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Question 1

rubble

Answer 1

broken fragments

Question 2

repress

Answer 2

restrain; crush; oppress

Question 3

recast

Answer 3

reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again

Question 4

pusillanimous

Answer 4

cowardly; fainthearted

Question 5

progeny

Answer 5

children; offspring

Question 6

posterity

Answer 6

descendants; future generations

Question 7

philology

Answer 7

study of language

Question 8

paternal

Answer 8

patriarchal, father-like

Question 9

ordeal

Answer 9

severe trial or affliction

Question 10

nonchalance

Answer 10

indifference; lack of concern; composure

Question 11

morass

Answer 11

customary cultural standards; moral attitudes, manners, habits

Question 12

martyr

Answer 12

one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause; great sufferer

Question 13

linger

Answer 13

loiter of dawdle; continue or persist

Question 14

jaded

Answer 14

fatigued; surfeited

Question 15

inscrutable

Answer 15

impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious

Question 16

indices

Answer 16

signs; indications

Question 17

implausible

Answer 17

unlikely; unbelievable

Question 18

heyday

Answer 18

time of greatest success; prime

Question 19

gloat

Answer 19

express evil satisfaction; view malevolently

Question 20

forge

Answer 20

a furnace where metal is heated and wrought; to shape, break, or flatten with blows; to counterfeit

Question 21

fauna

Answer 21

animals of a period or region

Question 22

exasperate

Answer 22

vex

Question 23

enmity

Answer 23

ill will; hatred

Question 24

dutiful

Answer 24

respectful; obedient

Question 25

disembark

Answer 25

go ashore; unload from a ship

Question 26

deploy

Answer 26

reduce; exhaust

Question 27

cursive

Answer 27

flowing, running

Question 28

conspicuous

Answer 28

easily seen; noticeable; striking

Question 29

compact

Answer 29

agreement; contract

Question 30

centrifugal

Answer 30

radiating; departing from the center

Question 31

boorish

Answer 31

rude; insensitive

Question 32

babble

Answer 32

chatter idly

Question 33

apportion

Answer 33

to assign, adjust or distribute parts so as to maintain the proper proportion

Question 34

aggrieve

Answer 34

to distress or bring grief to; cause to suffer; to treat unfairly

Question 35

wrench

Answer 35

pull; strain; twist

Question 36

vex

Answer 36

annoy; distress

Question 37

unerringly

Answer 37

infallibly

Question 38

tousle

Answer 38

to cause disorder or dishevel

Question 39

tantrum

Answer 39

fit of petulance; caprice

Question 40

subsequent

Answer 40

following; later

Question 41

spew

Answer 41

to cause to flow or to throw up; vomit

Question 42

sentinel

Answer 42

sentry; lookout

Question 43

rousing

Answer 43

lively; stirring

Question 44

reprehensible

Answer 44

deserving blame

Question 45

recapitulate

Answer 45

summarize

Question 46

purveyor

Answer 46

furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer

Question 47

progenitor

Answer 47

ancestor

Question 48

portent

Answer 48

sign; omen; forewarning

Question 49

philistine

Answer 49

narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

Question 50

passe

Answer 50

out of date, no longer chic