level: Level 1 of Chapter 4
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1 of Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| refractory | resistant to authority |
| infractable | resistant to authority |
| duplit | twofold |
| nym | name |
| pseudo | fake |
| rapere | seize |
| spurious | fake/counterfeit |
| guile | trickery |
| beguile | to deceive with charm |
| strategem | a deceitful scheme |
| subterfuge | a deceitful scheme |
| surreptitious | deceptive/sneaky |
| chicanery | deceit, hypocritical deception |
| improbity | deceit |
| specious | false but plausible |
| sophistic | misleading |
| delusory | deceptive;false |
| rapacious | greedy |
| transient | short-lived |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| evanescent | short-lived |
| sporadic | irregular |
| extemporaneous | done with little or no practice |
| anachronism | something out of place in time |
| incongruity | something out of place in time |
| asynchronism | something out of place in time |
| superfluous | beyond what is necessary |
| contemporaneous | existing or occurring at about the same time |
| unremitting | never ending |
| dia | through/thoroughly |
| pugn | to fight |
| calumny | slander |
| extolment | praise/laudation |
| diatribe | malicious criticism/abuse |
| derision | criticism/abuse |
| harangue | criticism/abuse |
| acrimonious | angry/bitter |
| repudiate | to cast off publicly |
| pejorative | disparaging |
| impugn | attack against something by calling it false |
| anathema | a curse |
| execration | curse |