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abase

Answer 1

lower; humiliate

Question 2

allot

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to give as share of something; allocate; apportion

Question 3

arcane

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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated

Question 4

contemporary

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person belonging to the same period

Question 5

dearth

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scarcity

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entice

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lure; attract; tempt

Question 7

execrable

Answer 7

very bad

Question 8

foster

Answer 8

rear; encourage

Question 9

indiscretion

Answer 9

lack of tactfulness or sound judgment

Question 10

insomnia

Answer 10

wakefulness; inability to sleep

Question 11

jollity

Answer 11

gaiety; cheerfulness

Question 12

litigation

Answer 12

lawsuit

Question 13

mortify

Answer 13

humiliate; punish the flesh

Question 14

oscillate

Answer 14

vibrate pendulum like; waver

Question 15

pecuniary

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pertaining to money

Question 16

precept

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practical rule guiding conduct

Question 17

quandary

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dilemma

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repudiate

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disown; disavow

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ferment

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agitation; commotion

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founder

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fall completely; sink

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grandiloquent

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attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures

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hone

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sharpen

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instigate

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urge; start; provoke

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loath

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reluctant; disinclinedossify

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ossify

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change or harden into bone

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preceptor

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teacher, principal of a school, instructor

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promiscuous

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mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular, particularly sexually

Question 28

quasi

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to a degree but not completely; resembling but not being

Question 29

recondite

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profound, hard to understand; over one's head

Question 30

repugnant

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loathsome; hateful

Question 31

sacrilegious

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desecrating; profane

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squalor

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filth; degradation; dirty, neglected state

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transgression

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violation of a law; sin

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vilify

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slander

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zeitgeist

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the spirit of the age; trend of a particular period

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archetype

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prototype; primitive pattern

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breach

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breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap

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concave

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hollow

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continence

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self-restraint

Question 40

edict

Answer 40

official command