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Question 1

Acolyte

Answer 1

noun: A follower or an attendant.

Question 2

Alloy

Answer 2

noun: A mixture; a composite; an amalgam; something added that lowers value or purity.

Question 3

Asperity

Answer 3

noun: Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability. (acrimony, aspersion).

Question 4

Captivate

Answer 4

verb: To attract and hold by charm, charisma, beauty, intelligence, or excellence.

Question 5

Commendation

Answer 5

noun : Something, especially an official award, ceremony, or citation, that commend or honors (kudos, homage, panegyric).

Question 6

Complaisant

Answer 6

adjective: Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging.

Question 7

Concupiscence

Answer 7

noun: A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

Question 8

Condemnation

Answer 8

noun: Severe reproof; strong censure. (denunciation)

Question 9

Diminution

Answer 9

noun: The process or act of diminishing or reducing in quantity, quality, or amount; a lessening or reduction.

Question 10

Dissolute

Answer 10

adjective: Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices; licentious; salacious. (licentious; reprobate).

Question 11

Encroach

Answer 11

verb: To advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; to advance beyond proper or formal limits.

Question 12

Gerrymander

Answer 12

verb: To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one political party in elections.

Question 13

Gesticulate

Answer 13

verb: To make gestures especially while speaking or moving, especially in an animated or excited manner, as for emphasis or due to excitement.

Question 14

Indignation

Answer 14

noun: Anger aroused by something perceived as unjust, offensive, insulting, base, or unworthy.

Question 15

Insensate

Answer 15

adjective: Lacking sensation or awareness; inanimate; unconscious; lacking sensibility.

Question 16

Inveigh

Answer 16

verb: To protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; to rail; to vituperate.

Question 17

Lope

Answer 17

verb: To move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a human.

Question 18

Mortify

Answer 18

verb: To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; to humiliate.

Question 19

Pedestrian

Answer 19

adjective: Lacking in vitality, imagination, or distinction; commonplace; prosaic or dull; (banal, prosaic)

Question 20

Perspicacious

Answer 20

adjective: Having or showing forceful mental discernment and keen understanding; insightful; clear-sighted. (sagacious, judicious).

Question 21

Polemic

Answer 21

noun: A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.

Question 22

Preternatural

Answer 22

adjective: Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; exceptional; differing profoundly from the natural; surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary.

Question 23

Proselyte

Answer 23

noun: A person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; a convert.

Question 24

Proxy

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noun: A person authorized to act for, or on behalf of, another; an agent or substitute.

Question 25

Pyric

Answer 25

adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from burning.

Question 26

Rankle

Answer 26

verb: To cause persistent irritation or resentment; to become sore or inflamed; to fester.

Question 27

Rapturous

Answer 27

adjective: Filled with great joy or euphoria. (ecstatic).

Question 28

Redoubtable

Answer 28

adjective: Arousing fear, dread, or alarm, awe-inspiring. (formidable, august, eminent, venerable).

Question 29

Repine

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verb: To be discontented, depressed, or low in spirits; to complain or fret; to yearn after something; to desire in a forlorn way.

Question 30

Scurrilous

Answer 30

adjective: Given to or expressed in the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language; grossly or obscenely abusive. (vituperative, insulting, offensive)

Question 31

Solicitude

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noun: Care or concern for the well being of another; a cause of anxiety or concern.

Question 32

Sophistry

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noun: A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone; a plausible but misleading or fallacious argument; the art of deception.

Question 33

Tacit

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adjective: Not spoken; implied by or inferred from actions or statements; understood without being openly expressed (implicit, intimate).

Question 34

Transient

Answer 34

adjective: Remaining in a place only a brief time (fugacious; transitory).

Question 35

Turpitude

Answer 35

noun: A vile, shameful act or conduct; lewdness; of base or depraved character; moral depravity; a vile or depraved act.