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Question 1

not friendly or forthcoming, cool and distant

Answer 1

ALOOF
ex: They were courteous but faintly aloof.

Question 2

the thing you’re biasing

Answer 2

BIAS
“I have a bias TOWARDS…”

Question 3

to have something as a necessary part

Answer 3

INVOLVE
ex: Doing well at ACS involves studying.

Question 4

not quite right; inappropriate

Answer 4

AMISS
ex: There was something amiss about this calculations.

Question 5

no personal opinion; based on facts

Answer 5

OBJECTIVE
ex: Judges should always be objective.

Question 6

the repeated occurrence of two things in turn

Answer 6

ALTERNATION
ex: So, with all this sleep, my memories, reading my crime story, and the alternation of light and darkness, time passed.

Question 7

the act of not including something that should have been included

Answer 7

OMISSION
ex: Forgetting to write your name on the test is an omission.

Question 8

coming together; meet at a certain point or place

Answer 8

CONVERGE
ex: Experts from all around the world will CONVERGE at the conference.

Question 9

based on feelings and not on facts

Answer 9

SUBJECTIVE
ex: One of the participants in the competition was his friend, so the referee was subjective

Question 10

seize and hold firmly

Answer 10

GRASP
ex: John grasped her hand as he was afraid of the dark.

Question 11

strongly towards or against something

Answer 11

BIASED
ex: The newspaper gave a very biased report on the meeting

Question 12

to remove something

Answer 12

EXCLUDE
ex: 8/9 were excluded from the Spirit competition awards.

Question 13

encourage someone to do something

Answer 13

CAJOLE
ex: He tried to cajole the informant to give up the location but he remained silent.

Question 14

without smiling or looking happy; seriously

Answer 14

SOLEMNLY
ex: After the funeral the mourners traipsed from the church solemnly.

Question 15

Repetition of the same consonant

Answer 15

Alliteration

Question 16

a very unpleasant, painful, or difficult experience

Answer 16

ORDEAL
ex: The love of my friends and my family helped me through he ordeal.

Question 17

in a way that shows unease; not comfortable

Answer 17

AWKWARD
ex: Standing in front of the class is awkward

Question 18

the violation on infringement of a law or agreement

Answer 18

INFRACTION
ex: Killing the woman was an infraction.

Question 19

An obvious exaggeration or overstatement for effect

Answer 19

Hyperbole

Question 20

spells a different word or phrase when read backwards

Answer 20

Semordnilap

Question 21

the dividing line between two very different things

Answer 21

CUSP
ex: When you’re a teenager you’re on the CUSP of adulthood.

Question 22

A word or phrase that reads the same forward and backwards

Answer 22

Palindrome

Question 23

to forget something; to exclude accidentally

Answer 23

OMIT
ex: She omitted to write her name on the right left corner on the assignment.

Question 24

walk or move wearily, tiredly, or reluctantly, without willingness

Answer 24

TRAIPSE
ex: Students had to TRAIPSE all over London to attend lectures.

Question 25

sadness

Answer 25

MELANCHOLY
ex: After the break-up his anger turned into melancholy.