Vocab

Question 1

Anachronistic

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Out of dat, not attributed to the correct historical period

Question 2

Benevolent

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Friendly and helpful

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Compromise

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To settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides

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Demagogue

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Leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or predjudice

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Emulate

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To imitate, follow an example

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Extenuating

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Excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime

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Hypothesis

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Assumption, theory requiring proof

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Intrepid

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Fearless adventurous

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Novice

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Apprentice, beginner

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Pretentious

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Pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured

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Rancorous

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Bitter, hateful

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Provoked

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Angered

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Appease

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Calm; satisfy

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Constitution

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Physical condition

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Inconceivable

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Unimaginable; beyond understanding

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Valediction

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Farewell speech

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Maladroit

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Clumsy

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Stoicism

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Indifference to sensation

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Ignominious

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Disgraceful

Question 20

Surrealistic

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Unrealistically imaginary