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fragmentary

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weak

Question 2

imposition

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instance of inconvenience, unwelcome burden

Question 3

indissoluble

Answer 3

permanent

Question 4

insubstantial

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lacking substance; insignificant; frail

Question 5

mote

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small speck

Question 6

ostensible

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apparent; professed; pretended

Question 7

pilfer

Answer 7

to take another’s property without permission

Question 8

precipitous

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steep; overhasty

Question 9

queasy

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easily nauseated; squeamish

Question 10

reconnaissance

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survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering

Question 11

repulse

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to send back, to reject, rebuff, ignore, avoid

Question 12

sacrosanct

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most sacred; inviolable

Question 13

squander

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waster

Question 14

subversive

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tending to overthrow; destructive

Question 15

transient

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momentary; temporary; staying for a short time

Question 16

vindicate

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clear from blame; exonerate; justify or support

Question 17

abide

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to remain, continue; stay, endure

Question 18

bask

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luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

Question 19

chasm

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abyss

Question 20

contingent

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dependent on; conditional

Question 21

debauch

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corrupt; seduce from virtue

Question 22

deride

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ridicule; make fun of

Question 23

entreat

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plead; ask earnestly

Question 24

exhort

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urge

Question 25

granulate

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form into grains

Question 26

hubris

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arrogance; excessive pride considered as sin

Question 27

meander

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wind or turn in its course

Question 28

pillage

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plunder

Question 29

precis

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concise summing up of main points

Question 30

sadistic

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inclined to cruelty

Question 31

squeamish

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easily shocked, upset, or nauseated

Question 32

unlettered

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unsophisticated; ignorant; unschooled

Question 33

zephyr

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gentle breeze; west wind

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bastion

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fortress; defense

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brevity

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conciseness

Question 36

chasten

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discipline; punish in order to correct

Question 37

debauchery

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excessive self-indulgence

Question 38

edify

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instruct; correct morally

Question 39

enumerate

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list; mention one by one

Question 40

exhume

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dig out of the ground; remove from the grave