Week 5

Question 1

perquisite

Answer 1

gratuity

Question 2

penchant

Answer 2

leaning, tendency

Question 3

pilfer

Answer 3

to steal, usually small amounts

Question 4

scope

Answer 4

breadth or range

Question 5

supple

Answer 5

elastic; showing freedom and ease of movement

Question 6

adroit

Answer 6

astute

Question 7

docile

Answer 7

meek, obedient

Question 8

circumvent

Answer 8

to go around, grusturate, evade

Question 9

ameliorate

Answer 9

to improve, make better

Question 10

adept

Answer 10

proficient

Question 11

congenial

Answer 11

friendly

Question 12

amorphous

Answer 12

shapeless

Question 13

atrophy

Answer 13

to waste away

Question 14

quiescent

Answer 14

latent, calm

Question 15

incredulous

Answer 15

unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true

Question 16

agnostic

Answer 16

undecided or unsure about the existence and nature of God

Question 17

iconoclast

Answer 17

one who destroys sacred images; one who attacks popular ideas or institutions

Question 18

empirical

Answer 18

based on factual information or observation

Question 19

quixotic

Answer 19

extremely idealistic

Question 20

laity

Answer 20

all those persons who are not memebers of the clergy or a givern profession

Question 21

pliant

Answer 21

flexible, plastic

Question 22

arboreal

Answer 22

treelike, inhabiting trees

Question 23

extol

Answer 23

to praise highly

Question 24

censure

Answer 24

to publicly scold, upbraid

Question 25

furtive

Answer 25

secretive, stealthy

Question 26

venal

Answer 26

open to corrupting influence, especially bribery

Question 27

venial

Answer 27

pardonable, excusable, forgivable

Question 28

extricate

Answer 28

to free from an undesirable situation

Question 29

paucity

Answer 29

scarcity

Question 30

cacophoony

Answer 30

din, loud, chaotic noise

Question 31

insipid

Answer 31

banal, dull, bland

Question 32

impromptu

Answer 32

ad lib

Question 33

candid

Answer 33

frank, open, honest

Question 34

olfactory

Answer 34

sense of smell

Question 35

gustatory

Answer 35

sense of taste

Question 36

tactile

Answer 36

kinesthetic, sense of touch

Question 37

auditory

Answer 37

sense of hearing

Question 38

eminent

Answer 38

esteemed, prominent, famous

Question 39

impertinent

Answer 39

insolent, disrespectful

Question 40

belie

Answer 40

to show to be false