HotWords 6-10

Question 1

affable

Answer 1

adj. easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind; amiable

Question 2

amiable

Answer 2

adj. friendly, kind

Question 3

amicable

Answer 3

adj. showing goodwill; peaceable

Question 4

congenial

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adj. compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic

Question 5

convivial

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adj. sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company

Question 6

cordial

Answer 6

adj. warm and friendly; welcome

Question 7

gregarious

Answer 7

adj. sociable, outgoing

Question 8

jocular

Answer 8

adj. liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun

Question 9

levity

Answer 9

n. lightheartedness

Question 10

animosity

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n. hatred; ill will

Question 11

antagonism

Answer 11

n. hatred or hostility

Question 12

bellicose

Answer 12

adj. of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike, belligerent

Question 13

belligerent

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adj. taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight

Question 14

cantankerous

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adj. Bad-tempered; quarrelsome

Question 15

captious

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adj. made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

Question 16

contentious

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adj. quarrelsome; belligerent

Question 17

disputatious

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adj. likely to dispute or argue

Question 18

polemical

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adj. inclined to argue or debate; controversial

Question 19

predator

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n. one who takes advantage of another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival

Question 20

pugnacious

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adj. eager to fight; belligerent

Question 21

altruistic

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adj. showing an unselfish concern for others

Question 22

benevolent

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adj. giving freely and easily to others; charitable; kind

Question 23

largess

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n. generous giving

Question 24

lavish

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adj. generous in giving to others or in spending money

Question 25

magnanimous

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adj. generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness

Question 26

munificent

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adj. very generous

Question 27

philanthropic

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adj. showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humane

Question 28

prodigal

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adj. wasteful; lavish

Question 29

squander

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v. to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion

Question 30

austere

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austere: adj. having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance

Question 31

avaricious

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adj. greedy

Question 32

frugal

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adj. careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful

Question 33

mercenary

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adj. greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making

Question 34

miserly

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adj. careful with how money is spent; thrifty

Question 35

parsimonious

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adj. overly thrifty or miserly

Question 36

penurious

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adj. stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution

Question 37

thrifty

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adj. showing care with how money and resources are used; miserly

Question 38

adversity

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n. great trouble or difficulty

Question 39

conflagration

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n. a huge fire, an inferno

Question 40

confounding

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adj. puzzling; baffling

Question 41

cryptic

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adj. hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure

Question 42

debacle

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n. a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical

Question 43

enigma

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n. a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter to a person

Question 44

labyrinth

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n. a maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself

Question 45

precarious

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adj. dangerous or risky; uncertain

Question 46

quagmire

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n. a difficult or troubling situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire

Question 47

quandary

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n. a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation

Question 48

turbulence

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n. great unrest; turmoil or disorder

Question 49

turmoil

Answer 49

n. a turbulent scenario or situation; tumult