Vocabulary

Question 1

Acme

Answer 1

The highest point or stage; pinnacle

Question 2

Amenable

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Liable to be brought to account, answerable

Capable of submission; readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate; willing

Question 3

Amortization

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The act / process / result of paying off or reducing gradually the ost or value of something

Question 4

Anachronism

Ana + chronos (time)

Answer 4

Error in chronology

Person / thing / state / condition being chronologically out of place

Question 5

Arbitrary

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Existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance
Determined by individual preference / convenience rather than by necessity

Not restrained or limited in exercise of power; unrestrained / tyrannical / absolute authority

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Avarice

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Excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain, greediness

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Bucolic

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Cessation

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A temporary or final ceasing, stop

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Conspicuous

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Question 10

Diachronic

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Happening over time

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Elucidates

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Question 12

Hubris

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Exaggerated pride or self-confidence

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Ephemeral

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Question 14

Lissome

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Nimble or easily flexed; easy grace; lithe, nimble

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Idiosyncratic

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Question 15

Nadir

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Point of celestial sphere opposite the zenith

The lowest point

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Nascent

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Question 18

Obviate

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To anticipate and prevent something or make an action unnecessary

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Proscribe

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To publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state

To condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful

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Reticent

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Inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech; reserved; reluctant

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Synchronic

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Happening in a limited time frame or at the same time

Question 22

Syncretism

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The combination of different forms of belief or practice

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Taciturn

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Temperamentally disinclined to talk

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in value, significance, or effect

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Terminus

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End of transportation line, terminal

Extreme point, finishing point

Post or stone marking boundary

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Tractable

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Capable of being easily led, taught of controlled; docile; easily handled, managed or wrought; malleable

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Ubiquity

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Question 28

Zenith

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Highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body

Culminating point; acme