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Question 1

aberrant

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adj. deviating from what is normal

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Question 2

abeyance

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n. temporary suppression or suspension

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Question 3

abstemious

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adj. moderate in appetite

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Question 4

aesthetic

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adj. relating to beauty or art

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Question 5

alacrity

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n. cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed

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alleviate

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v. to relieve; improve partially

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amalgamate

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v. to combine into a unified whole

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Question 8

ambiguous

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adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning

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Question 9

ambivalence

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n. the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes

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Question 10

ameliorate

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v. to improve

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anachronism

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n. something out of the proper time

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Question 12

analogous

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adj. comparable

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Question 13

anarchy

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n. absence of government; state of disorder

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antipathy

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n. dislike; hostility

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Question 15

apathy

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n. indifferenece

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approbation

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n. praise; approval

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Question 17

appropriate

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v. to take possession for one’s own use; confiscate

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Question 18

arduous

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adj. extremely difficult; laborious

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ascetic

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n. one who practices self-denial

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aspersion

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n. slander; false rumor

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Question 21

assiduous

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adj. diligent; hard-working

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Question 22

attenuate

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v. to weaken

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Question 23

audacious

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adj. bold; daring

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Question 24

austere

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adj. stern; unadorned

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Question 25

aver

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v. to affirm; declare to be true

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banal

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adj. commonplace; trite

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belie

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v. to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

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Question 28

beneficent

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adj. kindly; doing good

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bombastic

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adj. pompous; using inflated language

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burgeon

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v. to flourish

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burnish

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v. to polish

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buttress

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v. to reinforce; support

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Question 33

cacophonous

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adj. unpleasant or harsh-sounding

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Question 34

apprise

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v. to inform
Nadine Cohodas’s biography of the blues singer Dinah Washington keeps the reader apprised of the racism black Americans had to endure.

Question 35

artless

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adj. guileless; natural
The source of the meaning of artless as guileless is the poet John Dryden, who wrote of William Shakespeare in 1672: “Such artless beauty lies in Shakespeare’s wit. . . .”

Question 36

boorish

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adj. rude; insensitive
Bob apologized for his boorish behavior at the party, saying he hadn’t realized that it was such a formal occasion.

Question 37

anomalous

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anomalous adj. irregular; deviating from the norm
The psychologist discounted the anomalous behavior of the sol-
dier, saying it was merely a short-term effect of the stress of battle.
The noun is anomaly.
A moral dilemma that arises with humanity’s ability to clone is
posed in the following hypothetical scenario: a pig that produces
much more meat than a normal pig can be cloned, but the pig’s life
span would be cut in half because of anomalies in the cloning pro-
cess: Is it right to clone such an animal?