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Question 1

abate

Answer 1

become less in amount or intensity
“we waited for the storm to abate”
avta
decrease

Question 2

anachronistic

Answer 2

chronically misplaced
in a wrong time
passar inte in i tiden
“putting an iphone in the 1950s is anachronistic”
old fashion

Question 3

boisterous

Answer 3

Loud and noisy
“The man had a boisterous laughter”
högljudd

Question 4

camaraderie

Answer 4

kamratskap

Question 5

compromise

Answer 5

kompromiss
“The political parties had come to compromise regarding the budget”

Question 6

convergence

Answer 6

the act of converging (coming closer)

Question 7

divergent

Answer 7

tending to move apart in different directions (or be different)
“Their lives took divergent paths”

Question 8

extenuating

Answer 8

partially excusing or justifying
förmildrande

Question 9

fortuitous

Answer 9

by happy chance (luck)
Penicillin was a fortuitous discovery
lyckligt sammanträffande

Question 10

hedonist

Answer 10

Somebody who always looks for pleasure first, motivated by desires