English final vocabulary + rhetorical device

Question 1

to be great in number or amount; be fully supplied or filled; teem

Answer 1

abound

Question 2

agreement; harmony; settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; give wholeheartedly; grant readily; to be in agreement, harmony, or unity

Answer 2

accord

Question 3

increase or grow; accumulate; come to someone or something as a gain or benefit

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accrue

Question 4

heated and noisy quarrel

Answer 4

altercation

Question 5

person who pretends to possess skill or knowledge; quack

Answer 5

charlatan

Question 6

failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, particularly a financial obligation; failure of a competitor or team to participate in a contest; fail to do what is required; fail to pay money when it is due; in sports, to fail to compete in a scheduled contest

Answer 6

default

Question 7

bring out; evoke; call forth

Answer 7

elicit

Question 8

not valid, likely, or acceptable; difficult to believe

Answer 8

implausible

Question 9

of or pertaining to the doctrine of the Italian diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli, a doctrine that denies the relevance or morality in political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power

Answer 9

Machiavellian

Question 10

receive an equivalent for; make up for

Answer 10

recoup

Question 11

discover through examination or experimentation; determine

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ascertain

Question 12

take revenge on or get satisfaction for; take vengeance on behalf of

Answer 12

avenge

Question 13

deception by trickery; trick

Answer 13

chicanery

Question 14

most complete instance; the finest or most representative example; essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

Answer 14

quintessence

Question 15

make a formal retraction of disapproval of; make a formal retraction or disapproval of a previously held belief

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recant

Question 16

lax in attending to duty; exhibiting carelessness or slackness

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remiss

Question 17

mediate at length; ponder; muse; chew cud

Answer 17

ruminate

Question 18

separation or division into factions

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schism

Question 19

neglect, put off, or avoid discharging a duty, obligation, or responsibility

Answer 19

shirk

Question 20

phantom; apparition; threatening or haunting possibility

Answer 20

specter

Question 21

opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or group

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tenet

Question 22

easily managed or controlled; docile

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tractable

Question 23

one of a sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s life, activities, or surroundings; change or variation

Answer 23

vicissitude

Question 24

relinquish or give up voluntarily; refrain from insisting upon or enforcing; dispense with

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waive

Question 25

unreasonable stubbornness; inclination to impose one's will on others

Answer 25

willfullness

Question 26

presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous

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propitious

Question 27

peculiarity of behavior; mannerism; idiosyncrasy; unpredictable or unaccountable shift in action

Answer 27

quirk

Question 28

one subject to the authority of another; of a lower class or rank; inferior; put in a lower class or rank; make inferior

Answer 28

subordinate

Question 29

involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing

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complicity

Question 30

condition of situation of difficulty or adversity

Answer 30

plight

Question 31

damaging or false statement; act of defaming or slandering

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aspersion

Question 32

bitterly severe; harsh; sharp

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vitriolic

Question 33

willing to help; obliging

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accommodating

Question 34

spirit of loyalty, mutual trust, and good will between or amend friends or comrades

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camaraderie

Question 35

prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe

Answer 35

propitiate

Question 36

firm and unyielding in purpose or opinion inflexible

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adamant

Question 37

address an earnest or urgent request to; implore; request earnestly; beg for

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beseech

Question 38

person to whom secrets or private matters are confided

Answer 38

confidant

Question 39

express disapproval of; belittle

Answer 39

deprecate

Question 40

escape from, as by artfulness, cunning or daring; escape the understanding of; baffle

Answer 40

elude

Question 41

profitable; producing wealth

Answer 41

lucrative

Question 42

act or instance of seeking or pursuing something; search

Answer 42

quest

Question 43

criticize or reprimand sharply and sternly; words or actions expressing strong disapproval; a scolding

Answer 43

rebuke

Question 44

ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck

Answer 44

serendipity

Question 45

act of willing, choosing, or deciding; power or capability of determining; conscious choice; decision

Answer 45

volition

Question 46

requiring immediate attention or remedy; urgent; requiring or demanding a great deal

Answer 46

exigent

Question 47

faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances; loyalty; exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event

Answer 47

fidelity

Question 48

working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner; intended to entrap; treacherous; alluring but harmful

Answer 48

insidious

Question 49

capable of being altered or influenced; tractable; capable of being shaped, ashy hammering

Answer 49

malleable

Question 50

banish or exclude from a group; shun

Answer 50

ostracize

Question 51

likely to become or be; likely to happen; expected

Answer 51

prospective

Question 52

bitter, long lasting resentment; ill-will

Answer 52

rancor

Question 53

smt given or demanded in repayment especially punishment

Answer 53

retribution

Question 54

keenness of perception; sourness of judgement; wisdom

Answer 54

sagacity

Question 55

reject or refuse disdainfully

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spurn

Question 56

deny to oneself; renounce

Answer 56

abnegate

Question 57

abolish or annul by authority; cancel

Answer 57

abrogate

Question 58

quickness and accuracy of judgement; keen insight; shrewdness

Answer 58

acumen

Question 59

command solemnly, asunder oath; request, urge, or advise earnestly

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adjure

Question 60

quarrelsome

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contentious

Question 61

laugh at in scorn; scoff at; mock

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deride

Question 62

strive to equal or excel, esp through imitation

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emulate

Question 63

direct with authority and emphasis; command; prohibit or forbid

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enjoin

Question 64

careless; irresponsible; lacking purpose or vitality; ineffectual

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feckless

Question 65

arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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imperious

Question 66

existing in someone or something as a natural, essential part, quality, or characteristic

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inherent

Question 67

firmly established by having existed for a long time; long-standing; deprecated; fixed in habit, custom, or practice; confirmed

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inveterate

Question 68

indicate or warn of in advance; foretell or predict; make or utter a prediction; indication or warning of a future occurrence; omen; feeling or invitation of what is going to occur

Answer 68

presage

Question 69

impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous; extraordinary

Answer 69

prodigious

Question 70

innate inclination; tendency

Answer 70

propensity