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Question 1

ambidextrous

Answer 1

capable of using either hand with equal ease

Question 2

artisan

Answer 2

manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist

Question 3

bellicose

Answer 3

warlike

Question 4

burgeon

Answer 4

grow forth; send out buds

Question 5

chronic

Answer 5

long established as a disease

Question 6

conducive

Answer 6

contributive; tending to

Question 7

convene

Answer 7

assemble

Question 8

decoeum

Answer 8

propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners

Question 9

despot

Answer 9

tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler

Question 10

dispirited

Answer 10

lacking in spirit

Question 11

elation

Answer 11

a feeling of condition of elevated spirits; great joy

Question 12

epitome

Answer 12

perfect example or embodiment

Question 13

expiate

Answer 13

make amends for

Question 14

fidelity

Answer 14

loyalty

Question 15

frigid

Answer 15

intensely cold

Question 16

grovel

Answer 16

crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate

Question 17

imbue

Answer 17

to fill with a certain quality or feeling; to inspire or permeate, as with an idea or emotion; deeply influence

Question 18

impudent

Answer 18

bold, impertinent, rude, insolent

Question 19

inept

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lacking skill; unsuited; incompetent

Question 20

interloper

Answer 20

intruder; unwanted meddler

Question 21

labyrinth

Answer 21

maze

Question 22

lugubrious

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mournful

Question 23

menial

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suitable for servants; lowly; mean

Question 24

mushroom

Answer 24

expand or grow rapidly

Question 25

obstinate

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stubborn, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, self-willed

Question 26

overture

Answer 26

an approach made to someone in order to discuss or establish something; an opening gesture, as for initiating a relationship or other interaction; an intro to a music work

Question 27

percussion

Answer 27

striking one object against another sharply

Question 28

pittance

Answer 28

a small allowance or wage

Question 29

pregnant

Answer 29

filled with meaning that has not been expressed; significant; having young developing in the uterus

Question 30

proprietary

Answer 30

belonging to a proprietor; characteristic of an owner of property

Question 31

quizzical

Answer 31

teasing; bantering; mocking; curious

Question 32

refractory

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stubborn; unmanageable

Question 33

resplendent

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brilliant; filled with splendor; radiant; shining

Question 34

sanctuary

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refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place

Question 35

skirmish

Answer 35

minor fight

Question 36

staunch

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to stop the flow of liquid, esp. blood

Question 37

sumptuous

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lavish; rich

Question 38

tepid

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lukewarm

Question 39

trifling

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trivial; unimportant

Question 40

unsung

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unrecognized; uncelebrated; not praised or acclaimed

Question 41

vivify

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to give a lift; animate; quicken

Question 42

abstruse

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obscure; profound; difficult to understand

Question 43

ambience

Answer 43

environment; atmosphere

Question 44

ascent

Answer 44

the act of ascending, rising or going up

Question 45

belligerent

Answer 45

quarrelsome

Question 46

burlesque

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give an imitation that ridicules

Question 47

cipher

Answer 47

secret code

Question 48

confer

Answer 48

to give, grant, or bestow

Question 49

convivial

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festive; gay; characterized by joviality

Question 50

decree

Answer 50

an order having the force of law