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Question 1

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precarious

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adj. uncertain, unstable; dependent on chance //__ living as a writer]

Question 2

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volatile

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adj. unpredictable; tense; evaporative

Question 3

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impasse

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n. deadlock, a situation in which no progress is possible esp bc of disagreement [the current political __]

Question 4

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countenance

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n. face, appearance; v. tolerate// it would ___ the acceptance of policies and practices contrary to the natural moral law

Question 5

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placate

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v. pacify, mollify, appease [they attempted to __the students]

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tout

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v. peddle; solicit; recommend, attempt to sell something, typically by pestering people boldly

Question 7

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flummox

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v. perplex, bewilder, confound [___by the question]

Question 8

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ensconced

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v. plonk, nestle, settle smne in comfortable/secret place

Question 9

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rapacious

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adj. aggressively greedy or predatory [___ lending]

Question 10

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cavalier

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adj. arrogant, haughty, snobbish, off hand, showing lack of proper concern

Question 11

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ornery

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adj. bad-tempered, stubborn, vile

Question 12

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rudimentary

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adj. basic, fundamental

Question 13

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truculent

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adj. belligerent, eager to argue, fight, aggressively defiant

Question 14

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irascible

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adj. cantankerous, feisty, irritable, easily made angry

Question 15

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scurvy

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adj. contemptible, mean //__ trick

Question 16

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craven

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adj. cowardly, contemptibly lacking in courage

Question 17

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vacuous

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adj. empty, mindless, unintelligent [a ___ smile]

Question 18

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wanton

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adj. extravagant; malicious; reckless [__vandalism]

Question 19

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sardonic

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adj. grimly mocking or cynical

Question 20

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churlish

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adj. grumpy, surly, rude in a mean-spirited [it seems __ to complain]

Question 21

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sordid

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adj. ignoble, vile. filthy. squalid

Question 22

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impervious

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adj. immune, unable to be affected by

Question 23

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promiscuous

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adj. indiscriminately sexually active

Question 24

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lecherous

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adj. lewd, having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire

Question 25

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anomic

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adj. loner, hermit. n. absence of social norms/values as in the case of uprooted people// Americans in other words, aren't suffering from _ie.

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malevolent

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adj. malicious, wicked[ ______ eyes]

Question 27

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specious

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adj. misleading, seeming right but lacking merit

Question 28

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atavistic

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adj. primitive, relating to reversion to something ancient or ancestral [___fears and instincts]

Question 29

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amorous

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adj. romantic , erotic

Question 30

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dastardly

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adj. rotten, cowardly, mean, sneaking

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