Question 1

Excessive admiration or praise, often to the point of being overly flattering.

Accepted Answer

Adulation

Answer

Eschew

Answer

Aplomb

Answer

Intractable

Question 2

Confidence and self-assurance, especially in a demanding situation.

Accepted Answer

Aplomb

Answer

Surly

Answer

Incorrigible

Answer

Misnomer

Question 3

Strange or unnatural, often in a way that inspires fear or discomfort.

Accepted Answer

Uncanny

Answer

Idiosyncrasy

Answer

Lurid

Answer

Obstreperous

Question 4

Noisy and difficult to control; often implies being disorderly or boisterous.

Accepted Answer

Obstreperous

Answer

Surly

Answer

Mollify

Answer

Relegate

Question 5

An incorrect or unsuitable name or term for something.

Accepted Answer

Misnomer

Answer

Credulity

Answer

Lurid

Answer

Incongruity

Question 6

To emphasize or make something more prominent.

Accepted Answer

Underscore

Answer

Intractable

Answer

Idiosyncrasy

Answer

Eschew

Question 7

Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn and resistant to change.

Accepted Answer

Intractable

Answer

Lurid

Answer

Self-effacing

Answer

Plaintive

Question 8

A tendency to be easily deceived or fooled; a willingness to believe too readily.

Accepted Answer

Credulity

Answer

Obstreperous

Answer

Mollify

Answer

Surly

Question 9

A characteristic or habit that is peculiar to an individual.

Accepted Answer

Idiosyncrasy

Answer

Misnomer

Answer

Lurid

Answer

Self-effacing

Question 10

Shocking or sensational in a way that is intended to provoke interest or emotion.

Accepted Answer

Lurid

Answer

Plaintive

Answer

Incongruity

Answer

Relegate

Question 11

Free from blemishes; spotlessly clean and pure.

Accepted Answer

Unsullied

Answer

Intractable

Answer

Plaintive

Answer

Surly

Question 12

Modest and attentive, not seeking attention or recognition for oneself.

Accepted Answer

Self-effacing

Answer

Obstreperous

Answer

Misnomer

Answer

Lurid

Question 13

To deliberately avoid using, engaging in, or indulging; to abstain from.

Accepted Answer

Eschew

Answer

Mollify

Answer

Incongruity

Answer

Credulity

Question 14

Not able to be corrected, reformed, or improved; resistant to change.

Accepted Answer

Incorrigible

Answer

Surly

Answer

Mollify

Answer

Intractable

Question 15

A situation where there is a lack of harmony or agreement; a discrepancy.

Accepted Answer

Incongruity

Answer

Self-effacing

Answer

Aplomb

Answer

Relegate

Question 16

To soothe or calm someone who is upset or angry.

Accepted Answer

Mollify

Answer

Adulation

Answer

Idiosyncrasy

Answer

Lurid

Question 17

Expressing sorrow or melancholy; sounding sad or mournful.

Accepted Answer

Plaintive

Answer

Obstreperous

Answer

Surly

Answer

Relegate

Question 18

Having a gloomy or unfriendly disposition; often irritable or bad-tempered.

Accepted Answer

Surly

Answer

Mollify

Answer

Incorrigible

Answer

Aplomb

Question 19

To consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position

Accepted Answer

<P>relegate</P>

Question 20

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

Accepted Answer

<P>cacophony</P>

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