Level VI

Question 1

Legerdemain

Answer 1

Sleight of hand, a cleverly executed trick or deception

Question 2

Puerile

Answer 2

Childish, immature; foolish, silly

Question 3

Complicity

Answer 3

Conspiracy, partnership in wrong doing, criminal participation, direct association in guilt, the state of being an accomplice

Question 4

Transmute

Answer 4

To transform; specifically to change from one nature, form, or substance into another, especially to a higher, better, or more refined one

Question 5

Abstruse

Answer 5

Difficult to understand, hard to grasp mentally, deep, profound, incomprehensible

Question 6

Edify

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To instruct, improve, teach, enlighten; especially intellectually, morally, or spiritually

Question 7

Supercilious

Answer 7

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant, haughty, conceited, disdainful

Question 8

Dissemble

Answer 8

conceal one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs; to disguise

Question 9

Vacuous

Answer 9

having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless, empty, vacant, devoid of substance, interest, intelligence, expression, or meaning

Question 10

Capacious

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Roomy, spacious, ample, able to contain or hold a great deal

Question 11

Mnemonic

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Helping or pertaining to the memory; assisting or improving the ability to recall

Question 12

Sonorous

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Resonant, deep, full and rich in sound; having or capable of producing a powerful and impressive sound

Question 13

Admonish

Answer 13

To warn or notified of a fault or error; especially in conduct or attitude. To criticize or reprove gently but earnestly

Question 14

Paradigm

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An example, model, or pattern

Question 15

Circuitous

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Roundabout, indirect, not straight forward

Question 16

Vindicate

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clear (someone) of blame or suspicion

Question 17

Bucolic

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rural, rustic relating to or pertaining to countryside and country life

Question 18

Ostracize

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To banish, send into exile, expel from a place, reject from a group or society

Question 19

Plethora

Answer 19

An excess, surplus, over abundance, oversupply

Question 20

Proclivity

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An inclination, liking, tendency; often towards something disagreeable, objectionable, or wicked

Question 21

Commensurate

Answer 21

Proportionate, corresponding in amount, measure, or degree; equal

Question 22

Incessant

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Constant, uninterrupted, continuous, unceasing

Question 23

Sycophant

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A flatterer, fawner, minion, puppet, doormat; a person who acts obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree toward someone important in order to gain advantage

Adjective for this behavior: obsequious

Question 24

Tangential

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Digressive, divergent, not closely related, slightly connected

Question 25

Tenable

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capable of being held, maintained, or defended

Question 26

Impalpable

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incapable of being felt by touch or understood

Question 27

Odious

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Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

Question 28

Ubiquitous

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Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time

Question 29

Ruminate

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To turn over in the mind, think about again and again, consider carefully and at length

Question 30

Remuneration

Answer 30

Payment, compensation, or reward

Question 31

Peccadillo

Answer 31

A small sin, slight offense, minor fault or flaw

Question 32

Supine

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Lying down on the back, the face turned upward

Question 33

Banal

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Common, ordinary, unoriginal; flat dull and predictable

Question 34

Heterodox

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Having or expressing an opinion different than the excepted opinion; not in agreement with established doctrine or belief

Question 35

Grandiloquent

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pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress

Question 36

Lugubrious

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Mournful and gloomy, expressing sadness or sorrow, often in an exaggerated, affected, or in a resiculous way

Question 37

Infinitesimal

Answer 37

Too small to be measured or calculated

Question 38

Goad

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To prod or urge to action, stimulate, arouse, stir up

Question 39

Malinger

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To pretend to be sick or incapacitated so as to avoid work or duty

Question 40

Aver

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To state positively, declare with confidence; assert, affirm, contend

Question 41

Cacophony

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A harsh jarring sound; especially a harsh and unpleasant blend of sounds

Question 42

Refractory

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Stubborn and disobedient, actively resisting authority or control

Question 43

Iconoclast

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A person who attacks cherished or popular beliefs, traditions, or institutions

Question 44

Enervate

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To weaken, drain of energy, deprive of force or vigor

Question 45

Levity

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Lightness or gaiety of manner or expression; a lightness or lack or seriousness that is inappropriate or unbecoming

Question 46

Equanimity

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Composure, calmness, evenness of mind and temper

Question 47

Stricture

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A criticism, critical comment, especially an unfavorable or hostile observation or remark

Question 48

Opulent

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ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish

Question 49

Disparage

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To belittle, depreciate, discredit, lower in estimation or value, speak up or treat as inferior

Question 50

Discursive

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digressing from subject to subject; covering a wide range of topics