Group 6

Question 1

ADMONISH

Answer 1

1. Scold someone seriously
2. Give someone urgent advice

Question 2

AESTHETIC

Answer 2

1. Pertaining to beauty or the appreciation thereof

Question 3

AFFECTATION

Answer 3

1. a pretense or show meant to impress others

Question 4

ALLEVIATE

Answer 4

1. Lessen the intensity or severity of something negative

Question 5

ANALOGOUS

Answer 5

1. Comparable or similar to

Question 6

BOLSTER

Answer 6

1. Lend support or boost

Question 7

CHAUVINISTIC

Answer 7

1. Excessively patriotic or biased in favor of a group or cause

Question 8

CONNOISSEUR

Answer 8

1. A discerning expert in matters of taste

Question 9

DISSEMBLE

Answer 9

1. Hide or misrepresent one’s true feeling or beliefs

Question 10

DOGGED

Answer 10

1. Demonstrating tenacity and unwilligness to give up

Question 11

DUPE

Answer 11

1. Trick or fool someone

Question 12

EMPRIRICAL

Answer 12

1. Based on observation or experience rather tha conjeture

Question 13

ENGENDER

Answer 13

1. Produce or stimulate the development of something

Question 14

ENTITLED

Answer 14

1. Assuming oneself to be deserving of special rights or privileges

Question 15

PERTINACIOUS

Answer 15

1. Stubbornly holding onto a belief or course of action

Question 16

PRESUMPTUOUS

Answer 16

1. Overstepping boundaries, often in an overconfident way

Question 17

PROBITY

Answer 17

1. The characteristic of having strong ethical standards

Question 18

PROLIFERATE

Answer 18

1. Rapidly increase or multiply in number

Question 19

SPECIOUS

Answer 19

1. Seemingly reasonable but actually wrong

Question 20

SPURIOUS

Answer 20

1. Not genuine; bogus

Question 21

SUBJECTIVE

Answer 21

1. Pertaining to personal feelings rather than objectuve reality

Question 22

SUBVERT

Answer 22

1. Undermine or weaken, typically an authority of some art

Question 23

TIMOROUS

Answer 23

1. Displaying nervousness; lacking confidence

Question 24

TORTUOUS

Answer 24

1. Marked by numerous twists or turns
2. Overly complicated and long

Question 25

TRACTABLE

Answer 25

1. Easily managed or controlled 2. Easy to solve or handle

Question 26

TRANSIENT

Answer 26

1. Not lasting, enduring or permanent; transitory

Question 27

UBIQUITOUS

Answer 27

1. Being everywhere at once

Question 28

UNDERSCORE

Answer 28

1. Emphasize or show the importance of something

Question 29

VENAL

Answer 29

1. Open to corruption or bribery

Question 30

VENERATE

Answer 30

1. Regard with deep respect ar reverence