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1
Q

penchant

A

fondness

2
Q

surly

A

rude and bad-tempered

3
Q

venality

A

capability of being bribed

4
Q

assimilate

A

to make similar

5
Q

intercede

A

to mediate on another’s behalf

6
Q

disparage

A

to disapprove

7
Q

dross

A

something worthless

8
Q

limpid

A

transparently clear

9
Q

derisive

A

mocking

10
Q

whet

A

to sharpen or stimulate

11
Q

emollient

A

softening

12
Q

extol

A

to praise

13
Q

torrid

A

passionate

14
Q

divest

A

remove

15
Q

captious

A

faultfining

16
Q

convivial

A

festive and friendly

17
Q

manifest

A

to make clear

18
Q

vituperation

A

verbal abuse

19
Q

tumid

A

swollen

20
Q

egregious

A

bad or offensive

21
Q

monastic

A

austere (strict) manner of living; live like monks

22
Q

transpose

A

to reverse the order of

23
Q

bungle

A

to botch

24
Q

zealot

A

a fanatic

25
Q

aver

A

assert with confidence

26
Q

salubrious

A

healthful

27
Q

mordicum

A

a small amount

28
Q

prattle

A

to babble

29
Q

abstemious

A

sparingly

30
Q

grouse

A

to complain

31
Q

ineffable

A

inexpressible

32
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feigned

A

invented

33
Q

irascible

A

irritable

34
Q

rent

A

an opening made by tearing

35
Q

parsimonious

A

frugal

36
Q

welter

A

to become entangled

37
Q

succinct

A

expressed in few words

38
Q

svelte

A

slender

39
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verdant

A

green with vegetation; inexperienced

40
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equivocal

A

ambiguous

41
Q

mince

A

to euphemize

42
Q

Contrite

A

Guilty

43
Q

atavism

A

regression

44
Q

Reeling

A

Staggering

45
Q

Deprecate

A

To Belittle

46
Q

Fractal

A

an object or quantity that displays self-similarity on all scales.