Day three

Question 0

Simile

Answer 0

A figure of speech using like or as to compare two unlike things

Question 1

Synopsis

Answer 1

A brief summary

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things

Question 3

Irony

Answer 3

Things are not what they are said to be or what they seem

Question 4

Satire

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A work that ridicules human vices and foibles

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

An exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect

Question 6

Caricature

Answer 6

A deliberately exaggerated portrait

Question 7

Epic

Answer 7

A long narrative poem

Question 8

Saga

Answer 8

A long narrative story

Question 9

Euphony

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Soothing, pleasant sound

Question 10

Cacophony

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Jarring, grating sound

Question 11

Foreshadow

Answer 11

Suggest or indicate a future action; presage

Question 12

Subplot

Answer 12

A secondary plot on a fiction or drama

Question 13

Memoir

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A personal journal

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Anecdote

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A short account of an interesting incident

Question 15

Eulogy

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A laudatory speech or written tribute

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Allusion

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An indirect or brief reference to a person, place or event

Question 17

Catalyst

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An agent that provokes or triggers change

Question 18

Caustic

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A stinging or bitter remark

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Synthetic

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Produced artificially

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Osmosis

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A gradual often unconscious process of assimilation

Question 21

Sedentary

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Settled not mobile

Question 22

Virulent

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Very toxic or poisonous

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Empirical

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Guided by practical experience not theory

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Entomology

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The scientific study of insects

Question 25

Gestate

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To conceive and develop in the mind

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Paradigm

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A framework or model of thought

Question 27

Entrepreneur

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A person who organises and runs a business

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Lucrative

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Very profitable

Question 29

Extravagant

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Excessive

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Avarice

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Excessive greed

Question 31

Glut

Answer 31

A surplus

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Plethora

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A surplus

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Surfeit

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A surplus

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Destitute

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Very poor

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Affluent

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Very wealthy

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Opulent

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Very wealthy

Question 37

Munificent

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Very generous

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Parsimonious

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Excessively cheap; stingy

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Depreciation

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A decrease in value

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Remunerate

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To compensate; a salary

Question 41

Accord

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A formal agreement

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Enlighten

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To illuminate

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Appeasement

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To grant concessions to maintain peace

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Nullify

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To make null; declare invalid

Question 45

Triumvirate

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A group of three leaders

Question 46

Pretext

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An excuse; an alleged cause

Question 47

Watershed

Answer 47

A critical turning point

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Consensus

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A general agreement

Question 49

Autocrat

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A ruler with unlimited power

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Despot

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A ruler with unlimited power

Question 51

Manifesto

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A public declaration of beliefs

Question 52

Enfranchise

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To receive the right to vote

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Disenfranchise

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To lose the right to vote

Question 54

Coerc

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To compel someone to do something

Question 55

Egalitarian

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Belief in society based upon equality

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Belligerent

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Hostile and aggressive; warlike

Question 57

Inquisition

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A severe interrogation; a systematic questioning

Question 58

Ameliorate

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To make better

Question 59

Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Contiguous

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Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

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Desiccate

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to thoroughly dry out; totally arid

Question 62

Pertinent

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Relevant and to the point

Question 63

Complicity

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Association or participation in a wrongful act

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Exonerate

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To free from blame or guilt

Question 65

Indisputable

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Not open to question; irrefutable

Question 66

Precedent

Answer 66

An action or decision that serves as an example

Question 67

Unprecedented

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Without a previous example

Question 68

Malfeasance

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Misconduct or wrongdoing by a public official

Question 69

Arrest

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To bring to a stop; halt

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Gravity

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A serious situation or problem

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Precipitate

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A result or outcome of an action

Question 72

Relief

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Elevation of a land surface

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Check

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To restrain; halt; contain

Question 74

Flag

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To become weak; to lose interest

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Discriminating

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Selective or refined taste

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Eclipse

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Overshadow; surpass

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Coin

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To devise a new word or phrase

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Stock

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A stereotypical or formulaic character

Question 79

Currency

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General acceptance or use

Question 80

Bent

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A strong tendency; a leaning or inclination

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Court

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To attempt to gain the favor or support of a person or group

Question 82

Negotiate

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To successfully travel through, around or over an obstacle

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Temper

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To soften; moderate

Question 84

Pedestrian

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Undistinguished; ordinary; conventional

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Cavalier

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An arrogant attitude

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Sanction

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Official approval/ disapproval of an action

Question 87

Compromise

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To reduce quality or value of something

Question 88

Channel

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To direct along a desired course

Question 89

Scathing

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Harshly critical

Question 90

Quiescent

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Inactive; very quiet

Question 91

Provisional

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Temporary

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Lurid

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Sensational; shocking

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Truculent

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Defiantly aggressive; eager to fight

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Pugnacious

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Defiantly aggressive; eager to fight

Question 95

Propitiate

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To appease; conciliate

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Elan

Answer 96

Great enthusiasm

Question 97

Perfunctory

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Performed in a mechanical, spiritless manner

Question 98

Aplomb

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Admirable poise under pressure

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Opacity

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Impenetrably sense; hard to understand

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Venal

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Corrupt; open to bribery

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Licentious

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Immoral; devauched

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Dissolute

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Immoral; debauched

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Noxious

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Harmful; injurious to physical, mental or moral health

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Superfluous

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Unnecessary; extra

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Extraneous

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Extra; unnecessary

Question 107

Duplicitous

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deliberate deceptiveness

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Profiligate

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Very wasteful, especially of time and money

Question 109

Epiphany

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A sudden realisation

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Insidious

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Causing harm in a subtle or stealthy manner; devious

Question 111

Vacuous

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Empty; lacking serious purpose