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Question 1

veracity

Answer 1

n. truthfulness

Question 2

verbiage

Answer 2

n. an overabundance of words
n. one’s manner or speaking

Question 3

vestige

Answer 3

n. a small remnant

Question 4

vex

Answer 4

v. to annoy or bother
v. to confound
v. to talk about extensively

Question 5

vigilant

Answer 5

adj. watchful

Question 6

vigor

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n. energy, vitality
n. strength; forcefulness

Question 7

virtuoso

Answer 7

n. a highly-skilled artist

Question 8

viscous

Answer 8

adj. thick and syrup-like

Question 9

vituperate

Answer 9

v. to scold

Question 10

vivacious

Answer 10

adj. energetic; full of life

Question 11

meticulous

Answer 11

adj. paying great attention to detail

Question 12

mimicry

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n. a close imitation of something else

Question 13

minuet

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n. a slow, stately, pattern dance in ¾ time
n. the music to accompany the dance of the same name

Question 14

minute

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adj. tiny
adj. attentive to the smallest details

Question 15

mirth

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n. glee; joy

Question 16

dissipated

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adj. indulging in excessive devotion to pleasure; debauched, dissolute; wasted, squandered

Question 17

misanthrope

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n. a hater of humanity

Question 18

invidious

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adj. offensive, provoking resentment or ill-will

Question 19

misconstrue

Answer 19

v. to misunderstand

Question 20

remit

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v. to transmit payment
v. to refrain from exacting
v. to pardon
v. to desist, postpone or give up

Question 21

mitigate

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v. to make smaller or less problematic

Question 22

opprobrium

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n. the disgrace felt by someone who has acted in an outrageously shameful manner

Question 23

mollify

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v. to decrease the strength of
v. to make softer, less severe

Question 24

momentum

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n. strength built up by continued movement or development

Question 25

prodigious

Answer 25

adj. having great power or size adj. extreme