Word List 9

Question 1

Ethnic

Answer 1

Relating to races

Question 2

Adroit

Answer 2

Skillful

Question 3

Bluster

Answer 3

Blow in heavy gusts; Threaten emptily; Bully; Noisy, violent, or threatening talk

Question 4

Quip

Answer 4

Taunt

Question 5

Libel

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Defamatory statement; Act of writing something that smears a person’s character

Question 6

Topography

Answer 6

Physical features of a region

Question 7

Bandy

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Discuss lightly or glibly; Exchange (words) heatedly

Question 8

Uninhibited

Answer 8

Unrepressed

Question 9

Sheathe

Answer 9

Place into a case

Question 10

Rectitude

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Uprightness; Moral virtue; Correctness of judgement

Question 11

Atypical

Answer 11

Not normal

Question 12

Oscillate

Answer 12

Vibrate pendulum-like; Waver

Question 13

Manifest

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Evident; Visible; Obvious

Question 14

Lull

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Moment of calm

Question 15

Anthology

Answer 15

Book of literary selections by various authors

Question 16

Imbibe

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Drink in

Question 17

Disjointed

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Disconnected

Question 18

Rationale

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Fundamental reason or justification; Grounds for an action

Question 19

Iconoclastic

Answer 19

Attacking cherished traditions

Question 20

Devotee

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Enthusiastic follower

Question 21

Detraction

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Slandering; Aspersion

Question 22

Dwindle

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Shrink; Reduce

Question 23

Excoriate

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Scold with biting harshness; Strip the skin off

Question 24

Bloated

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Swollen or puffed as with water or air

Question 25

Sunder

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Separate; Part

Question 26

Astronomical

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Enormously large or extensive

Question 27

Pontifical

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Pertaining to a bishop or pope; Pompous or pretentious

Question 28

Motif

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Theme

Question 29

Veer

Answer 29

Change in direction

Question 30

Actuarial

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Calculating; Pertaining to insurance statistics

Question 31

Virtuoso

Answer 31

Highly skilled artist

Question 32

Surly

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Rude; Cross

Question 33

Solitude

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State of being alone; Seclusion

Question 34

Apposite

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Appropriate; Fitting

Question 35

Sequester

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Isolate; Retire from public life; Segregate; Seclude

Question 36

Recast

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Reconstruct (a sentence, story)

Question 37

Boisterous

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Violent; Rough; Noisy

Question 38

Gruesome

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Grisly; Horrible

Question 39

Forswear

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Renounce; Abandon

Question 40

Doldrums

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Blues; Listlessness; Slack period

Question 41

Skeptic

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Doubter: Person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined

Question 42

Buffet

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Slap; Batter; Knock about; A meal at which people help themselves

Question 43

Inequity

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Unfairness

Question 44

Hibernate

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Sleep throughout the winter

Question 45

Relish

Answer 45

Savor; Enjoy