The Stranger

Question 1

Furtive

Answer 1

A quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed

Question 2

Promontory

Answer 2

A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast

Question 3

Trawler

Answer 3

A very distinct type of powerboat designed for long-distance cruising and living aboard for significant stretches of time

Question 4

Profusion

Answer 4

Pouring forth

Question 5

Welter

Answer 5

A large number of items in no order; a confused mass

Question 6

Magistrate

Answer 6

a municipal, state, or federal judicial officer commonly authorized to issue warrants, hear minor cases, and conduct preliminary or pretrial hearings.

Question 7

Odious

Answer 7

arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : HATEFUL

Question 8

Provocation

Answer 8

something that provokes, arouses, or stimulates

Question 9

Cordon

Answer 9

a line of troops or of military posts enclosing an area to prevent passage

Question 10

Implacable

Answer 10

not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated

Question 11

Tacit

Answer 11

expressed or carried on without words or speech

Question 12

Cassock

Answer 12

A close-fitting ankle-length garment worn especially in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches by the clergy and by laypersons assisting in services

Question 13

Weary

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exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness

Question 14

Consummated

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Finish, complete; to make perfect; to make (marital union) complete by sexual intercourse

Question 15

Lucid

Answer 15

clear to the understanding : INTELLIGIBLE

Question 16

Hitherto

Answer 16

up to this or that time
[reveals some hitherto unknown facts about her life]

Question 17

Provisional

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serving for the time being

Question 18

Malady

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an unwholesome or disordered condition

Question 19

Porter

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a person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering

Question 20

Incorrigible

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incapable of being corrected or amended.

Question 21

Ontology

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a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence

Question 22

Abjure

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To solemnly renounce

Question 23

Virile

Answer 23

Energetic, vigorous, masculine connotations

Question 24

Truism

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an undoubted or self-evident truth
especially : one too obvious for mention

Question 25

Elucidate

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to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis

Question 26

Elucidate

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to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis

Question 27

Acumen

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keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters

Question 28

Lyricism

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an intense personal quality expressive of feeling or emotion in an art (such as poetry or music)

Question 29

Insoluble

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having or admitting of no solution or explanation

Question 30

Dialectic

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discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method

Question 31

Rancor

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bitter deep-seated ill will

Question 32

A priori

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Deductive; relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions

Question 33

Grievous

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causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow

Question 34

Facsimile

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an exact copy

Question 35

Oligopoly

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a market situation in which each of a few producers affects but does not control the market

Question 36

nascent

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coming or having recently come into existence

Question 37

Obliging

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Willing to do a service of kindness; helpful

Question 38

Adulate

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to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.