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Question 1

onset

Answer 1

beginning; attack

Question 2

paragon

Answer 2

model for perfection

Question 3

pertinacious

Answer 3

stubborn; persistent

Question 4

poignant

Answer 4

moving, affecting, lamentable

Question 5

privation

Answer 5

hardship; want

Question 6

pseudonym

Answer 6

pen name

Question 7

rave

Answer 7

overwhelmingly favorable review

Question 8

remunerative

Answer 8

compensating; rewarding

Question 9

reverberate

Answer 9

to cause a sound to re-echo

Question 10

secede

Answer 10

to withdraw from a group or an alliance

Question 11

somber

Answer 11

depressing; gloomy; dark

Question 12

strut

Answer 12

supporting bar

Question 13

synoptic

Answer 13

providing a general overview; summary

Question 14

toil

Answer 14

hard and tiring work; labor; exhausting effort

Question 15

uncanny

Answer 15

strange; mysterious

Question 16

veneer

Answer 16

thin layer; cover

Question 17

well-founded

Answer 17

based on solid evidence or good reason

Question 18

adjunct

Answer 18

something added on or attached (generally nonessential or inferior)

Question 19

antecedents

Answer 19

preceding events

Question 20

audit

Answer 20

examination of accounts

Question 21

blasphemy

Answer 21

irreverence; sacrilege; cursing

Question 22

cardinal

Answer 22

chief

Question 23

coerce

Answer 23

to force someone by threatening or physically

Question 24

connotation

Answer 24

suggested or implied meaning of an expression

Question 25

credence

Answer 25

belief

Question 26

demean

Answer 26

degrade, humiliate

Question 27

disburse

Answer 27

to make payment in settlement; expend; distribute

Question 28

doleful

Answer 28

sorrowful

Question 29

encumber

Answer 29

burden

Question 30

euphemism

Answer 30

mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

Question 31

facetious

Answer 31

joking; humorous

Question 32

foil

Answer 32

defeat; frustrate

Question 33

geniality

Answer 33

cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy

Question 34

hazy

Answer 34

slightly obscure

Question 35

imperil

Answer 35

to put in danger, jeopardize

Question 36

incontrovertible

Answer 36

indisputable; not open to question

Question 37

ingrained

Answer 37

deeply established; firmly rooted

Question 38

invulnerable

Answer 38

incapable of injury

Question 39

lax

Answer 39

careless

Question 40

malleable

Answer 40

capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable

Question 41

mitigate

Answer 41

appease; moderate

Question 42

neurotic

Answer 42

characteristic of or having mental disorders

Question 43

onus

Answer 43

burden; responsibility

Question 44

parallel

Answer 44

a comparison between two things

Question 45

pertinent

Answer 45

to the point; relevant

Question 46

polarize

Answer 46

split into opposite extremes or camps

Question 47

probity

Answer 47

morality, integrity, uprightness, honesty

Question 48

psyche

Answer 48

soul; mind

Question 49

ravenous

Answer 49

extremely hungry

Question 50

render

Answer 50

deliver; provide; represent