Units 1-3

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

The expression of approval

Question 2

assuage

Answer 2

To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Question 3

coalition

Answer 3

A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Question 4

decadence

Answer 4

Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay

Question 5

Elicit

Answer 5

To draw forth, bring out from some source

Question 6

Expostulate

Answer 6

To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or desicion by earnest

Question 7

Hackneyed

Answer 7

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Question 8

Hiatus

Answer 8

A gap, opening, break

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference

Question 10

Intercede

Answer 10

To plead on behalf on someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

Question 11

Jaded

Answer 11

Wearied, worn-out, dulled

Question 12

Lurid

Answer 12

Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

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Meritorious

Answer 13

Worthy, deserving recognition

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Petulant

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Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Question 15

Prerogative

Answer 15

A special right or privilege: a special quality showing excellence

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Provincial

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Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook

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Simulate

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To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

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Transcend

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To rise above or beyond, exceed

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Umbrage

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Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power

Question 20

Unctuous

Answer 20

Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of, earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

Question 21

Ameliorate

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To improve, make better

Question 22

Aplomb

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Poise, assurance, self confidence

Question 23

Bombastic

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Pompous or overblown in language

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Callow

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Without experience, immature

Question 25

Drivel

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Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose, foolish, aimless talk or thinking, to let saliva flow from the mouth

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Epitome

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A summary; an instance that represents a larger reality

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Exhort

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To urge strongly

Question 28

Ex officio

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By virtue of holding a certain office

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Infringe

Answer 29

To violate, trespass

Question 30

Ingratiate

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To make oneself agreeable and gain favor of others

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Interloper

Answer 31

One who moves where he or she is not welcome

Question 32

Intrinsic

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Belonging to someone or something by its very nature

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Inveigh

Answer 33

Violent attack in words

Question 34

Lassitude

Answer 34

Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Question 35

Millennium

Answer 35

1000 years; period of great joy

Question 36

Occult

Answer 36

Mysterious, magical, matters involving the supernatural

Question 37

Permeate

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To spread through

Question 38

Precipitate

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To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly

Question 39

Stringent

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Strict; sharp or bitter to the taste

Question 40

Surmise

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To think or believe without evidence

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Abominate

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Intense dislike

Question 42

Acculturation

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The modification of the social patterns; the resultant blend

Question 43

Adventitious

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Resulting from chance; acquired, not congenital

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Ascribe

Answer 44

To assign or refer to

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Circuitous

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Roundabout

Question 46

Commiserate

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To sympathize with

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Enjoin

Answer 47

To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit

Question 48

Expiate

Answer 48

To make amends; to avert

Question 49

Ferment

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A state of great excitement, agitation; to be in or work into such a state

Question 50

Inadvertent

Answer 50

Resulting from lack of attention

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Nominal

Answer 51

existing in name only; too small

Question 52

Noncommittal

Answer 52

Not decisive

Question 53

Peculate

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To steal something that has been given into ones trust

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Proclivity

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Tendency

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Sangfroid

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Composure or coolness

Question 56

Seditious

Answer 56

Resistant to lawful authority

Question 57

Tenuous

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Slender; lacks clarity or sharpness

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Vitriolic

Answer 58

Bitter, sarcastic

Question 59

Wheedle

Answer 59

To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

Question 60

approbation

Answer 60

the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval