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1
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Adverse

A

Opposing

2
Q

Akin

A

Similar to

3
Q

Allot

A

To give out

4
Q

Ambiguous

A

Unclear

5
Q

Calamity

A

Disaster

6
Q

Census

A

An official population count

7
Q

Bonanza

A

Huge

8
Q

Barren

A

Not capable of producing vegetation; infertile

9
Q

Constituents

A

Voters

10
Q

Cunning

A

Devious; sly

11
Q

Deplete

A

To use up

12
Q

Disbar

A

To expel a lawyer from law practice

13
Q

Dubious

A

Doubtful

14
Q

Enmesh

A

To catch; to entangle

15
Q

Extroverted

A

Outgoing; friendly

16
Q

Dutiful

A

Obedient

17
Q

Feasible

A

Possible

18
Q

Haggard

A

Looking tired

19
Q

Idiom

A

An expression of language

20
Q

Incarcerate

A

Prison

21
Q

Lax

A

Lazy

22
Q

Paradox

A

An apparent contradiction

23
Q

Nick

A

To cut slightly

24
Q

Novel

A

New; unusual

25
Q

Precursor

A

One who comes before someone else

26
Q

Resent

A

To feel angry towards

27
Q

Prose

A

Ordinary language

28
Q

Taint

A

Trace of something bad

29
Q

Tenacious

A

Firm

30
Q

Weld

A

To join metals or plastics by heating

31
Q

Zeal

A

Enthusiasm