July 2020

Question 1

Splenetic

Answer 1

Bad tempered, spiteful

Question 2

Hapless

Answer 2

Unfortunate

Question 3

Surly

Answer 3

Splenetic - bad tempered, unfriendly

Question 4

Craven

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Cowardly

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Importunate

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Persistent to the point of annoyance

Question 6

Tawdry

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Showy but of poor quality

Question 7

Inviolate

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Safe from injury or violation

Question 8

Timorous

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Diffident

Question 9

Effulgence

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Brightness taken to the extreme

Question 10

Paean

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Song of praise or triumph

Question 11

Tendentious

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Intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, often a controversial one

Question 12

Weal & woe

Answer 12

Times of happiness and sadness

Question 13

Attenuate

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Weaken — reduce in force, effect or value

Question 14

Credulous

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Gullible, showing too great a willingness to believe things

Question 15

Cantankerous

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Argumentative, uncooperative

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Simulacram

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Unsatisfactory imitation or substitute

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Sully

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Defile

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Besmirch

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Sully, defile, Dampen the reputation of

Question 19

Disparaging

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Suggesting that someone is of little worth; derogatory

Question 20

Incorrigible

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Unable to be corrected, improved, or reformed

Question 21

Concomitant

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Accompanying

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Corpulent

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Obese

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Dilatory

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Causing delay, tardy

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Insolent

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Impudent, contemptuous, showing a rude lack of respect

Question 25

Suppleness

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Pliant, flexible, like dough

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Solicitude

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Care or concern for someone or something

Question 27

Gimmick

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Trick or device intended to attract business or attention

Question 28

Propitious

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Giving a good chance of success; favorable

Question 29

Undulation

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Moving smoothly up and down

Question 30

Nondescript

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Lacking distinctive or interesting or abnormal characteristics

Question 31

Latent

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Existing but not yet manifest; hidden or concealed

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Uncouth

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Lacking manners or refinement

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Hew

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Adhere to or conform to

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Parlay

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Bet an initial winning to win more and build on winnings

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Prorated

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Allocated or distributed proportionately; annual vacation will be prorated bc you started working here in October

Question 36

Pare

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Trim, shave

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Sententious

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Moralizing, self righteous, judgmental or arrogant in a pious way

Question 38

Deracinated or deracine

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Uprooted or displaced from one’s social environment or geographical context. Fascists critiqued the deracine individualism of the enlightenment

Question 39

Acolyte

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Minion, assistant, helper, servant

Question 40

Abscond

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Flee, run away, escape

Question 41

Enervate

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Exhaust, tire, fatigue

Question 42

Restive

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Agitation, jitters, unrest