week seven

Question 1

provisional

Answer 1

tentative; temporary; for the time being

Question 2

lurid

Answer 2

sensational; shocking; ghastly

Question 3

truculent, pugnacious, belligerent

Answer 3

defiantly agressive; eager to fight

Question 4

propitiate

Answer 4

to appease; to conciliate; to regain the favor or goodwill for

Question 5

élan

Answer 5

a vigorous spirit; great enthusiasm

Question 6

aplomb

Answer 6

self-assurance; confident composure; admirable poise under pressure

Question 7

opaque

Answer 7

hard to understand; impenetrably dense and obscure

Question 8

perfunctory

Answer 8

in a spiritless, mechanical, and routine manner

Question 9

craven, base

Answer 9

cowardly; contemptibly faint-hearted

Question 10

venal

Answer 10

corrupt; dishonest; open to bribery

Question 11

licentious, dissolute, debauched

Answer 11

immoral; offensive

Question 12

noxious

Answer 12

harmful to physical, mental, or moral health; pernicious

Question 13

superfluous, extraneous

Answer 13

unnecessary; extra

Question 14

duplicitous

Answer 14

deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech

Question 15

proligate

Answer 15

wasteful; squandering time and money by living for the moment

Question 16

epiphany

Answer 16

a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something