

melange

Answer 5

a mixture

Question 6

sonorous

Answer 6

producing a full, deep or rich sound; impressive

Question 7

quell

Answer 7

to quash; to pacify

Question 8

denigrate

Answer 8

to belittle maliciously

Question 9

unalloyed

Answer 9

complete; unqualified

Question 10

innocuous

Answer 10

harmless

Question 11

scourge

Answer 11

to whip or flog

Question 12

insidious

Answer 12

intended to entrap

Question 13

overture

Answer 13

an instrumental introduction to an extended musical work

Question 14

vigilance

Answer 14

alert watchfulness

Question 15

flippant

Answer 15

casually disrespectful

Question 16

ostracize

Answer 16

to banish or exclude from a group

Question 17

incite

Answer 17

to stir up

Question 18

instigation

Answer 18

to urge on; to goad

Question 19

precarious

Answer 19

dangerously lacking in stability

Question 20

cantankerous

Answer 20

grouchy, ill tempered or quarrelsome

Question 21

testy

Answer 21

irritable, grouchy

Question 22

altercation

Answer 22

vehement argument

Question 23

vehemence

Answer 23

forceful expression

Question 24

repartee

Answer 24

conversation marked by swift, witty remarks

Question 25

encompass

Answer 25

to surround or include

Question 26

reprehensible

Answer 26

desrving of rebuke or censure; blameworthy

Question 27

gait

Answer 27

a way of moving on foot

Question 28

garb

Answer 28

clothing

Question 29

lilt

Answer 29

a cheerful, rhythmic, or lively manner of speaking

Question 30

hermetic

Answer 30

completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air

Question 31

permeate

Answer 31

to spread or flow throughout, pervade

Question 32

dour

Answer 32

harsh, stern, glum, sullent

Question 33

diffident

Answer 33

lacking self-confidence, timid

Question 34

sibilant

Answer 34

producing a hissing sound

Question 35

veneration

Answer 35

worthy of respect

Question 36

pedantic

Answer 36

emphasizing trivial details of learning

Question 37

entourage

Answer 37

a group of attendants accompanying an important person

Question 38

courtier

Answer 38

an attendant at a sovereign’s court

Question 39

sovereign

Answer 39

a king or monarch

Question 40

peruse

Answer 40

to read over carefully, to study