Week 6 Oct14

Question 1

Tenacious (te-na-cious)

Answer 1

persistent, stubborn, or obstinate
characterized by keeping a firm hold

Question 2

Nocturnal (noc-tur-nal)

Answer 2

relating to, or occurring in the night

Question 3

gregarious (gre-gar-i-ous)

Answer 3

living in flocks or herds, as animals

Question 4

Bureaucracy (bu-reauc-ra-cy)

Answer 4

a body of non elected, government officials

Question 5

Fallacy (fal-la-cy)

Answer 5

deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief,

Question 6

Hypocrisy (hy-poc-ri-sy)

Answer 6

To present as someone that is not

Question 7

Etiquette (et-i-quette)

Answer 7

Rules to be observed in social or official life

Question 8

Subtle (sub-tle)

Answer 8

delicate or faint and cunning

Question 9

Excruciating (ex-cru-ci-at-ing)

Answer 9

causing great pain or anguish

Question 10

Culmination (cul-mi-na-tion)

Answer 10

Act of reaching the highest point, or decisive point

Question 11

Implicit (im-plic-it)

Answer 11

Implied, not plainly expressed

Question 12

Dismal (dis-mal)

Answer 12

causing gloom ; gloomy

Question 13

Intuitive (in-tu-i-tive)

Answer 13

possessing insight

-having the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence or reasoning.

Question 14

Opulent (op-u-lent)

Answer 14

wealthy, rich, or affluent.

Question 15

Apprehensive (ap-pre-hen-sive)

Answer 15

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen