Reviving Ophelia

Question 1

Pariah

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One that is despised or rejected; an outcast

Question 2

Fractious

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Irritable and quarrelsome; difficult to control (as in a group or organization)

Question 3

Misogynistic

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Reflecting or inspired by a hatred of women

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Stratify

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To arrange or classify; to form into layers

Question 5

Provincial

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Rustic or nonmetropolitan

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Bemoan

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To express sorrow

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

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Androgynous

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Having both male and female qualities

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Truncate

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To shorten something by cutting off the tip or end

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Inundate

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To overwhelm

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Enmesh

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To catch or involve in, as in a net; to entangle

Question 12

Autonomous

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Self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws

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Eschew

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To deliberately avoid using, to abstain from

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Relinquish

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To give up, renounce, or surrender something

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Myriad

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A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

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Arbitrary

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Subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion

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Ostracize

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To exclude from a group or society

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Histrionics

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Exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention

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Litany

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A prolonged or tedious account

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Coerce

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To persuade an unwilling person to do something by using force or threats

Question 21

Demure

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Of a woman or her behavior—reserved, modest, or shy

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Vilify

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To speak or write about someone or something in an abusively critical manner

Question 23

Incredulously

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Not able or willing to believe something

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Entrench

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To establish a belief or ideal so deeply that change is unlikely

Question 25

Apathetic

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Having or showing little or no emotion

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Sullen

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Bad-tempered and sulky, gloomy

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Conduit

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A pipe or tube through which something passes (such as water or oil)

Question 28

Glib

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To speak insincerely; without thought

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Jaded

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Tired, bored, lacking enthusiasm

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Paradigm

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A typical example or patterns of something; a model

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Grudgingly

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Displaying a reluctance or unwillingness

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Omnipresent

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Present everywhere at the same time

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Anomaly

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A deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

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Cataclysmic

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Violently destructive

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Naïveté

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Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment

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Zest

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Keen relish, gusto