Question | Answer |
abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe |
accolade | praise; an award |
ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury |
bequeath | to hand down, to give or to leave in a will |
charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not; a quack |
conflagration | a large fire |
dearth | a lack, a scarcity |
diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness |
effervescent | showing high spirits |
ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible |
expunge | to remove, to erase |
guile | deceitfulness, duplicity |
implausible | not believable |
incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
insularity | qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion |
morose | being sullen or gloomy |
placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions |
poignant | piercing, incisive, and keen |
provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded |
reiterate | to repeat |
spontaneous | having no external cause, acting on impulse |
synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
toxic | poisonous |
vigilant | very alert, watchful |
voluble | ability to use words easily, fluent and glib |