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Question 1

exacerbate

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to make more violent; bitter, or severe

Question 2

rue

Answer 2

to regret

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esteem

Answer 3

n. high regard; respect; v. to regard highly

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insipid

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uninteresting; having no flavor

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viable

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able to live; capable of success

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discrepancy

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lack of agreement; difference

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foster

Answer 7

to bring up or nurture

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paternal

Answer 8

relating to or characteristic of a father

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aethetic

Answer 9

relating to beauty

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cabal

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a small group of secret plotters, against a government or authority

Question 11

specious

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seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false

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indegenous

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native, occurring naturally

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progenitor

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a direct ancestor

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repudicate

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to reject as invalid or untrue

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progenitor

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a direct ancestor

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audacious

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fearlessly, often recklessly bold; insolent

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decisive

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conclusive; beyond doubt; showing determination

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foster

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to bring up or nurture

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desiccate

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to dry completely

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lurid

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causing shock or horror; tastelessly vivid; glowing like fire through a haze

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reticence

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the quality or state of being silent or uncommunicative

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broach

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to raise for discussion

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cliche

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an overused expression

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supersede

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to replace

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radical

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favoring fundamental or extreme change; relating to roots or origins

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inexorable

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not able to be persuaded; unyielding; unalterable

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fluster

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to make nervous or upset

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behoove

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to be necessary or proper for

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warrant

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to justify or deserve

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deleterious

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harmful; destructive

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imbue

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to inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone

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improvident

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not preparing for the future; incautious

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propitious

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presenting favorable circumstances

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profound

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very deep; penetrating beyond the superficial

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proficient

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very skillful, esp. through training

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vacillate

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to swing back and forth

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coddle

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to treat indulgently

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promulgate

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to make known by official announcement

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itinerant

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traveling from place to place, esp. for work

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affliciton

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pain; suffering; anything causing pain

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construe

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to interpret

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ilk

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kind; sort; class

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vagary

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an erractic notion or action

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dissent

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to disagree

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precis

Answer 45

concise summary of a text

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expatriate

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to send into exile; n. one who has moved to a foreign country

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enormity

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great wickedness; an evil act

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discriminate

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to make a clear distinction

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doctrine

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a set of principles (religious, political, etc.); a rule of law, esp. as established by precedent

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emollient

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great wickedness; an evil act