Advanced Words VI

Question 1

Conflate

Answer 1

mix together different elements of concepts

Question 2

Appropriate

Answer 2

to give or take something by force, to allocate

Question 3

Dolorous

Answer 3

showing sorrow

Question 4

Complaisant

Answer 4

showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

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Autocratic

Answer 5

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule, having absolute sovereignty , offensively self assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

Question 6

Mendicant

Answer 6

a pauper who lives by begging

Question 7

Vaunted

Answer 7

highly or widely praised or boasted about

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Aplomb

Answer 8

great coolness and composure under strain, great self assurance and poise

Question 9

Enormity

Answer 9

an act of extreme wickedness. quality or state of being huge

Question 10

Noisome

Answer 10

having an extremely bad smell

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Unassailable

Answer 11

immune to attack; without flaws.

Question 12

Assiduously

Answer 12

with care and persistence

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Impugn

Answer 13

attack as false or wrong

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Turgid

Answer 14

(of language) pompous and tedious

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Proscribe

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command against

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Palatable

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acceptable to the taste or mind

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Panegyric

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a formal expression of praise

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Pellucid

Answer 18

transparently clear; easily understandable

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Fecund

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intellectually productive

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Gumption

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resourcefulness and determination

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Bridle

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the act of restraining power or action or limiting access, to react with anger or to take offense

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Inequity

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injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules and standards

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Discursive

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(of speech or writing) tending to depart from the main point

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Complicit

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associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of questionable nature

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Afford

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provide with an opportunity

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Facile

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arrive at without due care or effort, lacking depth

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Abjure

Answer 27

formally reject or give up ( as a belief)

Question 28

Pontificate

Answer 28

talk in a dogmatic or pompous manner

Question 29

Obtuse

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slow to learn or understand, lacking intellectual acuity, lacking in insight or discernment

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Ethereal

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characterized by lightness and insubstantiality, delicate | also referring to celestial or heavenly

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Elegiac

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expressing sorrow

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Impervious

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no admitting of passage or capable of being affected

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Bromide

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a trite or obvious remark

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Desideratum

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something desired as a necessity

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Malingerer

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someone shirking their duty by pretending to be sick or incapacitated

Question 36

proselytize

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convert (someone) to another religion, philosophy or perspective

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Self- effacing

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reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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Doughty

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brave, bold courageous

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Hauteur

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overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

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Desiccated

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uninteresting, lacking vitality

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Callow

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young and inexperienced

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Inviolable

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never to be broken, infringed or dishonored

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Solicitous

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showing hovering attentiveness, overly concerned about the welfare of others

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Coterminous

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being of equal extent or scope or duration

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Transmute

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change or alter in form, appearance or nature

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Conflagration

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a very intense or uncontrolled fire, conflict or war

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Unimpeachable

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free of guilt; not subject to blame, beyond doubt or reproach

Question 48

Internecine

Answer 48

( of conflict) within a group or organization

Question 49

Stultify

Answer 49

cause one, through routine, to lose energy and enthusiasm

Question 50

Tyro

Answer 50

someone new to a field or activity , novice