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Question 1

Keen

Answer 1

Sharp, eager, intense, sensitive

Question 2

Tact

Answer 2

Ability to say the right thing

Question 3

Oath( take, let out)

Answer 3

A promise that sth is true, a curse

Question 4

Gallant

Answer 4

Brave, gentle

Question 5

Unaccustomed

Answer 5

Not used to sth

Question 6

Qualify

Answer 6

Become fit, show that you are able

Question 7

peril

Answer 7

danger

Question 8

numb

Answer 8

without the power of feeling

Question 9

recline

Answer 9

lie down, stretch out, lean back

Question 10

shriek

Answer 10

scream

Question 11

sinister

Answer 11

evil, wicked, dishonest, frightening

Question 12

tempt

Answer 12

try to get someone to do do sth, test, invite

Question 13

wager

Answer 13

bet

Question 14

scarce

Answer 14

hard to get, rare

Question 15

persuade

Answer 15

win over to do or believe, make willing

Question 16

devise

Answer 16

think out, plan, invent

Question 17

wholesale

Answer 17

in a large quantity, less than retail in price

Question 18

villain

Answer 18

a very wicked person

Question 19

dense

Answer 19

closely packed together, thick

Question 20

descend

Answer 20

go or come down from a higher place to a lower level

Question 21

predict

Answer 21

tell beforehand

Question 22

burden

Answer 22

what is carried, a load

Question 23

assemble

Answer 23

gather together, bring together

Question 24

explore

Answer 24

go over carefully, look into closely, examine

Question 25

evade

Answer 25

get away from by trickery or cleverness

Question 26

probe

Answer 26

search into, examine thoroughly, investigate

Question 27

reform

Answer 27

make better, improve by removing faults