| Question | Answer |
| voluble | vol-yoo-bul
talkative |
| vindicate | vin-di-kait
to clear from blame or suspicion |
| copious | koh-pee-uss
abundant, plentiful |
| undermine | un-der-mine
to weaken |
| abstract | ab-strakt
theoretical; difficult to understand |
| conventional | kun-ven-shun-ul
traditional, ordinary |
| cursory | kurss-uh-ree
hasty, disregarding details |
| discord | diss-kord
lack of agreement or harmony |
| vulnerable | vul-nur-uh-bul
easy to injure or harm |
| reticent | ret-uh-sunt
quiet, untalkative |
| intractable | in-trakt-uh-bull
stubborn, difficult to manage |
| impartial | im-par-shul
fair, not favoring either side |
| refute | ri-fyoot
to disprove, offer arguments against |
| ponderous | pon-duh-russ
very dull, boring |
| deplore | di-ploar
to strongly disapprove of |
| frugal | fruu-gul
not spending freely |
| spontaneous | spon-tay-nee-uss
impulsive, not planned |
| innate | in-ait
inborn, present at birth |
| inevitable | in-ev-it-uh-bul
unavoidable, certain to happen |
| inept | in-ept
lacking skill, clumsy |
| contrite | kun-trite
regretful, feeling guilt |
| contemporary | kun-tem-puh-rer-ee
modern |
| enigmatic | en-ig-mat-ic
mysterious, puzzling |
| distend | diss-tend
to expand, extend |
| contentious | kun-ten-shuss
quarrelsome, fond of arguing |
| verbose | vur-boass
wordy |
| predilection | pred-i-lek-shun
preference, liking |
| hypocrite | hip-uh-krit
a person who claims to be what he is not |
| brusque | bruhsk
rudely brief |
| willful | will-ful
stubborn |
| deplete | di-pleet
to use up |
| plagiarism | play-juh-riz-um
the theft of someone else's ideas |
| confound | kon-found
to confuse |
| discursive | diss-kur-siv
rambling, unfocused |
| preclude | pri-klood
to make impossible, prevent |
| torpor | tor-pur
inactivity |
| tyranny | tir-uh-nee
absolute power that is often cruel |
| bungler | bung-glur
a clumsy person |
| hackneyed | hack-need
overused, stale |
| accolade | ak-uh-lade
praise; a statement of approval |
| dissonance | diss-uh-nenss
disagreement; lack of harmony |
| invective | in-vek-tiv
an insulting or abusive expression |
| uniform | yoo-ni-form
identical, similar |
| placate | play-kait
to calm the anger of |
| irascible | ir-ass-uh-bul
short tempered, irritable |
| banal | bay-null
unoriginal, stale |
| bolster | bol-stur
to support, prop up |
| circumspection | sur-kum-spek-shun
caution |
| consequence | kon-si-kwenss
result, outcome |
| instigate | in-sti-gait
to provoke to action |
| civil | si-vul
polite, courteous |
| tangible | tan-juh-bul
real, capable of being touched |
| kindle | kin-dul
to excite, stir up |
| loathe | loath
to hate, scorn |
| penchant | pen-chent
liking |
| emaciated | i-may-shee-ay-tid
starved, extremely thin |
| score | skor
the written form of a piece of music |
| stagnate | stag-nait
to lie motionless |
| opaque | oh-paik
impenetrable by light |
| morose | muh-roass
sad, sorrowful |
| exasperate | ig-zas-pa-rait
to anger or irritate |
| fitful | fit-ful
irregular, inconsistent |
| unprecedented | un-press-uh-den-tid
never before known or experienced |
| mundane | muhn-dain
ordinary, commonplace |
| refined | ri-find
polite, well-bred |
| assiduous | uh-sij-oo-ess
working devotedly and carefully |
| amass | uh-mass
to pile up, collect |
