Question | Answer |
acclamation | a shout of welcome (n)
s:ovation, cheering, plaudits
a: booing, hissing, jeer |
bucolic | characteristic of the countryside (adj)
s: rustic, rural
a: urban, metropolitan |
calumniate | to slander; to accuse falsely (v)
s: defame
a: flatter |
chary | extremely cautious, hesitant (adj)
s: skittish
a: reckless |
collusion | secret cooperation (n)
s:conspiracy, plot |
dilettante | a dabbler in the arts (n)superficial (adj)
s: amateur
a: professional |
imperturbable | not easily excited; emotionally steady (adj)
s: unexcitable, serene
a: excitable |
increment | an enlargement, increase (n)
s: gain
a: loss, reduction |
mandate | an authoritative command, formal order(n)
to issue such an order (v)
s: directive
a: forbid, outlaw |
paltry | trifling, insignificant,mean (adj)
s: meager, trivial
a: gigantic, immense |
paroxysm | a sudden outburst (n)
s:fit, seizure |
pedantry | a pretentious display of knowledge (n)
s: nit-picking |
peregrination | the act of traveling; an excursion (n)
s: journey, wandering |
redolent | fragrant, smelling strongly (adj)
s: reminiscent
a: odorless |
refulgent | shining, radiant (adj)
s: luminous, splendid
a: dim, dark |
shibboleth | a word or expression that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others (n)
s: catchphrase, password |
tyro | a beginner or novice (n)
s: neophyte
a: veteran, expert |
unremitting | not stopping, maintained steadily (adj)
s: constant, unrelenting
a: intermittent |
vacillate | to swing indecisively from one idea to another (v)
s: seesaw, fluctuate
a: persevere |
vituperative | harshly abusive (adj)
s: abusive, insulting
a: complimentary, flattering |