Cloud Atlas

Question 1

Parvenu

Answer 1

Nouveau riche, upstart

Question 2

Heathen

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Pagan (not Christian, Jewish or Muslim); uncivilised, uncultured

Question 3

Creed

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System, doctrine

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Ostracise

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Exclude from society, banish, expatriate

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Surf

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Foam of a wave as it hits the shore

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Diaphanous

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Delicately hazy

Question 7

Quilt

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Soft, stiched covering for the bed

Question 8

Nebulous

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Hazy, vague, indistinct; cloudy/ cloudlike

Question 9

Dwindle

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to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away

Question 10

Bosky

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Shady, of dubious character, full of shades or bushes

Question 11

Sylvan

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Related to the woods; living in the woods; made of trees; person living in the woods; mystical deity from the woods

Question 12

Condign

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Well-deserved, merited, fitting

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Retribution

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Requital according to merits or deserts; especially for evil

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Subsist

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Exist, remain alive: on food, resources

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Mercurial

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Changeable, volatile, fickle

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Squall

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A sudden gust of wind, usually accompanied by sleet, snow or rain

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Evince

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Make evident, show clearly, manifest

Question 18

Spirit foreshadowing one’s death

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Wraith

Question 19

Wand used by a music conductor

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Baton

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Assist, support; further, advance as aims

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Second

Question 21

Active, nimble, agile

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Spry

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Careful, cautious, prudent

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Canny

Question 23

excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.

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Prissy

Question 24

Quick, sharp response in speech or action

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Ripost

Question 25

Clamour or outcry; clamorous or vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant publicity

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Ballyhoo (ing) (ed)

Question 26

Keep away from

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Eschew

Question 27

Bewilder, confound, confuse

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Flummox

Question 28

Entailing great expense and exquisite work, lavish, luxurious

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Sumptuous

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Steal in small quantities of little value (an ashtray from a restaurant)

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Filch, pilfer

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Unyielding, unalterable

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Inexorable

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Sorrowful

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Doleful

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Not affected by outside influence or power; isolated; airtight

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Hermetic

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Luckless, unfortunate

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Hapless

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Suitable, well adapted, pertinent

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Apposite

Question 35

Noun of conveying

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Conveyance

Question 36

Stictly required by etiquette, usage or fashion

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De rigueur

Question 37

Smooth uninterrupted transition from one thing to another (+verb)

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Segue

Question 38

Clandestine, private publishing of censored works

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Samizdat