Week 5

Question 1

Proponent

Answer 1

A person for pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Question 2

Respite

Answer 2

A person from doing something (as work)

Question 3

Robust

Answer 3

Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

Question 4

Smattering

Answer 4

A slight or superficial understanding of a subject, a small amount of something

Question 5

Stolid

Answer 5

Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited

Question 6

Tarnish

Answer 6

Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

Question 7

Tawdry

Answer 7

Tastelessly showy; cheap and shoddy

Question 8

Taxing

Answer 8

Use to the limit; exhaust

Question 9

Urbane

Answer 9

Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that come from wide social experience

Question 10

Vanquish

Answer 10

Come out better in a competition, race or conflict

Question 11

Veneer

Answer 11

Covering consisting of a thin superficial layer that hides the underlying substance

Question 12

Whimsical

Answer 12

Determined by impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Question 13

Disparate

Answer 13

2 things are fundamentally different

Question 14

Inundate

Answer 14

To flood or overwhelm

Question 15

Wax

Answer 15

To gradually increase in size or intensity

Question 16

Indignant

Answer 16

Feeling anger or perceived injustice

Question 17

Misanthrope

Answer 17

A hater of mankind

Question 18

Sanctimonious

Answer 18

Making a show of being pious; holler than thou

Question 19

Thrifty

Answer 19

Spending money wisely

Question 20

Unconscionable

Answer 20

Unreasonable, unscrupulous, excessive