Advanced Words II

Question 1

Jejune

Answer 1

dull, lacking flavor, immature or childish

Question 2

Sententious

Answer 2

to be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense

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Fell

Answer 3

terribly evil

Question 4

Limpid

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having clarity in terms of expression, simple and clear

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Expurgate

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to remove objectionable materials

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Mellifluous

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smooth and sweet sounding

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Blinkered

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to have a limited outlook or understanding

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Martinet

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a strict disciplinarian

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Histrionic

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to be overly theatrical

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Impecunious

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lacking money, poor

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Bilious

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irritable, always angry, peevish ill-natured disposition, sickening or unpleasant

Question 12

Sybarite

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a person who indulges in luxury, sensualist

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Sangfroid

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calmness or poise in difficult situations

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Schadenfreude

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joy from watching the suffering of others

Question 15

disabuse

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to persuade somebody that their belief is not valid, to free from error, misconception, or fallacy

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Pyrrhic

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describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the victory is not worthwhile

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Apotheosis

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exaltation to divine status; the highest point of development, culmination or climax

Question 18

mettlesome

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filled with courage or valor

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Phantasmagorical

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illusive, unreal, deceptive or fantastic appearance

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Pollyannaish

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extremely or blindly optimistic

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Malapropism

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the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

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Arriviste

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a person who has recently reached a position of power, a social climber

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Venial

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easily excused or forgiven; pardonable

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Factitious

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artificial, not natural

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Picayune

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trifling or petty (a person)

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Sartorial

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related to fashion or clothes

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Juggernaut

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a force that cannot be stopped,a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution:

Question 28

Gerrymander

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to manipulate voting districts in order to favor a particular political party

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Curmudgeon

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a grouchy, surly person

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Parvenu

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a person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially accepted as part of a higher class

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Cupidity

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greed for money

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Palimpsest

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something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen,something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface

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Protean

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readily taking on different roles, versatile

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Quixotic

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wildly idealistic(impractical perfectionism), impractical

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Quisling

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a traitor

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Benighted

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fallen into a state of ignorance-overtaken by darkness

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Imbroglio

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a confusing and potentially embarrassing situation

Question 38

Invective

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abusive or denunciatory language

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Arch

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to be deliberately teasing

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Peremptory

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bossy and domineering

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Execrate

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to curse and hiss at

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Propitiate

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to placate or appease

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Maudlin

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overly emotional and sad,drunk enough to be emotionally silly

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Remonstrate

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to make objections while pleading, protesting

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Excoriate

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to criticize very harshly

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Tendentious

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likely to lean towards a controversial view, biased

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Mulct

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to defraud or swindle

Question 48

Hedge

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to limit or qualify a statement, to avoid making a direct statement

Question 49

Vituperate

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to criticize harshly to berate

Question 50

Jaundiced

Answer 50

to be biased against due to envy or prejudice