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Question 1

larceny

Answer 1

theft

Question 2

malady

Answer 2

illness

Question 3

misanthrope

Answer 3

one who hates mankind

Question 4

nebulous

Answer 4

vague; hazy; cloudy

Question 5

omnibus

Answer 5

volumes of a single author; a bus

Question 6

pandemonium

Answer 6

wild tumult

Question 7

perpetual

Answer 7

everlasting

Question 8

plight

Answer 8

condition, state; predicament

Question 9

prevail

Answer 9

induce; triumph over

Question 10

provincial

Answer 10

parochial; limited to one’s small outlook of the world, narrow

Question 11

rankle

Answer 11

irritate; fester

Question 12

remand

Answer 12

to remit, send back or consign again

Question 13

retroactive

Answer 13

taking effect before its enactment or imposition

Question 14

scotch

Answer 14

suppress, thwart, to put an end to

Question 15

sojourn

Answer 15

temporary stay

Question 16

stratify

Answer 16

divide into classes; be arranged into strata

Question 17

swarthy

Answer 17

dark; dusty

Question 18

timidity

Answer 18

lack of self-confidence or courage

Question 19

ulterior

Answer 19

beyond what is seem or avowed; intentionally kept concealed

Question 20

valiant

Answer 20

bold; courageous; stouthearted; heroic

Question 21

wake

Answer 21

trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that was hone before

Question 22

acuity

Answer 22

sharpness

Question 23

animosity

Answer 23

active enmity

Question 24

atheistic

Answer 24

denying the existence of God

Question 25

bestow

Answer 25

give

Question 26

canny

Answer 26

shrewd; thrifty

Question 27

clemency

Answer 27

disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather

Question 28

conifer

Answer 28

pine tree; cone-bearing tree

Question 29

coup de grace

Answer 29

a decisive finishing blow, act, or event

Question 30

deleterious

Answer 30

harmful

Question 31

dilate

Answer 31

expand

Question 32

diverge

Answer 32

vary; go in different directions from the same point

Question 33

emendation

Answer 33

correction of errors; improvement

Question 34

estranged

Answer 34

separated; alienated

Question 35

extrovert

Answer 35

person interested mostly in external objects and actions

Question 36

flinch

Answer 36

hesitate, shrink

Question 37

garbled

Answer 37

mixed up; jumbled; distorted

Question 38

harangue

Answer 38

noisy speech

Question 39

impecunious

Answer 39

without money

Question 40

incessant

Answer 40

uninterrupted; unceasing

Question 41

influx

Answer 41

flowing into

Question 42

invasive

Answer 42

tending to spread aggressively; intrusive

Question 43

largess

Answer 43

generous gift

Question 44

malaise

Answer 44

uneasiness; vague feeling of hill health

Question 45

misapprehension

Answer 45

error; misunderstanding

Question 46

necromancy

Answer 46

black magic; dealing with the dead

Question 47

omnidirectional

Answer 47

sending or receiving signals in all directions

Question 48

pander

Answer 48

cater to the low desires of others

Question 49

perpetuate

Answer 49

make something last; preserve from extinction

Question 50

plucky

Answer 50

brave and spirited; courageous