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Question 1

levity

Answer 1

(n) excessive frivolity

Question 2

plagiaristic

Answer 2

(adj) stolen

Question 3

abortive

Answer 3

(adj) fruitless; tending to cut short

Question 4

superficial

Answer 4

(adj) shallow; concerned only with the obvious or apparent

Question 5

sinister

Answer 5

(adj) of ill omen; evil

Question 6

turbulence

Answer 6

(n) wild commotion

Question 7

supercilious

Answer 7

(adj) coolly and patronizingly haughty; proud

Question 8

fractiousness

Answer 8

(n) irritability; quarrelsomeness

Question 9

extemporizing

Answer 9

(v) improvising

Question 10

peremptorily

Answer 10

(adj) as a command; imperiously; peremptory=urgent

Question 11

intimation

Answer 11

(n) a delicate and indirect communication; hint

Question 12

transcendent

Answer 12

(adj) rising above

Question 13

contiguous

Answer 13

(adj) next or adjacent to; nearby

Question 14

pastoral

Answer 14

(adj) of or pertaining to rural life

Question 15

ectoplasm

Answer 15

(n) a jelly-like substance; supernatural slime

Question 16

proprietary

Answer 16

(adj) suggesting ownership

Question 17

hauteur

Answer 17

(n) haughtiness

Question 18

strident

Answer 18

(adj) harsh

Question 19

cataracts

Answer 19

(n) a great waterfall or downpour

Question 20

onnibus

Answer 20

(n) a bus

Question 21

fortnight

Answer 21

(n) a period of 14 days; two weeks

Question 22

ravages

Answer 22

(n) severe damage

Question 23

innuendo

Answer 23

(n) an indirect, subtle, usually derogatory insinuation

Question 24

prodigality

Answer 24

(n) recklessness; extravagence

Question 25

privy

Answer 25

(adj) admitted as one sharing a secret