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Question 2

Abet

Answer 2

(v) - to encourage, assist, aid

Question 3

Aver

Answer 3

(v) to afirm, declare confidently

Question 4

Blatant

Answer 4

(adj) noisy in a coarse offensive way

Question 5

Broach

Answer 5

(v) to bring up or to begin to talk about

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Buttress

Answer 6

(v) to support, prop up, strengthen

Question 7

Carousal

Answer 7

(n) noisy revelry or merrymaking

Question 8

Collate

Answer 8

(v) to compare critically in order to note differences

Question 9

Connoisisseur

Answer 9

(n) expert, well qualified to pass judgement

Question 10

Disconsolate

Answer 10

(adj) deeply unhapppy or dejected

Question 11

encumber

Answer 11

(v) to weigh down or burden with diificulties

Question 12

foment

Answer 12

(v) to promote trouble or rebellion

Question 13

grisly

Answer 13

(adj) frightful, horrible, ghastly

Question 14

herculean

Answer 14

(adj) scharacterized by great strength

Question 15

impassive

Answer 15

(adj) showing no feeling or emotion

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inauspicious

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(adj) sunfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

Question 17

inconvertible

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(adj) unquestionable, beyond dispute

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nonplussed

Answer 18

(adj) puzzled, not knowing what to do

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opportune

Answer 19

(adj) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose

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prolific

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(adj) abundantly productive

Question 21

rejoinder

Answer 21

(n) a reply to a reply, especially from a defendant in a legal suit