DAY 2 (91~170)

Question 1

compatible

Answer 1

able to coexist; harmonious

Question 2

dubious

Answer 2

doubtful; uncertain

Question 3

elusive

Answer 3

hard to pin down; evasive

Question 4

compromise

Answer 4

to settle by concession or surrender

Question 5

flagrant

Answer 5

shocking; outstandingly bad

Question 6

static

Answer 6

stationary; not moving

Question 7

ironic

Answer 7

satiric; unexpected

Question 8

dogmatic

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stubbornly opinionated, arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubborn in one’s belief

Question 9

facilitate

Answer 9

to make easier; to help

Question 10

frivolous

Answer 10

not serious; not solemn; with levity

Question 11

Exhaustive

Answer 11

thorough; complete

Question 12

Infamous

Answer 12

shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful

Question 13

authoritarian

Answer 13

a dictator

Question 14

Reticent

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restrained; uncommunicative

Question 15

redundant

Answer 15

repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy

Question 16

Deference

Answer 16

submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy

Question 17

vacillate

Answer 17

to be indecisive; to waver back and forth

Question 18

fervor

Answer 18

passion

Question 19

dispassionate

Answer 19

objective; neutral

Question 20

pragmatic

Answer 20

practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory

Question 21

didactic

Answer 21

instructive; intended to instruct

Question 22

Scanty

Answer 22

inadequate; minimal

Question 23

Alleviate

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to lessen; to relieve, usually temporary or incompletely; to make bearable

Question 24

negligence

Answer 24

carelessness

Question 25

endorse

Answer 25

to approve or give one's support to

Question 26

Conspicuous

Answer 26

obvious; standing-out

Question 27

Relegate

Answer 27

to banish; to send away

Question 28

Incessant

Answer 28

unceasing; never-ending

Question 29

Condone

Answer 29

to overlook; to permit to happen

Question 30

Tranquility

Answer 30

calmness

Question 31

Dissent

Answer 31

disagreement

Question 32

Conciliatory

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making peace; attempting to solve a dispute through good will

Question 33

Rigorous

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strict; harsh; severe

Question 34

Disparate

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different; incompatible

Question 35

Disparage

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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

Question 36

Conventional

Answer 36

ordinary; customary

Question 37

Ephemeral

Answer 37

short-lived; fleeting; not lasting

Question 38

Futile

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hopelessness; without effect

Question 39

Prosaic

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dull; unimaginative

Question 40

Profuse

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flowing; extravagant

Question 41

Authentic

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real

Question 42

Expedient

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providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest

Question 43

Fastidious

Answer 43

meticulous; demanding

Question 44

Philanthropy

Answer 44

love of mankind; donating to charity

Question 45

Astute

Answer 45

perceptive; intelligent

Question 46

Brevity

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briefness

Question 47

languish

Answer 47

to become weak; listless, or depressed

Question 48

novel

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new; original

Question 49

relevant

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important; pertinent

Question 50

mitigate

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to lessen the severity of something

Question 51

reprehensible

Answer 51

worthy of blame

Question 52

engender

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to create; to produce

Question 53

deride

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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

Question 54

Lethargy

Answer 54

sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference

Question 55

fanatic

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one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea

Question 56

solemn

Answer 56

serious; grave

Question 57

acclaim

Answer 57

praise; applause; admiration

Question 58

augment

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to add to; to increase; to make bigger

Question 59

incoherent

Answer 59

jumbled; chaotic; impossible ot understand

Question 60

Indolence

Answer 60

laziness

Question 61

Ambivalent

Answer 61

undecided having mixed feelings

Question 62

Benign

Answer 62

gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

Question 63

Amiable

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friendly

Question 64

tedious

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boring

Question 65

Caustic

Answer 65

like acid; corrosive

Question 66

laudable

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worthy of praise

Question 67

acquiesce

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to give in; to agree

Question 68

atrophy

Answer 68

to waste away from lack of use

Question 69

Instigate

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to provoke; to stir up

Question 70

heed

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to listen to

Question 71

virtuoso

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masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field

Question 72

deplete

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to use up; to reduce; to lessen

Question 73

complaint

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yielding; submissive

Question 74

inadvertent

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lax; careless; without intention

Question 75

extraneous

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irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant

Question 76

levity

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lightness; frivolity; unseriousness

Question 77

belittle

Answer 77

to make to seem little

Question 78

digress

Answer 78

to go off the subject

Question 79

predecessor

Answer 79

someone or something that came before another

Question 80

scrutinize

Answer 80

to examine closely