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malign

Answer 1

evil

Question 2

munificent

Answer 2

generous

Question 3

mendacious

Answer 3

lying

Question 4

nugatory

Answer 4

of little consequence

Question 5

ersatz

Answer 5

artificial substitute

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clandestine

Answer 6

marked by secrecy

Question 7

solipsism

Answer 7

theory that one can only know one’s self (only one exists)

Question 8

sophomoric

Answer 8

1. Conceited and overconfident but poorly informed

2. Lacking taste or maturity

Question 9

quixotic

Answer 9

1. Foolishly impractical (esp. in the pursuit of ideals)

2. Unpredictable

Question 10

undue

Answer 10

1. Not due

2. Excessive

Question 11

gamut

Answer 11

an entire range

Question 12

disclaim

Answer 12

deny, disavow

Question 13

ponderous

Answer 13

of great weight, clumsy, dull

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cogent

Answer 14

convincing, logical

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purport

Answer 15

to claim or intend

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predilection

Answer 16

an established preference for something

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cabal

Answer 17

group secretly united in a plot

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literati

Answer 18

the educated class

Question 19

hoi polloi

Answer 19

the general masses

Question 20

incendiary

Answer 20

1. Designed to start fires

2. Intending to excite or inflame

Question 21

parochial

Answer 21

1. Relating to church

2. Restricted or confined

Question 22

dulcet

Answer 22

sweet, pleasing

Question 23

facile

Answer 23

1. Easily accomplished

2. Shallow

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urbane

Answer 24

polite, polished

Question 25

erudite

Answer 25

showing great knowledge

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bane

Answer 26

harm, ruin

Question 27

noxious

Answer 27

1. Harmful

2. Disagreeable, obnoxious

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amenable

Answer 28

1. Answerable, liable to be brought to account

2. Readily yielding/cooperating

Question 29

pragmatic

Answer 29

practical

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stolid

Answer 30

unemotional, calm

Question 31

equivocal

Answer 31

undecided, uncertain

Question 32

officious

Answer 32

1. Meddlesome

2. Unofficial

Question 33

supersede

Answer 33

to take the place of (figuratively)

Question 34

outstrip

Answer 34

to go faster/farther than

Question 35

paean

Answer 35

a work that praises its subject

Question 36

plaudit

Answer 36

1. Round of applause

2. Approval

Question 37

faculty

Answer 37

1. Ability
2. Members of a profession
3. Power/authority

Question 38

foible

Answer 38

minor flaw

Question 39

mores

Answer 39

customs/attitudes of a group

Question 40

peccadillo

Answer 40

slight offense

Question 41

effect

Answer 41

to cause, to bring about

Question 42

heretofore

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up to this time

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castigate

Answer 43

criticize, punish

Question 44

deify

Answer 44

1. To make a god of

2. To glorify

Question 45

antedate

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1. To precede in time

2. To assign a date that is earlier than the actual date

Question 46

expatriate

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1. Exile, banish

2. Person living in a foreign land

Question 47

lascivious

Answer 47

lewd

Question 48

epoch

Answer 48

a period of time

Question 49

posit

Answer 49

1. To assume or set

2. To propose as an explanation

Question 50

prescient

Answer 50

foreknowledge of events

Question 51

preternatural

Answer 51

existing outside of nature

Question 52

pith

Answer 52

1. The core / essential part

2. To kill an animal by severing the spinal cord

Question 53

venerate

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to honor

Question 54

indemnify

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1. To secure against hurt, loss, or damage

2. To compensate for hurt, loss, or damage

Question 55

quotidian

Answer 55

ordinary, occurring every day

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acerbic

Answer 56

sharp, biting

Question 57

doyen/doyenne

Answer 57

experienced and knowledgeable senior in a group

Question 58

caustic

Answer 58

1. Corrosive

2. Sarcastic

Question 59

vicissitude

Answer 59

1. Mutability, the quality of being changeable

2. An unfortunate turn in fortune

Question 60

akimbo

Answer 60

1. Standing hands on hips

2. Set at a bent angle

Question 61

obtuse

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stupid, difficult to understand

Question 62

askance

Answer 62

1. With disproval or distrust

2. With a side-glance

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demarcate

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distinguish

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improvident

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lacking foresight

Question 65

taciturn

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not one to talk

Question 66

dissolute

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lacking restraint (esp. in indulgence)

Question 67

inimical

Answer 67

hostile, unfriendly

Question 68

pallid

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dull, wan

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impecunious

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penniless

Question 70

enigmatic

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mysterious

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emblematic

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representative, symbolic

Question 72

grandiloquent

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pompous, lofty

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cajole

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to persuade with flattery or false promise

