626-650

Question 1

subsequent

Answer 1

happening afterward; following in order

Question 2

pugilist

Answer 2

a boxer

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bungle

Answer 3

to handle badly; to botch or mess up

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stationary

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not moving

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disciple

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a follower of another who helps to spread teachings

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exorbitant

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excessive

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conception

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formation or an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy

Question 8

deem

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to ahve as an opinion; to consider

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lucid

Answer 9

easily understood, clear

Question 10

macabre

Answer 10

suggesting the horror death

Question 11

eddy

Answer 11

a current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, esp. in a circular motion

Question 12

oracle

Answer 12

a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy

Question 13

unseemly

Answer 13

not decent or proper

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reverberate

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to reecho

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desideratum

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something needed and wanted

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disabuse

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to free from error or falsehood

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gambit

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a calculated, risky opening move

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ewe

Answer 18

a female sheep, esp. when full grown

Question 19

cite

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to refer to or quote

Question 20

cicumspect

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showing discretion and careful judgment

Question 21

impertinent

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rude

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crass

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dull-witted; unrefined

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incipient

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beginning to appear or be noticed

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captious

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critically faultfinding

Question 25

pugnacious

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belligerent, ready to fight

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recalcitrant

Answer 26

marked by stubborn defiance of authority ro guidance

Question 27

blase

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indifferent of bored with life; unimpressed as if because of too much worldly experience

Question 28

spurious

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not genuine; false

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turmoil

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extreme confusion; uproar

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genesis

Answer 30

birth; beginning; origion

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puntilious

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careful about every detail of behavior

Question 32

viscou

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resistant to flow; thick (of a liquid)

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inert

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unable to move or respond; sluggish

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paramount

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supreme; ranking higher than others in power or importance

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torrid

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parched with heat; ardent or passionate

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subjugate

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to bring uder control

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unseemly

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not decent or proper

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oracle

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a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy

Question 39

convoluted

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intricate; complicated

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supercilious

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feeling or showing proud contempt

Question 41

recrimination

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a reply to one charge with a coutercharge

Question 42

stultify

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to make absurdly useless, esp. by degrading; to make appear foolish

Question 43

sodden

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thoroughly wet, drenched

Question 44

dogmatic

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arrogantly asserting unproved principles

Question 45

obituary

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a newspaper account of a person’s death, usually including biographical information

Question 46

wayward

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stubbornly going against what is expected or requiered to satisfy one’s own desires

Question 47

abeyance

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a suspension of activity

Question 48

amenable

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responsive to advice or authority

Question 49

revile

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to attack with harsh language