Dedicated Vocab Sesh 1

Question 1

Insipid

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Lacking flavor, tasteless

Question 2

Congenial

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Amiable, easily persuable

Question 3

Adulterate

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Render poorer in quality by adding another substance

Question 4

Aggrandize

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Increase the power status or wealth of

Question 5

Alacrity

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Brisk and cheerful

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Avaricious

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 7

Benign

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Gentle or kind

Question 8

Brazen

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Bold without shame

Question 9

Calumny

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Making false defame remarks and statements about someone

Question 10

Castigate

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Repremand harshly

Question 11

Construe

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Interpret in a particular way

Question 12

Contrite

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Expressing remorse and being apologetic

Question 13

Covet

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Eager to poses something belonging to other (avaricious)

Question 14

Craven

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Coward

Question 15

Deft

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Neatly skilfull and quick in movement

Question 16

Demur

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Raise objections

Question 17

Diatribe

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Verbal attack against someone or something

Question 18

Ingenious

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Clever, original, inventive

Question 19

Abate

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Become less intense ( going down)

Question 20

Abjure

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Give up a belief cause or claim

Question 21

Anomalous

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Deviation from normal

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Arcane

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Understood by few, mystery, secret

Question 23

Arduous

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Difficult and tiring, requiring strength

Question 24

Artless

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Natural and simple

Question 25

Ascetic

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Self discipline for relegious reasons

Question 26

Assuage

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Make less intense

Question 27

Bucolic

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Pleasant aspect of country side

Question 28

Burgeon

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Being to grow rapidly, flourish

Question 29

Cacophony

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Harsh sound

Question 30

Canonize

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Declare a dead person to be a saint

Question 31

Censure

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Express severe disapproval

Question 32

Chicanery

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Use deception to achieve a purpose ( dhokha)

Question 33

Coalesce

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Come together to form one mass or whole

Question 34

Cogent

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Clear, logical and convincing argument

Question 35

Copious

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Abundant amount

Question 36

Cosmopolitan

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From all over world, including people from many country

Question 37

Desultory

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Lacking plan and purpose

Question 38

Diffident

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Modest or shy bec lack of self confidence

Question 39

Dilatory

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Delay

Question 40

Verbose

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Expressed in more words than needed

Question 41

Approbation

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Approval or praise

Question 42

Emulate

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Imitate

Question 43

Enervate

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Drained of energy

Question 44

Ephemeral

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Lasting short period

Question 45

Fervid

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Enthusiastic intensly

Question 46

Incendiary

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Tending to stir up conflict or designed to cause fires

Question 47

Inimical

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Obstruction or harm

Question 48

Paradigmatic

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Typical example. his biography is paradigmatic of the experiences of this generation"

Question 49

Pedantic

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Over concerned with minor details

Question 50

Scrupulous

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Concerned over minor detail

Question 51

Polemical

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Strong critical writing or speech

Question 52

Profundity

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Depth of insight and knowledge

Question 53

Prophetic

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Accurate prediction of future

Question 54

Prudent

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Showing care for the future

Question 55

Punctilious

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Showing great attention to detail

Question 56

Recondite

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Little known

Question 57

Vacillate

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Indecisive between different options

Question 58

Behoove

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Duty or responsibility for b someone to do something

Question 59

Scourage

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A thing that causes trouble or suffering (whip)

Question 60

Panacea

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A solution

Question 61

Annihilate

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Destroy

Question 62

Demarcate

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Det boundaries or limits, separate from

Question 63

Ordeal

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Unpleasant experience

Question 64

Diligent

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Showing care

Question 65

Formidable

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Powerful, intense, daunting

Question 66

Reticent

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Not revealing ones thoughts

Question 67

Fawning

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Obsequious

Question 68

Circumspect

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Wary, unwilling to take risk

Question 69

Utopian

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Quixotic

Question 70

Heedless

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Negligent

Question 71

Austere

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Severe or strict

Question 72

Servile

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Obsequious

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Congenial

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Pleasing

Question 74

Cynical

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Misanthrope

Question 75

Promulgated

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Disseminate