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Question 1

remunerate

Answer 1

v. to compensate monetarily for trouble or work done

Question 2

render

Answer 2

v. to take forcibly, result in, or cause to become
v. to do something for someone else

Question 3

repose

Answer 3

n. peacefulness, rest
v. to be lying or stationary

Question 4

repudiate

Answer 4

v. to renounce ownership or disown
v. to refuse to recognize
v. to reject as true

Question 5

reticent

Answer 5

adj. not wanting to talk; reluctant

Question 6

retiring

Answer 6

adj. shy; quiet

Question 7

revere

Answer 7

v. to admire greatly; to honor

Question 8

platitude

Answer 8

n. a cliché, dull, or unenlightening saying

Question 9

pliant

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adj. easy to change or bend
adj. easy to convince

Question 10

poignant

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adj. so emotionally intense as to be painful

Question 11

polar

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adj. related to opposite extremes or sides

Question 12

polemic

Answer 12

adj. controversial
n. a controversial argument

Question 13

ponderous

Answer 13

adj. difficult to handle due to heaviness
adj. requiring a lot of work

Question 14

portend

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v. to foretell

Question 15

posit

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v. to assume as fact

Question 16

postulate

Answer 16

v. to assume a basic truth

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bolster

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v. to support

Question 18

bombastic

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adj. inflated, arrogant

Question 19

brood

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n. a group of offspring
v. to worry over

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burgeon

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v. to grow

Question 21

exacting

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adj. making severe demands or requirements
adj. requiring great care

Question 22

rebuke

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v. to reprimand, to scold sharply

Question 23

dulcet

Answer 23

adj. pleasant sounding or looking

Question 24

toady

Answer 24

n. a flatterer, a yes man

Question 25

gall

Answer 25

n. audacity, impudence