Vocab

Question 1

buoyant

Answer 1

(adj) able to float or rise

Question 2

enervate

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(v) to weaken; rob if strength or energy

Question 3

incorrigible

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(adj) uncontrollable

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inexorable

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(adj) not capable of being influenced or prevented; relentless; unstoppable

Question 5

irrefutable

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(adj) Impossible to disprove

Question 6

marred

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(v) made less perfect through injury or damage

Question 7

parochial

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(adj) restricted to a narrow scope or outlook; narrow minded

Question 8

partisan

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(adj) strongly supporting a specific party, cause, or person

Question 9

pique

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(n) a feeling of resentment or anger because of wounded pride

Question 10

satirical

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(adj) attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit

Question 11

cajole

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(v) to persuade with flattery; to sweet talk

Question 12

Capitulate

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(v) to give in

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egregious

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(adj) highly noticeable in a negative way

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Premonition

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(n) a feeling that something bad is going to happen

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Prestigious

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(adj) having an honored name or reputation; having prestige

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Reverent

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(adj) feeling or expressing respect or awe

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stupor

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(n) a state of mental numbness; a daze

Question 18

Sycophant

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(n) a person who tries to win favor through flattery

Question 19

urbane

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(adj) smooth in manner; elegant; polished; suave

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Zany

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wildly silly or comical

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Aberration

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(n) an oddity;something different from what is normal or expected

Question 22

Composure

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(n) calmness of mind or manner; self-possession

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congenital

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(adj) referring to a condition present at birth; inborn

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Elusive

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(adj) tending to escape hard to catch hold of or identify

Question 25

extol

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(v) to praise highly; exalt

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Formidable

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(adj) very challenging; demanding

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inscrutable

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(adj) difficult to interpret or understand puzzling

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Precocious

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(adj) showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability

Question 29

trepidation

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(alarm or dread

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Virulent

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(adj) very injurious; lethal; deadly

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accommodate

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(v) to provide with something needed; make or have room for

Question 32

clairvoyant

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(adj) having the supposed power to see things not perceived by the normal senses

Question 33

contiguous

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(adj) sharing an edge or a boundary

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Debilitate

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(V) to deprive of strength or energy.

Question 35

oblliterate

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(v) to destroy or erase completely

Question 36

Officious

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(adj) offering unwanted advice or services; meddlesome

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Preclude

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(v) to make impossible in advance; prevent

Question 38

Spurn

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(v) to reject or refuse with scorn

Question 39

stealthy

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(adj) moving or acting in a cautious, deceptive way; sneaky

Question 40

Taciturn

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(adj) habitually nontalkative; uncommunicative

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cordial

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(adj) warm and friendly

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Defame

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(v) to damage the good name or reputation of

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Discordant

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lacking agreement lacking harmony

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Grueling

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Physically or mentally exhausted

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Indict

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(v) to charge with an offense; blame

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Indoctrinate

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(v) to teach a specific body of doctrine or point of view, excluding other opinions to impose a partisan or one sided way of thinking

Question 47

Submissive

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(Adj) giving in to the authority of others; obedient

Question 48

Sullen

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(adj) quietly resentful; bitter; irritable

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Thwart

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(v) to oppose and defeat; obstruct, frustrate

Question 50

Wanton

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(adj) senseless