Question 74

guise

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external appearance, pretext

Question 75

laud

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praise

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pan

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to criticize severely

Question 77

insouciance

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nonchalance

Question 78

profundity

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profound

Question 79

insensible

Answer 79

1. Lacking life or spirit
2. Unaware
3. Meaningless
4. Imperceptible

Question 80

catharsis

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release through expression

Question 81

coda

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conclusion

Question 82

homily

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1. Short sermon

2. Inspirational catchphrase

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shrewd

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1. Clever

2. Severe, sharp

Question 84

simpatico

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agreeable, likeable, likeminded

Question 85

inure

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1. To become accustomed to

2. To become of an advantage

Question 86

effusive

Answer 86

excessive emotion or enthusiasm

Question 87

maudlin

Answer 87

1. Drunk enough to be emotionally silly

2. Effusively sentimental

Question 88

syncopate

Answer 88

to shorten

Question 89

amortize

Answer 89

to pay off gradually

Question 90

convolute

Answer 90

twist, coil

Question 91

inveigle

Answer 91

win over by wiles

Question 92

hector

Answer 92

to bully

Question 93

defer

Answer 93

1. To delay
2. To delegate
3. To submit to another’s wishes

Question 94

presage

Answer 94

to foreshadow, predict

Question 95

deft

Answer 95

skill

Question 96

consanguineous

Answer 96

descended from the same ancestor

Question 97

beguile

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hoodwink

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chary

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cautious of

Question 99

sycophant

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servile self-seeking flatterer

Question 100

fecund

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1. Fertile, fruitful

2. Intellectually productive

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efficacious

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effective

Question 102

imperious

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1. Domineering

2. Urgent

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forebear

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ancestor

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progeny

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1. Descendants

2. Outcome, product

Question 105

harbinger

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1. Something that foreshadows

2. One who initiates a change or beginning

Question 106

herald

Answer 106

1. Messenger

2. Announce, foreshadow

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equitable

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dealing fairly

Question 108

concomitant

Answer 108

accompanying

Question 109

obsequious

Answer 109

fawning

Question 110

vestigial

Answer 110

remaining as the last small part of something that existed before

Question 111

sanguine

Answer 111

1. Optimistic

2. Relating to blood

Question 112

high-handed

Answer 112

showing no regard for others

Question 113

banal

Answer 113

lacking originality

Question 114

sagacious

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discerning, keen

Question 115

verdant

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1. Green

2. Inexperienced

Question 116

precocious

Answer 116

exceptionally early in development/maturity

Question 117

garrulous

Answer 117

wordy, annoyingly talkative

Question 118

solicitude

Answer 118

state of concern or anxiety

Question 119

facetious

Answer 119

flippant, jesting (often inappropriately)

Question 120

ingenuous

Answer 120

innocence, childlike simplicity

Question 121

refute

Answer 121

1. To prove wrong

2. To deny the accuracy of

Question 122

circumscribe

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to constrict

Question 123

ameliorate

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to make better

Question 124

polemical

Answer 124

controversial

Question 125

excoriate

Answer 125

1. To wear off the skin

2. To censure scathingly

Question 126

censure

Answer 126

condemn, reprimand

Question 127

calumny

Answer 127

slander

Question 128

obloquy

Answer 128

1. Abusive language

2. Bad repute

Question 129

artifice

Answer 129

clever (trick)

Question 130

dogmatic

Answer 130

expressing opinions very strongly as though fact

Question 131

pedant

Answer 131

one who makes a show of knowledge

Question 132

parsimony

Answer 132

stingy

Question 133

pulchritude

Answer 133

beauty

Question 134

supersede

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to displace, to cause to be set aside

Question 135

minutiae

Answer 135

minute detail

Question 136

approbation

Answer 136

praise

Question 137

tortuous

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1. Marked by twists and turns

2. Devious, indirect

Question 138

circuitous

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1. Circular or winding course

2. Not being forthright or direct

Question 139

indolence

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laziness

Question 140

probity

Answer 140

upright

Question 141

dissipation

Answer 141

1. Dispersion, diffusion

2. Act of self-indulgence

Question 142

profligate

Answer 142

wildly extravagant, immoral

Question 143

antediluvian

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primitive, outdated

Question 144

inundate

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overwhelm, flood

Question 145

capricious (caprice)

Answer 145

impulsive

Question 146

guileless

Answer 146

innocent

Question 147

desultory

Answer 147

1. Lack of a plan or purpose
2. Not connected to the main topic
3. Disappointing

Question 148

berserk

Answer 148

crazed

Question 149

pacific

Answer 149

conciliatory, soothing

Question 150

metastasize

Answer 150

to spread