Group 34

Question 1

Abrasive

Answer 1

1. Overly aggresive and causing irritation
2. Rough enough to wear away the outher surface

Question 2

Artful

Answer 2

1. Skillful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose
2. Performed with cleverness; ingenious

Question 3

Avert

Answer 3

Prevent the occurance of

mnemonic: vert as root means to turn

Question 4

Avid

Answer 4

Enthusiastic; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

Question 5

Brevity

Answer 5

1. Conciseness
2. Quality of being brief in duration

Question 6

Bromide

Answer 6

A trite and unoriginal remark

Question 7

Circumstantial

Answer 7

1. Suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively
2. In great detail

Question 8

Cloying

Answer 8

1. Unpleasantly excessive; excessively sweet

mnemonic: cloy like cove, excessive amount of clove in the food makes it unpleasant

Question 9

Counterfeit

Answer 9

False, especially of money; inauthentic

mnemonic: counter-feit, coin-fake: dinero falso

Question 10

Denigrate

Answer 10

Criticize so as to disparage or defame

Question 11

Disciple

Answer 11

1. An active follower of someone, or some philosophy
2. Train, educate

Question 12

Extol

Answer 12

Praise highly; express admiration

mnemonic: my EX girlfriend always praised TALL (tol) guys

Question 13

Forebode

Answer 13

Be prescient of some ill or misfortune; inward conviction of a calamity to happen

mnemonic: fore+bode, fore-bad

Question 14

Ideologue

Answer 14

A person who advocates an ideology

Question 15

Impediment

Answer 15

A hindrance which obstructs progress; a disability affecting the hearing or speech

Question 16

Imperative

Answer 16

1. Extremely important
2. Expressing a command

Question 17

Impulsive

Answer 17

Making rapid decisions carelessly

Question 18

Interminable

Answer 18

Existing without and end; ceaseless

Question 19

Intuitive

Answer 19

1. Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought
2. Easily understood or grasped by intuition

Question 20

Lassitude

Answer 20

Lack of energy, fatigue

less atitude

Question 21

Omit

Answer 21

Leave out or exclude; fail to do

Question 22

Ornate

Answer 22

Elaborately ornamented, often to excess

Question 23

Paltry

Answer 23

Of little monetary worth; trivial

mnemonic: hey PAL don’t TRY this, it doesn’t worth it

Question 24

Pejorative

Answer 24

Disparaging; a negative remark

Question 25

Prefigure

Answer 25

Show or suggest ahead of time; predict or forsee

Question 26

Presage

Answer 26

1. Foretell something 2. A warning

Question 27

Prescribe

Answer 27

1. Recommend; assert authoritatively 2. Order the use of medication for a particular patient

Question 28

Prevail

Answer 28

1. Emerge victorious or dominant 2. Be current, widespread or predominant 3. Succeed in persuading

Question 29

Propitiate

Answer 29

Make peace with; appease or pacify

Question 30

Recapitulate

Answer 30

1. Summarize or repeat in consice form 2. Reproduce or closely resemble