Advanced Words III

Question 1

Recapitulation

Answer 1

summary (think of recap)

Question 2

Provident

Answer 2

careful in regard to your own interests; providing carefully for the future

Question 3

Artlessness

Answer 3

the quality of innocence

Question 4

Vitriolic

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harsh or corrosive in tone

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Temerity

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fearless daring

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Enjoin

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give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

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Umbrage

Answer 7

a feeling of anger caused by feeling offended

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Anodyne

Answer 8

something that soothes or relieves pain, inoffensive

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Lampoon

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ridicule with satire

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Grandiloquent

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puffed up with vanity

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Prolixity

Answer 11

boring verbosity

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Raconteur

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a person skilled in telling anecdotes

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Probity

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integrity, strong moral principles

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Litany

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any long and tedious account of something,a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration, a series or set of things

Question 15

Semblance

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an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

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Illustrious

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widely known and esteemed, having or conferring glory

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Punctilious

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marked by precise accordance with details

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Effrontery

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audacious (even arrogant behavior that you have no right to)

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Quail

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draw back, as with fear or pain

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Derelict

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(of a person) no doing one’s duties, (of a building) abandoned

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Prognostication

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a statement made about the future, foretelling the future

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Insouciance

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lack of concern

nonchalantly

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Epiphany

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a sudden revelation or moment of insight

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Approbatory

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expressing praise or approval

Question 25

Charlatán

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a flamboyant deceiver, one who attracts customers with tricks and jokes

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Enthrall

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hold spellbound

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Cede

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relinquish possession or control over

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Lugubrious

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excessively mournful

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Plucky

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marked by courage and determination

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Gaffe

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a socially awkward or tactless act

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Bowdlerize

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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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Hagiographic

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excessively flattering towards someone’s life or work

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Moribund

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being on the point of death, declining rapidly and losing all momentum in progress

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Unforthcoming

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uncooperative, unwilling to give up information

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Flummox

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be a mystery or bewildering to

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Primacy

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the state of being first in importance

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Anemic

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lacking energy and vigor

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Redoubtable

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inspiring fear or awe (sometimes by size)

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Portentous

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ominously prophetic

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Pecuniary

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relating to or involving money

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Maunder

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wander aimlessly, speak ( about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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Perspicacious

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acutely insightful and wise

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Sinecure

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an office that involves minimal duties

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Impute

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attribute (responsibility or fault) to something

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Sagacious

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having a good judgement and acute insight

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Solecism

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a socially awkward or tactless act, grammar error

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Duplicity

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deceitfulness, pretending to want one thing but be interested in something else

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importune

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beg persistently and urgently

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Mordant

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biting and caustic in thought, manner or style

Question 50

Hail

Answer 50

enthusiastically acclaim(celebrate) or celebrate something