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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

Answer 6

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

Answer 12

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

Answer 14

adj. tiny
adj. attentive to the smallest details

Question 15

mirth

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n. glee; joy

Question 16

dissipated

Answer 16

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

Question 17

misanthrope

Answer 17

n. a hater of humanity

Question 18

invidious

Answer 18

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

Answer 21

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

momentum

Answer 24

n. strength built up by continued movement or development

Question 25

prodigious

Answer 25

adj. having great power or size
adj. extreme