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Question 1

acme

Answer 1

climax, apex, summit, zenith

Question 2

monograph

Answer 2

dissertation, thesis, treatise

Question 3

undulate

Answer 3

1) v. billow, ripple, wave

2) a. wavy

Question 4

factitious

Answer 4

artificial, synthetic, unnatural, sham

Question 5

pique

Answer 5

1) n. Anger, annoyance, vexation
2) v. affront, insult, offend
3) v. arouse, excite, stir

Question 6

prospect

Answer 6

1) n. expectation, likelihood

2) n. landscape, perspective, sight, view

Question 7

illustrious

Answer 7

1) famed, famous

2) glorious, remarkable

Question 8

mercenary

Answer 8

1) a. hireling, venal

2) n. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army

Question 9

torpor

Answer 9

inactivity, inertia, lethargy

Question 10

abate

Answer 10

1) dwindle, lesson, slacken, subside, wane

2) decrease, diminish

Question 11

gaffe

Answer 11

blunder, mistake, solecism

Question 12

foible

Answer 12

fault, defect

Question 13

commandeer

Answer 13

confiscate, expropriate, conscript