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Question 1

circumlocution

Answer 1

indirect or roundabout expression

Question 2

confluence

Answer 2

flowing together; crowd

Question 3

coronation

Answer 3

ceremony of crowning a queen or king

Question 4

deface

Answer 4

mar; disfigure

Question 5

devoid

Answer 5

lacking

Question 6

dissemble

Answer 6

disguise; pretend

Question 7

eloquent

Answer 7

extremely expressive in speech, writing, or movement

Question 8

equitable

Answer 8

fair; impartial

Question 9

expurgate

Answer 9

clean; remove offensive parts of a book

Question 10

finicky

Answer 10

too particular; fussy

Question 11

fuition

Answer 11

bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization

Question 12

guile

Answer 12

deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning

Question 13

immutable

Answer 13

unchangeable

Question 14

inadvertently

Answer 14

unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

Question 15

infallible

Answer 15

unerring

Question 16

intersperse

Answer 16

to put in different parts or places; to place or scatter among other things

Question 17

lackluster

Answer 17

lacking energy and effort; lacking brilliance; dull

Question 18

lurk

Answer 18

stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived

Question 19

metaphysical

Answer 19

pertaining to speculative philosophy

Question 20

mutability

Answer 20

ability to change in form; fickleness

Question 21

obviate

Answer 21

prevent; make unnecessary

Question 22

palatial

Answer 22

ostentatiously magnificent, extravagant, opulent

Question 23

perfunctory

Answer 23

superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm

Question 24

plaited

Answer 24

braided, esp. of hair or straw

Question 25

premeditated

Answer 25

thought of or planned before being done; prearranged or plotted

Question 26

proselytize

Answer 26

convert to a religion or belief

Question 27

rambunctious

Answer 27

difficult to control, handle, turbulent

Question 28

reiterate

Answer 28

to state again

Question 29

retentive

Answer 29

able to retain or keep; able to remember

Question 30

satiate

Answer 30

satisfy fully

Question 31

sloth

Answer 31

laziness; sluggishness; lethargy; idleness; a lazy person

Question 32

stifle

Answer 32

suppress; extinguish; inhibit

Question 33

supple

Answer 33

flexible; pliant

Question 34

theocracy

Answer 34

government run by religious leaders

Question 35

trunk

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the main body of something; torso; column; chest

Question 36

unwitting

Answer 36

unintentional; not knowing

Question 37

voluptuous

Answer 37

ravenous

Question 38

accrue

Answer 38

come about by addition

Question 39

amity

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friendship

Question 40

aspiration

Answer 40

strong desire to achieve a goal

Question 41

benign

Answer 41

kindly; favorable; not malignant

Question 42

cacophonous

Answer 42

discordant; inharmonious

Question 43

circumnavigate

Answer 43

to travel all the way around

Question 44

conform

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to bring into harmony; to make the same

Question 45

corporal

Answer 45

affecting or related to the body as inpunishment

Question 46

defeatist

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attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome

Question 47

devout

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pious

Question 48

disservice

Answer 48

formal essay

Question 49

fruitless

Answer 49

unproductive; without result; unsuccessful

Question 50

guileless

Answer 50

without deceit