CPE - Mirriam-Webster Reloaded

Cacophony is a mixture of (a)   sounds.

• loud and unpleasant
• soft and soothing
• quiet and melodic

Obeisance can be described as showing (a)   for something or someone.

• respect
• disrespect
• indifference

If something is relevant to a certain issue you can say it is ​ (a)   .

• frivilous
• negligible
• germane

To demean someone is to consider that person (a)   .

• less important
• less intelligent
• less beautiful

A structure built against a wall to strengthen it is a ___.

• concoction

• buttress

• moat

• minecraft

To ​ (a)   something is to understand the reason for its existence or occurrence.

• fathom
• misjudge
• decipher

___ is used literally to describe water that is thick or opaque with stirred-up sediment.

• Translucid

• Turbid

• Crystalline

• colourless

• purified

Maladroit means (a)   .

• incompetent
• clumsy
• deft
• tactful
• wicked

(a)   refers to an unusual habit or way of behaving.

• Quirk
• Scam
• common
• straight