25. LIMPID: Quail Minatory Opaque –right Moribund Fractious The best answer is C. Limpid means clear, pure. Opaque is the antonym. Quail means shrink with fear. Minatory means threatening. Moribund is near death. Fractious is irritable. 26. GARRULOUS: Extricable Drone Indomitable Loquacious Reticent - right The best answer is E. Garrulous is too talkative. Reticent is the antonym. Extricable is someone able to be freed. A Drone is a male bee or a person not self employed Indomitable is a person not easily subdued. Loquacious is a synonym. 27. INDENTATION: Animosity Perspicacity Rectitude Protuberance - right Unscathed The best answer is D. Indentation means a cut or a cavity. The antonym is Protuberance that means a bump. Animosity means hate or a strong dislike. Perspicacity means quick judging and understanding. Rectitude means righteousness. Unscathed means unhurt. 28. TORMENT: Assuage –right Tommyrot Volubility Writ Shrewd The best answer is A. Torment means severe pain or suffering. The antonym is Assuage. Tommyrot means nonsense. Volubility means fluency with language. Writ means written order. Shrewd is astute. 29. SPURN: Pyre Maul Embrace - right Goad Repudiate The best answer is C. To spurn means to reject. The antonym is to embrace. Pyre is a large pile of wood for burning. Maul means hurt by rough handling. A Goad is something urging a person to action Repudiate is a synonym. 30. EDDY: Flamboyant Epigram Divestiture Flow- right Maelstrom The best answer is D. Eddy means a circular movement. The antonym Flow means a straight movement. Flamboyant means brightly colored. Epigram is a witty saying. Divestiture means giving up, getting rid of something. Maelstrom is a synonym. 31. FLOUT: Dote Esteem – right Lavish Chaff Odium The best answer is B. Flout means to scorn. Esteem is the antonym. Dote means to show much fondness. To Lavish is to give freely or generously. Chaff is a synonym. Odium is contempt. 32. PENURY: Quirk Machination Percipient Cabal Opulence - right The best answer is E. Penury means extreme poverty. Opulence is the antonym. Quirk means a peculiar habit of someone. A Machination is a plan. Percipient is capable of perception. Cabal means a scheme or plot. 33. AUDACIOUS: Stalwart Brittle Cordial Timid - right Gregarious The best answer is D. Audacious means bold, daring. The antonym is Timid. Stalwart is a synonym. Brittle is easily broken. Cordial means warm and sincere. Gregarious means a person that likes society. 34. INTRANSIGENCE: Acquiescence – right Hoax Finesse Forbearance Placate The best answer is A. Intransigence means stubbornness. Acquiescence is the antonym. A Hoax is a trick. Finesse is delicateness. Forbearance means patience. To Placate means to sooth, to calm 35. PERTINACITY: Nostrum Meticulousness Tractability - right Interdict Heed The best answer is C. Pertinacity means persistence. Tractability is the antonym. A Nostrum is a remedy. Meticulousness is giving great attention to details. Interdict is to forbid. Heed means attention. 36. VAIN: Wrangle Beneficent – right Supine Piquant Levee The best answer is B. Vain is without use. Beneficent is the antonym. Wrangle means to dispute angrily. Supine means passive. Piquant is stimulating. Levee is a formal reception 37. INCORRIGIBLE: Amenable – right Garrulity Extralegal Delinquent Contumacious Incorrigible means uncontrollable. Amenable is the antonym. Garrulity means talkativeness. Extralegal is outside the law. Delinquent is a synonym. Contumacious means rebellious. 38. CHOLERIC: Hoodwink Serene –right Impute Pungent Misanthrope The best answer is B. Choleric means irritable, bad-tempered. Serene is the antonym. To hoodwink is to trick. To impute is to ascribe. Pungent means clever, witty, sharp. Misanthrope is a person who hates mankind. 39. OBTUSE: Flounder Infuse Acute -right Dense Onerous The best answer is C. An Obtuse person is a stupid or a blunt person. The antonym is Acute. To Flounder is to move clumsily. To Infuse is to fill. Dense is a synonym. Onerous is a burdening thing. 40. PALPABLE: Tactile Maudlin Lachrymose Indiscernible Saturnine The best answer is D. Palpable means clear, obvious. The antonym is Indiscernible. Tactile is a synonym. Maudlin is sentimental in a silly or tearful way. Lachrymose is tearful. Saturnine is gloomy. 41. SPLICE: Torpid Sever – right Protract Dovetail Limn The best answer is B. To Splice is to knit together. To Sever is to do the opposite and therefore it is the antonym. To Dovetail is a synonym. Torpid is dormant. To Protract is to prolong. To Limn is to portray, to paint. 