Words 200-230

Question 1

Amiable

Answer 1

Friendly

Question 2

Lethargy

Answer 2

Laziness, sluggishness, indifference

Question 3

Trepidation

Answer 3

Fear, apprehension

Question 4

Desecrate

Answer 4

To pollute a holy place

Question 5

Sycophant

Answer 5

One who sucks up to others

Question 6

Tenet

Answer 6

A principle held as true

Question 7

Tenacious

Answer 7

Persistent holding to a belief

Question 8

Furtive

Answer 8

Secretive

Question 9

Supercilious

Answer 9

Haughty, patronizing

Question 10

Verbose

Answer 10

Wordy, overly talkative

Question 11

Hackneyed

Answer 11

Banal, overused, trite (a cliché)

Question 12

Amass

Answer 12

To accumulate

Question 13

Vehement

Answer 13

Urgent, passionate

Question 14

Assuage

Answer 14

To soothe, to pacify, to ease of pain of, to relieve

Question 15

Prodigious

Answer 15

Extraordinary, enormous

Question 16

Torpor

Answer 16

Sluggishness, inactivity, apathy

Question 17

Innocuous

Answer 17

Harmless, banal

Question 18

Pedestrian

Answer 18

Common, ordinary, banal (secondary meaning)

Question 19

Subtle

Answer 19

Not obvious, able to make fine distinctions, ingenious

Question 20

Prudent

Answer 20

Careful, having foresight

Question 21

Retract

Answer 21

To take back, withdraw, pull back

Question 22

Facilitate

Answer 22

To make easier

Question 23

Diffident

Answer 23

Timid, lacking in self confidence

Question 24

Nullify

Answer 24

To make unimportant

Question 25

Impetuous

Answer 25

Characterized by sudden energy or emotion

Question 26

Mercurial

Answer 26

quick and changeable mood

Question 27

Prerogative

Answer 27

An exclusive right, advantage

Question 28

Salubrious

Answer 28

Promoting health or welfare

Question 29

Arbiter

Answer 29

One who decides a disputed matter

Question 30

Anomaly

Answer 30

A deviation from a rule or from expectation