Word Test 2

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

Speedy eagerness

Question 2

Mein

Answer 2

A person’s appearance or manner, especially as an indication of their character or mood

Question 3

Reticent

Answer 3

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.

Question 4

Fatuity

Answer 4

Something foolish or stupid.

Question 5

Salvo

Answer 5

Sudden or aggresive act or series of acts.

Question 6

Pulpit

Answer 6

A raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon

Question 7

Gambit

Answer 7

An act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation.

Question 8

Pompous

Answer 8

• Very grand and full of self-importance.

Question 9

Pageantry

Answer 9

Elaborate display or ceremony.

Question 10

Rebuttal

Answer 10

Rebutting evidence or an accusation.

Question 11

Scamp

Answer 11

Mischievous but likable person.

Question 12

Vehement

Answer 12

Showing strong feeling; passionate or intense.

Question 13

Sardonic

Answer 13

Humorous in an unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something; grimly mocking.

Question 14

Fervour

Answer 14

Strong and passionate beliefs.

Question 15

Introspection

Answer 15

Examination of and attention to your own ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Question 16

Vernacular

Answer 16

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

Question 17

Disaffection

Answer 17

A state or feeling of being dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control.

Question 18

Reductive

Answer 18

Tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude.

Question 19

Composition

Answer 19

The nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

Question 20

Trope

Answer 20

• A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression - A recurring theme

Question 21

Besmirch

Answer 21

• Damage someone’s reputation

Question 22

Misnomer

Answer 22

• Wrong or inaccurate name for something or someone

Question 23

Declaim

Answer 23

• To express something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language. - Utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience. - Etymology: late Middle English: from French déclamer or Latin declamare, from de- (expressing thoroughness) + clamare ‘to shout’.

Question 24

Churlish

Answer 24

Rude, unfriendly and unpleasant.

Question 25

Demur

Answer 25

Raise objections or show reluctance.

Question 26

Dishevelled

Answer 26

(of a person’s appearance) very untidy.

Question 27

Frivolous

Answer 27

• Not having any serious purpose or value - (of a person) carefree and superficial

Question 28

Deprecation

Answer 28

The action of saying that you think something is of little value or importance

Question 29

Conceit

Answer 29

The state of being too proud of yourself and your actions

Question 30

Proposition

Answer 30

An idea or opinion.

Question 31

Austere

Answer 31

• (of a person) severe or strict in manner, appearance or attitude. - Having no comforts or luxuries

Question 32

Laconic

Answer 32

• (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words. - Etymology: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘Laconian’): via Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, from Lakōn ‘Laconia, Sparta’, the Spartans being known for their terse speech.

Question 33

Terse

Answer 33

Using few words, sometimes in a way that seems rude or unfriendly

Question 34

Fecund

Answer 34

Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile.

Question 35

Fecund

Answer 35

Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile.

Question 36

Solidarity

Answer 36

• Unity especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. - unity that occurs among people with a shared purpose.

Question 37

Sentimentality

Answer 37

Exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

Question 38

Mawkish

Answer 38

Emotional to the point of being unpleasant.

Question 39

Credence

Answer 39

Acceptance, support, or belief that something is true.

Question 40

Exhort

Answer 40

To strongly encourage or try to persuade someone to do something.

Question 41

Rebuke

Answer 41

Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions

Question 42

Reproach

Answer 42

Express to (someone) one’s disapproval of or disappointment in their actions.

Question 43

Remonstrate

Answer 43

To complain to someone or about something; reproachful protest.

Question 44

Scold

Answer 44

Speak to someone angrily because you disapprove of their behaviour.

Question 45

Reprimand

Answer 45

A formal expression of disapproval.

Question 46

Denounce

Answer 46

Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Question 47

Oblique

Answer 47

• Not expressed or done in a direct way. - Oblique remarks are not direct, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear.

Question 48

Pejorative

Answer 48

Call a word or phrase pejorative if it is used as a disapproving expression or a term of abuse. Tree-hugger is a pejorative term for an environmentalist.

Question 49

Disparaging

Answer 49

To criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value him, her, or it.

Question 50

Adventurism

Answer 50

The willingness to take risks in business or politics; actions or attitudes regarded as reckless or potentially hazardous.

Question 51

Obfuscate

Answer 51

To make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally.

Question 52

Abdicate

Answer 52

• To give up a position as king - To fail to take responsibility for something