Word Test 3

Question 1

Charlatan

Answer 1

A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill.

Question 2

Semblance

Answer 2

The outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Question 3

Prosaic

Answer 3

Having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality.

Question 4

Arbiter

Answer 4

A person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in a matter.

Question 5

Desolation

Answer 5

• A state of complete emptiness or destruction. - Great unhappiness or loneliness.

Question 6

Commendation

Answer 6

Formal or official praise.

Question 7

Assimilate

Answer 7

• To understand and remember new information and make it part of your basic knowledge so that you can use it as your own. - To become part of a group, country, society.

Question 8

Maladaptive

Answer 8

Not having the ability to change to suit different conditions

Question 9

Logic

Answer 9

• A particular way of thinking, especially one that is reasonable and based on good judgment. - A formal scientific method of examining or thinking about ideas.

Question 10

Fallacy

Answer 10

• A false belief, especially one based on unsound arguments. - (logic) a failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid. - an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false.

Question 11

Exposition

Answer 11

A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

Question 12

Demotic

Answer 12

Denoting or relating to the kind of language used by ordinary people; colloquial.

Question 13

Pyrrhic

Answer 13

(of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.

Question 14

Debase

Answer 14

To reduce the quality or value of something; degrade.

Question 15

Adulterate

Answer 15

To make something weaker or of worse quality by adding something else to it.

Question 16

Mastery

Answer 16

Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity.

Question 17

Bastardise

Answer 17

Change (something) in such a way as to lower its quality or value, typically by adding new elements.

Question 18

Fanciful

Answer 18

Not likely to succeed or happen in the real world; over-imaginative.

Question 19

Eristic

Answer 19

Used to describe an argument that aims to disagree with another one, rather than explain or discover the truth.

Question 20

Quiescence

Answer 20

Inactivity or dormancy

Question 21

Corral

Answer 21

• To move horses or cattle into a corral. - To bring a group of people together and keep them in one place, especially in order to control them.

Question 22

Innocuous

Answer 22

Not harmful or offensive.

Question 23

Anodyne

Answer 23

Intended to avoid causing offence or disagreement, especially by not expressing strong feelings or opinions.

Question 24

Insipid

Answer 24

• Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless. - Lacking vigour or interest.

Question 25

Unctuous

Answer 25

Unctuous people or behaviour expresses too much praise, interest, friendliness, etc., in a way that is false and unpleasant.

Question 26

Pluck

Answer 26

• Courage and a strong wish to succeed; determined courage. - (plucky) brave and determined.

Question 27

Fulcrum

Answer 27

The main thing or person needed to support something or to make it work or happen.

Question 28

Moxie

Answer 28

Confidence and determination.

Question 29

Wanton

Answer 29

Causing harm or acting without showing care for others, often intentionally

Question 30

Flatter

Answer 30

Lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one’s own interests.

Question 31

Sumptuous

Answer 31

Splendid and expensive-looking

Question 32

Plutomania

Answer 32

Excessive or abnormal desire for wealth.

Question 33

Reprobate

Answer 33

An unprincipled person.

Question 34

Phantasm

Answer 34

Something that is seen or imagined but is not real.

Question 35

Edify

Answer 35

Improve (someone) morally or intellectually.

Question 36

Effeminate

Answer 36

(of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.

Question 37

Haughty

Answer 37

Unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people.

Question 38

Redeem

Answer 38

Compensate for the faults or bad aspects of.

Question 39

Waxing and waning

Answer 39

To alternatingly increase (wax) and decrease (wane).

Question 40

Perishingly

Answer 40

In a manner or to a degree causing extreme discomfort or hardship; bitterly.

Question 41

Retrenchment

Answer 41

The reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.

Question 42

Metastasis

Answer 42

The spread of a disease, especially cancer, from the place where it started in the body to other areas

Question 43

Pervasive

Answer 43

(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

Question 44

Nimbyism

Answer 44

The behaviour of someone who does not want something to be built or done near where they live, although it does need to be built or done somewhere

Question 45

Blight

Answer 45

a thing that spoils or damages something.

Question 46

Fastidious

Answer 46

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Question 47

Punctilious

Answer 47

very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details

Question 48

Finickity

Answer 48

Very particular

Question 49

Fussy

Answer 49

not easily satisfied, or having very high standards about particular things

Question 50

Intuitive

Answer 50

using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive

Question 51

Placable

Answer 51

easily calmed; gentle and forgiving