Vocab: 4/28

Question 0

Baksheesh (n)

Answer 0

Gift of money; tip; gratuity

Question 1

Alchemy (n)

Answer 1

Medieval chemistry concerned with finding a way to change base metals into gold and single cure for all diseases

Question 2

Bellicose (adj)

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Warlike; inclined to fight or quarrel

Question 3

Carp (v)

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To complain in a nagging way

Question 4

Collation (n)

Answer 4

Light meal

Question 5

Cull (v)

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Pick out; choose

Question 6

Demur (v)

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Take exception

Question 7

Desuetude (n)

Answer 7

Disuse

Question 8

Divert (v)

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Amused; entertain

Question 9

Dun (v)

Answer 9

Make repeated, insistent demands for payment

Question 10

Empirical (adj)

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Relying solely on observation or experience

Question 11

Equivocate (v)

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Use misleading terms so as not to commit oneself

Question 12

Hypothetical (adj)

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Based on or involving a hypothesis

Question 13

Imprimatur (n)

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Authorization; sanction; approval

Question 14

Ingenuous (adj)

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Innocent and simple

Question 15

Mendacious (adj)

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Untrue

Question 16

Panegyric (n)

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Formal speech or piece of writing in high praise of a person or thing

Question 17

Preen (v)

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Dress oneself carefully or smartly

Question 18

Pusillanimous (adj)

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Cowardly

Question 19

Quagmire (n)

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Wet, boggy ground it gives way under the foot; difficult situation

Question 20

Rue (v)

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Regret; feel remorse for

Question 21

Taciturn (adj)

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Habitually disinclined to talk; silent; Uncommunicative