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PRECARIOUS: Vulnerable Perilous Dependable – right Ecclesiastic Preplanned The best answer is C Precarious means uncertain, unsafe, while Dependable is the antonym.. PREDILECTION: Disinc

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1 PRECARIOUS:

Vulnerable

Perilous

Dependable – right

Ecclesiastic

Preplanned

The best answer is C

Precarious means uncertain, unsafe, while Dependable is the antonym Vulnerable means not protected

Perilous means dangerous and is more of a synonym

Ecclesiastic means a priest

Preplanned in not an antonym of unsafe

2 PREDILECTION:

Disinclination - right

Predisposition

Plight

Impetuousness

Augmentation

The best answer is A

Predilection means special liking, mental preference, Disinclination is the

antonym

Predisposition is a synonym

Plight means misfortune

Impetuousness means hastiness

Augmentation means growth

3 ABJURE:

Uphold– right

Brook

Steadfast

Recantation

Abrogation

Abjure means deny, while Uphold is the antonym

Brook means to endure, which is second best here

Steadfast means steady

Recantation means denial and could be used as a far synonym

Abrogation means termination and is no antonym

4 METICULUOS:

Painstaking -

Negligent – right

Acarpous

Castigation

Fracas

The best answer is B

Meticulous is precise or Painstaking

Negligent is an antonym

Acarpous means worn out

Castigation means severe punishment

Fracas is a noisy quarrel

5 GUILE:

Fraudulence

Impertinent

Miscreant

Veracity – right

Palatial

The best answer is D

Guile means deceit, Veracity is the antonym

Fraudulence is a synonym

Impertinent is given to insolent rudeness

Miscreant means a villain

Palatial is magnificent

6 VITIATE:

Temperance

Surfeit

Posit

Itinerate

Reinforce - right

The best answer is E

Vitiate means to weaken or to dilute To reinforce is the antonym Temperance means self-control

Surfeit means to satiate

Posit means to suggest

Itinerate means to travel from place to place

7 LAMENTABLE:

Inculcated

Libertine

Felicitous – right

Deplorable

Heinous

The best answer is C

Lamentable means grievous and unfortunate Felicitous means happy or

fortunate and is therefore the antonym

Inculcated means something fixed by repetitions

Libertine means an immoral person

Deplorable means lamentable and is a synonym

Heinous means hated

8 GLUT:

Gormandize

Frugal

Mollify

Undersupply - right

Pious

The best answer is D

To glut is to over supply, to overfeed Undersupply is the antonym

Gormandize is a synonym

Frugal means careful, economical

Mollify means to calm or make quiet

Pious means devoted to his parents

9 QUERULOUS:

Peevish

Complacent

Precarious

Irrevocable

Altercate

The best answer is B

Querulous is someone that complains a lot Complacent means agreeable and

is the antonym

Peevish is a synonym

Precarious means risky, dangerous

Irrevocable means final

Altercate means to dispute angrily

10 DIFFIDENCE:

Audaciousness - right

Cornucopia

Extempore

Hubris

Lustrous

The best answer is A

Diffidence means shyness Audaciousness means boldness and is the antonym Cornucopia means an abundant supply

Extempore means without previous thought or preparation

Hubris means arrogant pride

Lustrous means polished

11 LICENTIOUS:

Scrupulous – right

Lionized

Iconoclast

Fanciful

Dubious

The best answer is A

Licentious means amoral lawless, while its antonym, scrupulous, means moral

and law abiding

Lionized means treated as a famous person

Iconoclast means a person who attacks popular beliefs

Fanciful means imaginary

Dubious is a person feeling doubt

12 EQUIVOCAL:

Equipoise

Foolproof

Morose

Petrous

Explicit - right

The best answer is E

Equivocal means having a double or unclear meaning While Explicit, the

antonym means being clear and unambiguous

Foolproof means unable to fail or err

Morose means unsocial

Petrous means hard, stony

Equipoise means an equal distribution of weight

13 PHILISTINE:

Mercurial

Highbrow - right

Bourgeois

Luminary

Halcyon

The best answer is E

Philistine means a barbarian, a savage Highbrow is the antonym – a cultural

person

Mercurial means quick, fleeting

Bourgeois is a synonym

Luminary is a light-giving object

Halcyon means calm and peaceful, second best here but not precise enough

14 FINICKY:

Niggling

Eschew

Ingress

Minatory

Slovenly - right

The best answer is E

Finicky means over particular, over precise Slovenly is the antonym and

means negligent

Niggling is a synonym

Eschew means to avoid

Ingress is the art of entrance

Minatory means threatening

15 OCCLUDED:

Congested

Nugatory

Unclogged – right

Perfidious

Servile

The best answer is C

Occluded means blocked up Unclogged in the antonym and means open Congested is a synonym

Nugatory means worthless

Perfidious means done as a duty, without care

Servile means lacking independence, slave like

16 VERDANT:

Seminal

Luxuriant

Nexus

Autumnal - right

Insipid

The best answer is D

Verdant means fresh and green Autumnal is the antonym and means dying Seminal is originative

Luxuriant is a synonym

Nexus means a link, a connection

Insipid is tasteless

17 PRECLUD:

Facilitate - right

Miscreant

Inimical

Fledged

Evince

The best answer is A

Preclude means to prevent, stop Facilitate means make easy, enable, and is

the antonym

Miscreant means a villain

Inimical is harmful or toxic

Fledged means able to fly has all of his feathers (a chick)

Evince means to show clearly

18 DIVULGE:

Interdict

Obloquy

Conceal-right

Relapse

Subjugate

The best answer is C

Divulge means disclose, reveal a secret Conceal means to hide that secret and

is the antonym

Interdict means to forbid or prohibit

Obloquy means sharp criticism

Relapse means to fall back again

Subjugate means to concur

19 TEETOTALER:

Sordid

Dipsomaniac- right

Abstainer

Stymie

Multifarious

The best answer is B

Teetotaler means an opposer of alcohol A Dip somatic is an alcoholic and is

the antonym

Abstainer is a synonym

Stymie means to obstruct, to block

Sordid means comfortless

Multifarious means varied

20 INELUCTABLE:

Ineludible

Dubious – right

Unfeigned

Disinter

Ameliorate

The best answer is B

Ineluctable is inevitable Dubious is the antonym

Ineludible is a synonym

Unfeigned is sincere

Disinter means dig up

Ameliorate means to improve

21 ABEYANCE:

Continuance - right

Hiatus

Churl

Epitome

Fringe

The best answer is A

Abeyance means suspended action The antonym is Continuance Hiatus is a synonym

Churl means a bad tempered person

Epitome means a brief summary

Fringe means an edge

22 IMPERIOUS:

Despotic

Grovel

Ennui

Servile - right

Mischievous

The best answer is D

Imperious means arrogant, commanding The antonym is servile Despotic is a synonym

Grovel means to crawl, to humble yourself

Ennui means boredom

Mischievous is harmful

23 MORDANT:

Imbroglio

Lucubrate

Hallow

Epicurean

Charitable - right

The best answer is E

Mordant means sarcastic, biting Charitable is the antonym

Imbroglio means a complicated and embarrassing situationץ

Lucubrate means to write in a scholarly fashion

Hallow means to make holy

Epicurean means devoted to pleasure

24 SOPORIFIC:

Profuse

Animated – right

Intransigent

Elaborated

Somniferous

The best answer is B

Soporific means sleep inducing and heavy The antonym animated, means live

and full of motion

Profuse is abundant

Intransigent means uncompromising

Elaborated is in great detail

Somniferous is a synonym