Word Test 4

Question 1

Inexorable

Answer 1

• impossible to stop or prevent. - (of a person) impossible to persuade; unrelenting.

Question 2

Implacable

Answer 2

• unable to be appeased - used to describe (someone who has) strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change

Question 3

Accede

Answer 3

agree to a demand or request

Question 4

Appease

Answer 4

• pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands. - Appeasement in an international context is a diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.

Question 5

Fatuous

Answer 5

silly and pointless.

Question 6

Antecedent

Answer 6

• someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of something existing or happening later

Question 7

Prudence

Answer 7

the state of being careful in the way you make decisions or spend money so that you avoid unnecessary risks

Question 8

Sagacious

Answer 8

having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments

Question 9

Acute

Answer 9

• (of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree. - having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight; shrewd.

Question 10

Discernment

Answer 10

the ability to judge well.

Question 11

Deduce

Answer 11

to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts

Question 12

Belie

Answer 12

to represent something falsely or to hide something

Question 13

Interspersed

Answer 13

scatter among or between other things; place here and there.

Question 14

Sprawling

Answer 14

spreading out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way.

Question 15

Remit

Answer 15

the area that a person or group of people in authority has responsibility for or control over

Question 16

Jaunty

Answer 16

showing that you are happy and confident

Question 17

Castigate

Answer 17

reprimand (someone) severely.

Question 18

Exacting

Answer 18

making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources.

Question 19

Absolution

Answer 19

formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.

Question 20

Pointed

Answer 20

(of a remark or look) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way.

Question 21

Pique

Answer 21

• a feeling of anger, especially caused by someone damaging your feeling of being proud of yourself - to excite or cause interest

Question 22

Slight

Answer 22

an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.

Question 23

Zoonotic

Answer 23

Zoonotic diseases (also known as zoonoses) are caused by germs that spread between animals and people

Question 24

Proclivity

Answer 24

a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.

Question 25

Corroborate

Answer 25

confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

Question 26

Bereft

Answer 26

• deprived of or lacking (something).

Question 27

Obtuse

Answer 27

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Question 28

Vociferous

Answer 28

expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful.

Question 29

Censure

Answer 29

the formal expression of severe disapproval.

Question 30

Posit

Answer 30

put forward as fact or as a basis for argument.

Question 31

Abate

Answer 31

(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread.

Question 32

Extant

Answer 32

still in existence; surviving.

Question 33

Evocative

Answer 33

bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

Question 34

Provocative

Answer 34

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately. intended or intending to arouse sexual desire or interes

Question 35

Hysterical

Answer 35

affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Question 36

Ambit

Answer 36

the scope, extent, or bounds of something.

Question 37

Err

Answer 37

• to make a mistake or to do something wrong - display more rather than less of (a specified quality) in one’s actions.

Question 38

Seduce

Answer 38

entice (someone) to do or believe something inadvisable or foolhardy attract powerfully.

Question 39

Contention

Answer 39

heated disagreement. an assertion, especially one maintained in argument.

Question 40

Vaunted

Answer 40

praised or boasted about, especially in an excessive way.

Question 41

Countenance

Answer 41

the appearance or expression of someone’s face to approve of or give support to something

Question 42

Bombastic

Answer 42

• Using long and difficult words, usually to make people think you know more than you do

Question 43

Indictment

Answer 43

• A formal charge or accusation of serious crime. - A thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.

Question 44

Cosset

Answer 44

• care for and protect in an overindulgent way.

Question 45

Elicit

Answer 45

• evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone.

Question 46

Solicit

Answer 46

• ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone. - to offer to have sex with in exchange for money.

Question 47

Desire

Answer 47

• a strong feeling that you want something.

Question 48

Glib

Answer 48

• speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty. - Etymology: First recorded in 1585–95; compare obsolete glibbery “slippery”.

Question 49

Acquiescence

Answer 49

• the reluctant acceptance of something without protest.

Question 50

Forbearance

Answer 50

• the quality of being patient and being able to forgive someone or control yourself in a difficult situation.