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Question 1

bide

Answer 1

v. to remain in a condition or state; to wait

Question 2

consent

Answer 2

v. to approve; to agree; to yield

Question 3

volition

Answer 3

n. a conscious choice or decision

Question 4

nascent

Answer 4

adj. coming into being; being born

Question 5

amplify

Answer 5

v. to make larger

Question 6

lurid

Answer 6

adj. causing shock or horror; tastelessly vivid; glowing like fire through a haze

Question 7

own

Answer 7

v. to admit, esp. taking personal responsibility for one’s own actions or thoughts

Question 8

collude

Answer 8

v. to plot secretly for a deceitful or illegal purpose

Question 9

tally

Answer 9

v. to count; to add

Question 10

disarray

Answer 10

n. confusion, disorder

Question 11

tepid

Answer 11

adj. moderately warm; lacking force or enthusiasm

Question 12

conjecture

Answer 12

n. an inference or conclusion based on incomplete evidence

Question 13

pious

Answer 13

adj. exhibiting reverence and religious observation

Question 14

abet

Answer 14

v. to encourage, assist, or support, usually in wrongdoing

Question 15

interloper

Answer 15

n. one who interferes with the affairs of others; a meddler

Question 16

subsequent

Answer 16

adj. happening afterward; following in order

Question 17

surmise

Answer 17

v. to infer something by intuition or with slender evidence

n. such an inference

Question 18

jot

Answer 18

v. to write briefly and hastily

n. a very small amount

Question 19

discern

Answer 19

v. to perceive and understand so as to make distinctions

Question 20

blight

Answer 20

n. a plant disease; something that impairs growth, progress, or prosperity

Question 21

voluble

Answer 21

adj. talkative

Question 22

divine

Answer 22

adj. related to a god; supremely good or beautiful

Question 23

premonition

Answer 23

n. a sense of a future event; a warning in advance

Question 24

proverbial

Answer 24

adj. well-known because widely repeated

Question 25

grave

Answer 25

adj. serious; dignified; formal