List 7

Question 1

affinity

Answer 1

(n) a natural liking for something / resemblance

Question 2

altruistic

Answer 2

(adj) self-less

Question 3

baroque

Answer 3

(adj) highly ornate and extravagant in style

Question 4

byzantine

Answer 4

(adj) excessively complicated / characterize by deviousness

Question 5

compromise

Answer 5

(v) agree / hard by accepting standards that are lower than desirable

Question 6

conciliatory

Answer 6

(adj) intended or likely to placate or pacify

Question 7

countenance

Answer 7

(n) facial expression / support or approval

Question 8

covert

Answer 8

(v) not openly acknowledged or displayed / secretive / clandestine

Question 9

credible

Answer 9

(adj) able to believe / trustworthy

Question 10

diffuse

Answer 10

(v) spread out / verbose / lacking clarity or conciseness

Question 11

documentary

Answer 11

(adj) based on official documents, comprehensive

Question 12

exhaustive

Answer 12

(adj) including all elements, comprehensive

Question 13

exhilarating

Answer 13

(adj) making one feel very happy / thrilling

Question 14

extraneous

Answer 14

(adj) irrelevant to the situation

Question 15

fervor

Answer 15

(n) intense and passionate feeling

Question 16

futile

Answer 16

(adj) fruitless, pointless

Question 17

illusory

Answer 17

(adj) based on illusions

Question 18

invidious

Answer 18

(adj) unpleasant / illusion

Question 19

lethargic

Answer 19

(adj) sluggish, lazy

Question 20

metaphorical

Answer 20

(adj) figurative

Question 21

mimic

Answer 21

(v) imitate

Question 22

numinuous

Answer 22

(adj) having strong religious or spiritual quality

Question 23

obsure

Answer 23

(adj) not discovered or not known about / abstruse

Question 24

overt

Answer 24

(v) done or show openly

Question 25

pellucid

Answer 25

(adj) clear and easy to understand

Question 26

perpetuate

Answer 26

(v) make (something) continue indefinitely

Question 27

rational

Answer 27

(adj) based on or accordance with logic and reasoning

Question 28

scathing

Answer 28

(adj) scornful / harm

Question 29

subtle

Answer 29

(adj) delicately complex / making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something

Question 30

superficial

Answer 30

(adj) appear to be true but actually not / cursory / not throughout

Question 31

acquiesce

Answer 31

(v) accept something reluctantly without protest

Question 32

adroit

Answer 32

(adj) clever or skillful

Question 33

amend

Answer 33

(v) improve by minor change

Question 34

animus

Answer 34

(n) hostility or ill feeling / motivation to do something

Question 35

apologist

Answer 35

(n) someone who offers an argument in defense of something controversial / defender

Question 36

astringent

Answer 36

(adj) sharp or severe in style or manner

Question 37

collaborate

Answer 37

(v) work together in a project

Question 38

competent

Answer 38

(adj) efficient and capable

Question 39

correlate

Answer 39

(v) correspond, connect

Question 40

deride

Answer 40

(v) ridicule

Question 41

dictate

Answer 41

(v) an order or principle that must be obeyed

Question 42

discreet

Answer 42

(adj) careful in order to keep confidential

Question 43

divorced

Answer 43

(adj) separated from something typically with an undesirable effect

Question 44

elitist

Answer 44

(adj) demonstrating a superior attitude associated with an elite

Question 45

exacting

Answer 45

(adj) demanding (v) inflict (revenge) on someone

Question 46

flummoxed

Answer 46

(adj) bewildered or perplexed

Question 47

fruitful

Answer 47

(adj) fertile, productive

Question 48

inborn

Answer 48

(adj) natural to a person or animal

Question 49

polymath

Answer 49

(n) a person of wide knowledge or understanding

Question 50

reticent

Answer 50

(adj) not revealing one's nature / laconic

Question 51

stringent

Answer 51

(adj) strict, precise and exacting

Question 52

subservient

Answer 52

(adj) prepared to obey others unquestioningly

Question 53

surreptitious

Answer 53

(adj) keep secret, especially because it is not approved of

Question 54

tantalizing

Answer 54

(adj) torment or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable

Question 55

tantamount

Answer 55

(adj) equivalent in seriousness to / virtually the same as

Question 56

torpor

Answer 56

(n) state of physical or mental inactivity / lethargic

Question 57

trenchant

Answer 57

(adj) vigorous or incisive in expression or style

Question 58

umbrage

Answer 58

(n) offense or annoyance

Question 59

versatile

Answer 59

(adj) adaptable to many functions or activities

Question 60

wayward

Answer 60

(adj) difficult to control or predict because of willful or perverse behavior