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Question 2

Amenable

Answer 2

(adj) - willing to follow advice or authority

Question 3

Berate

Answer 3

(v) to scold sharply

Question 4

Carnage

Answer 4

(n) large scaleslaughter or loss of life

Question 5

Credulous

Answer 5

(adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived

Question 6

Critereon

Answer 6

(n) ta rule, test, a standard fro judgement

Question 7

Depelete

Answer 7

(v)to use up as a result of spending or consumption

Question 8

Expatiate

Answer 8

(v) to expand on, write or talk at length

Question 9

Extraneous

Answer 9

(adj) coming from the outside, forgein

Question 10

Inception

Answer 10

(n) the beginnning , start

Question 11

Infirmity

Answer 11

(n) weakness or ailment

Question 12

Jejune

Answer 12

(adj, adv) lacking in value or interest, immature

Question 13

obdurate

Answer 13

(adj) stubborn or unyielding

Question 14

potpourrir

Answer 14

(n) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items

Question 15

precocious

Answer 15

(adj) showing unusually early development

Question 16

sadistic

Answer 16

(adj) delighting in cruelety, excessively cruel

Question 17

sententious

Answer 17

(adj) self righteous, saying much in few words

Question 18

supplicate

Answer 18

(v) to beg earnestly or humbly

Question 19

surfeit

Answer 19

(n) an excess or overindulgence as in eating or drinking

Question 20

tortuous

Answer 20

(adj) winding , twisted, crooked, complex

Question 21

turgid

Answer 21

(adj) swollen, bloated, filled to excess