Advanced Words VII

Question 1

Cataclysm

Answer 1

an event resulting in great loss or misfortune

Question 2

Misattribute

Answer 2

to erroneously attribute, to falsely ascribe, used especially of authorship

Question 3

Dissolution

Answer 3

a living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure, the act or process of disolving

Question 4

Countermand

Answer 4

verb a contrary command canceling or reversing a previous command

Question 5

Verisimilitude

Answer 5

the appearance of truth, appearance of being true or real

Question 6

Demonstrative

Answer 6

given to or marked by the open expression of emotion

Question 7

Ebullient

Answer 7

joyously unrestrained

Question 8

Dissemble

Answer 8

conceal one’s true motives, usually through deceit

Question 9

Exiguity

Answer 9

the quality of being meager

Question 10

Despot noun

Answer 10

a cruel and oppressive dictator

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Oblique

Answer 11

not straightforward, indirect

Question 12

Sardonic

Answer 12

disdainfully or ironically humorous, scornful and mocking

Question 13

Exorbitant

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greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation, excessively big or expensive

Question 14

Panacea

Answer 14

hypothetical remedy for ills and disease, a universal solution

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Veritable

Answer 15

truthfully, without a doubt

Question 16

Trenchant

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characterized by or full of force and vigor; keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression or intellect

Question 17

Eponym

Answer 17

the name derived from a person ( real or imaginary); the person for whom something is named

Question 18

Raillery

Answer 18

light teasing

Question 19

Infelicitous

Answer 19

inappropriate

Question 20

Chauvinism

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fanatical patriotism, belief that one’s group/cause is superior to all others

Question 21

Halcyon

Answer 21

idyllically calm and peaceful, suggesting happy tranquility, marked by peace and prosperity

Question 22

Simulacrum

Answer 22

a representation of a person ( especially in the form of a sculpture), a bad imitation

Question 23

Dissipate

Answer 23

squander or spend money frivolously, to disperse or scatter

Question 24

Graft

Answer 24

corruption, usually through bribery

Question 25

Row

Answer 25

an angry dispute

Question 26

Capitulate

Answer 26

to surrender ( usually under agreed conditions)

Question 27

Palaver

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speak ( about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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Extrapolate

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-draw from specific cases for more general cases

Question 29

Pillory

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ridicule or expose to public scorn

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Obtain

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be valid, applicable or true

Question 31

Concomitant

Answer 31

describing an event or situation that happens as that same time as or in connection

Question 32

Abrogate

Answer 32

revoke or relinquish formally- do away with

Question 33

Modicum

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a small or moderate or token amount

Question 34

Loath

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unwilling to do something contrary to your custom

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Surfeit

Answer 35

an excessive amount of something

Question 36

Lachrymose

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showing sorrow

Question 37

Promulgate

Answer 37

state or announce

Question 38

Adjudicate

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to serve as a judge in a competition; to arrive at a judgment or conclusion

Question 39

Estimable

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deserving of esteem or respect

Question 40

Diminutive

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to indicate smallness, very small

Question 41

Splenetic

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very irritable

Question 42

Evanescent

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tending to vanish like vapor

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Canard

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a deliberately misleading fabrication

Question 44

Bereft

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unhappy in love, suffering from unrequited love, sorrowful through loss or deprivation, lacking something, deprived of love thorugh one’s death

Question 45

Ineluctable

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impossible to avoid or evade

Question 46

Hoodwink

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to deceive or trick someone

Question 47

Officious

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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Question 48

Flag

Answer 48

droop, sink or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of taughtness, become less intense,

Question 49

Bastardization

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an act that debases or corrupts

Question 50

Enamored

Answer 50

strongly attracted to or in love with