Basic Words 1-6 - Tricky

Question 1

screed

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noun - an abusive rant (often tedious)

Question 2

indignant

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adj - feeling anger over a perceived injustice

Question 3

demure

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adj - to be modest and shy

Question 4

insolvent

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adj - unable to pay one’s bills; bankrupt

Question 5

reprobate

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noun - a person without morals who is disapproved of

Question 6

diabolical

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adj - to be extremely wicked like the devil

Question 7

tender

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verb - to offer up something formally

Question 8

acme

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noun - the highest point of achievement

Question 9

voracious

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adj - very hungry; approaching an activity with gusto

Question 10

underwrite

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verb - to support financially

Question 11

retiring

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adj - to be shy, and to be inclined to retract from company

Question 12

variance

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noun - the quality of being different

Question 13

cogent

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adj - clear and persuasive

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sanguine

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adj - cheerful; optimistic

Question 15

desecrate

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verb - to willfully violate or destroy a sacred place

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errant

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adj - to be wandering; not sticking to a circumscribed path

Question 17

lassitude

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noun - extreme tiredness; either mental or physical

Question 18

stem

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verb - to hold back or limit the flow or growth of something

Question 19

immaterial

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adj - not relevant

Question 20

melee

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noun - a wild, confusing fight or struggle

Question 21

beatific

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adj - blissfully happy

Question 22

avarice

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noun - greed

Question 23

exhort

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verb - to strongly urge on; encourage

Question 24

amok

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adverb - in a frenzied or uncontrolled state

Question 25

virago

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noun - an ill tempered violent woman

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contrite

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adj - to be remorseful

Question 27

raft

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noun - a large number of something

Question 28

chauvinist

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noun - a person who believes in the superiority of their group

Question 29

junta

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noun - an aggressive takeover by a group (usually military); the group that executes such a takeover

Question 30

paucity

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noun - a lack of something

Question 31

sanctimonious

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adj - making a show of being pious; holier-than-thou

Question 32

spurn

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verb - reject with contempt

Question 33

grovel

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verb - show submission or fear

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buck

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verb - resist

Question 35

glib

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adj - (of a person) speaking with ease without sincerity

Question 36

contemptuous

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adj - scornful; looking down at others with sneering attitude

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rankle

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verb - gnaw into; make resentful or angry

Question 38

derisive

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adj - abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

Question 39

hamstrung

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verb - made ineffective or powerless

Question 40

surly

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adj - inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Question 41

assail

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verb - attack in speech or writing

Question 42

plodding

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adj - (of movement) slow and laborious

Question 43

guffaw

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verb - laugh boisterously

Question 44

pithy

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adj - concise and full of meaning

Question 45

boon

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noun - a desirable state; adj - very close and convivial

Question 46

endemic

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adj - native; originating to where something is found

Question 47

stolid

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adj - having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited

Question 48

raffish

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adj - marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

Question 49

obdurate

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adj - unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally; stubborn; unyielding

Question 50

aphoristic

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adj - something that is concise and instructive of a general truth or principle

Question 51

tact

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noun - consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense

Question 52

eke

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verb - to live off meager resources, to scrape by

Question 53

maxim

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noun - a short saying expressing a general truth

Question 54

brusquely

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adverb - in a blunt, direct manner

Question 55

enmity

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noun - a state of deep-seeded ill will

Question 56

tout

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verb - advertise in strongly positive terms, show off

Question 57

credulity

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noun - tendency to believe readily

Question 58

foible

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noun - a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

Question 59

devolve

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verb - pass on or delegate to another; verb - grow worse

Question 60

elude

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verb - escape understanding

Question 61

goad

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verb - urge on with unpleasant comments

Question 62

besmirch

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verb - damage the good name or reputation of someone

Question 63

uncanny

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adj - suggesting the operation of supranational influences; surpassing the normal or ordinary

Question 64

fawn

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verb - try to gain favor by extreme flattery

Question 65

preempt

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verb - take the place of or have precedence over

Question 66

wanton

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adj - without check or limitation; showing no moral constraints to ones anger, desire, or appetites

Question 67

foolhardy

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adj - marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

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irascible

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adj - quickly aroused to anger

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insipid

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adj - dull and uninteresting

Question 70

deride

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verb - treat or speak of with contempt

Question 71

incense

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verb - make furious

Question 72

consecrate

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verb - to make holy or set apart for a high purpose

Question 73

rakish

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adj- marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness