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Alexander TEST 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstract | ADJ- theoretical; not concrete |
| Acquiescent | ADJ- reluctantly agreeable; compliant |
| Benediction | ADJ- good wishes; a blessing |
| Bolster | VERB- to support; to reinforce |
| Capitulate | VERB- surrender; yield |
| Castigate | VERB- scold; punish |
| Despot | NOUN- tyrant |
| Discerning | ADJ- insightful; perceptive |
| Esoteric | ADJ- known to, or understood by, a limited group of people |
| Extemporaneous | ADJ- done without planning; improvised |
| Fastidious | ADJ- difficult to please |
| Flagrant | ADJ- openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous |
| Garrulous | ADJ- very talkative; loquacious |
| Gullible | ADJ- easily deceived |
| Hackneyed | ADJ- unoriginal; trite |
| Heinous | ADJ- shockingly evil |
| Immutable | ADJ- unable to change |
| Impetuous | ADJ- taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive |
| Jocular | ADJ- joking; playful; jesting; witty |
| Judicious | ADJ- wise; making good decisions |
| Kindle | ADJ- to start a fire; ignite; arouse |
| Lethargic | ADJ- tired; sluggish; drowsy |
| Loquacious | ADJ- talkative |
| Malediction | NOUN- evil speech; curse |
| Malign | VERB- to say evil or harmful thinks about someone; defame; vilify |
| Neophyte | NOUN- beginner |
| Nostalgic | ADJ- wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick |
| Obscure | ADJ- hazy; unfamiliar; difficult to understand |
| Onerous | ADJ- burdensome; oppresive |
| Paltry | ADJ- worthless; insignificant; petty |
| Obsequious | ADJ- behaving like a meek, spineless servant; subservient; sycophantic |
| Mundane | ADJ- ordinary; earthly (not spiritual); practical; temporary |
| Pithy | ADJ- to the point; concise |
| Affable | ADJ- friendly; easygoing |
| Obtuse | ADJ- dull; blunt; unintelligent; lacking sharpness |
| Resign | VERB- give in; acquiesce; relinquish |
| Serpentine | ADJ- coiled; twisted; winding |
| Timorous | ADJ- afraid |
| Vagrant | ADJ- homeless person; wanderer |