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Question 1

etching

Answer 1

an engraving, a design or inscription into a hard surface, esp. printing

Question 2

extrude

Answer 2

force or push out

Question 3

flippant

Answer 3

lacking proper seriousness

Question 4

garish

Answer 4

over-bright in color; gaudy

Question 5

harbinger

Answer 5

forerunner

Question 6

impede

Answer 6

hinder; block; delay

Question 7

inchoate

Answer 7

recently begun; rudimentary; elementary

Question 8

infraction

Answer 8

violation (of a rule or regulation); breach

Question 9

invective

Answer 9

abuse

Question 10

lassitude

Answer 10

languor; weariness

Question 11

malcontent

Answer 11

person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs

Question 12

misconstrue

Answer 12

interpret correctly; misjudge

Question 13

nefarious

Answer 13

very wicked

Question 14

omnipotent

Answer 14

all-powerful

Question 15

panorama

Answer 15

an unbroken view of a wide area

Question 16

perplex

Answer 16

to bewilder; to confuse, mystify

Question 17

plumage

Answer 17

feathers of a bird

Question 18

prevaricate

Answer 18

lie

Question 19

provisional

Answer 19

tentative

Question 20

rapture

Answer 20

extreme pleasure and happiness; bliss; ecstasy

Question 21

remedial

Answer 21

curative; corrective

Question 22

retrospect

Answer 22

hindsight; looking backward

Question 23

scrutinize

Answer 23

examine closely and critically

Question 24

solemnity

Answer 24

seriousness; gravity

Question 25

striated

Answer 25

marked with parallel bands; grooved

Question 26

swelter

Answer 26

be oppressed by heat

Question 27

tinge

Answer 27

a slight trace or coloring

Question 28

unaccountable

Answer 28

inexplicable; unreasonable or mysterious

Question 29

variable

Answer 29

unstable; alterable; changing; shifting

Question 30

wanton

Answer 30

unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste

Question 31

adage

Answer 31

wise saying; proverb

Question 32

annex

Answer 32

attach; take possession of

Question 33

attenuate

Answer 33

make thin; weaken

Question 34

biennial

Answer 34

every two years

Question 35

cantankerous

Answer 35

ill humored; irritable

Question 36

clinch

Answer 36

to make final; to settle; embrace

Question 37

conjoin

Answer 37

to join or act together

Question 38

couplet

Answer 38

two successive lines of verse forming a unit in poetry

Question 39

delineate

Answer 39

portray; depict; delineation

Question 40

dilettante

Answer 40

aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler

Question 41

divest

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strip; deprive

Question 42

en masse

Answer 42

in a body as a whole; as a group

Question 43

ethereal

Answer 43

light; heavenly; unusually refined

Question 44

exuberance

Answer 44

overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness

Question 45

flora

Answer 45

plants of a region or era

Question 46

garner

Answer 46

to gather or store

Question 47

harbor

Answer 47

provide a refuge for; hide

Question 48

impediment

Answer 48

hindrance; stumbling-block

Question 49

incipient

Answer 49

beginning; in an early stage

Question 50

infringe

Answer 50

to cross established limits; encroach; trespass