42. HAUGHTY: Disdainful Epicurean Poignant Ragamuffin Subservient – right The best answer is E. Haughty means arrogant overly proud. Subservient is the antonym. Disdainful is a synonym. Epicurean means devoted to pleasure. Poignant means deeply moving. Ragamuffin is an often-disreputable person. 43. PROFLIGATE: Reproach Slake Chaste – right Obfuscate Gush The best answer is C. Profligate means wicked. The antonym is Chaste that means modest and unaffected. To Reproach is to blame. To Slake is to satisfy a desire. To Obfuscate is to confuse. To Gush means to burst out suddenly. 44. FERVENT: Phlegmatic - right Grandiloquent Ineffable Mince Pellucid The best answer is A. Fervent means earnest passionate. The antonym is Phlegmatic – cold hearted. Grandiloquent is someone using pompous words. Ineffable is too great to be described in words. To Mince is to pronounce or speak affectedly. Pellucid means transparent, easy to understand 45. PRETERNATURAL Occult Mundane – right Maverick Inimical Frantic The best answer is B. Preternatural means supernatural. The antonym is Mundane – worldly. Occult is a synonym. A Maverick is a nonconformist. Inimical is harmful. Frantic is wildly excited with joy. 46. FOIBLE: Forte –right Fulmination Edacious Covetous Vigorous The best answer is A. Foible means fault. Forte is the antonym. Fulmination means bitter protest. Edacious means devouring. Covetous means eagerly desiring. Vigorous means strong, energetic. 47. TRIFLING: Appreciable – right Nugatory Veer Salutary Sedulous The best answer is A. Trifling means unimportant. Appreciable is the antonym. Nugatory is a synonym. To Veer is to change direction. Salutary means causing improvement. Sedulous is persistent. 48. SECULAR: Reactionary Polemic Mellifluous Invidious Ecclesiastical - right The best answer is E. Secular means nonreligious. The antonym is Ecclesiastical. Reactionary means opposing progress. Polemic means disputant. Mellifluous is sweet and tasty. Invidious is of an unpleasant or objectionable nature. 49. INDIGENIOUS: Fusty Egregious Extraneous- right Prevalent Illicit The best answer is C. Indigenous means native, aboriginal. The antonym is Extraneous. Fusty means rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary. Egregious means openly and obviously wicked. Prevalent is common. Illicit means forbidden. 50. INCHOATE: Gist Incipient Lope Completed - right Mulish The best answer is D. Inchoate means not yet fully formed. Completed is the antonym. Gist means the main idea, point. Incipient is a synonym. To Lope is to move along with long strides Mulish means unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate. 51. HUBBUB: Gaucherie Lumber Equanimity - right Epistle Dolt The best answer is C. Hubbub is noise, confusion. Equanimity is the antonym. Gaucherie is a socially awkward, tactless behavior. To Lumber means to move in a clumsy, noisy way. An Epistle is a letter. A Dolt is a stupid person. 52. ARRANT: Cozen Inconsistent - right Plunge Palatial Misogynist The best answer is B. Arrant is thorough. The antonym is Inconsistent. To Cozen is to cheat. To Plunge is to move quickly, suddenly and with force. Palatial is magnificent. A Misogynist is a person who hates females. 53. GARNISH: Involute Florid Hone Divest – right Verve The best answer is D. To Garnish is to decorate. To Divest is to strip, make bare and is the antonym. Involute means complex. Florid means reddish. A Hone is a stone used for sharpening tools. Verve means spirit, vigor. 54. STYGIAN: Cheerful - right Turpitude Prudish Nonplused Ineffable The best answer is A. Stygian means dark, gloomy. Cheerful is the antonym. Turpitude means wickedness. Prudish means easily shocked. Nonplused means greatly surprised. Ineffable is too great to be described in words. . hate or a strong dislike. Perspicacity means quick judging and understanding. Rectitude means righteousness. Unscathed means unhurt. 28 . TORMENT: Assuage –right Tommyrot Volubility Writ. is to do the opposite and therefore it is the antonym. To Dovetail is a synonym. Torpid is dormant. To Protract is to prolong. To Limn is to portray, to paint. 42. HAUGHTY: Disdainful. Phlegmatic - right Grandiloquent Ineffable Mince Pellucid The best answer is A. Fervent means earnest passionate. The antonym is Phlegmatic – cold hearted. Grandiloquent is someone