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Question 1

Atrophy

Answer 1

(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue ;any progressive declind or failure.
(V.) to waste away
Synonyms: (N.) degeneration, deterioation. (V.) Wither
Antonyms:(N.) growth development: (V.) mature, develop

Question 2

Bastion

Answer 2

(n) a fortified pace, stronghold

Synonyms: citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet.

Question 3

Concord

Answer 3

(n) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
Antonyms: disagreement, strife, discord

Question 4

Consummate

Answer 4

(adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree
(v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
Synoyms:(adj.) masterful:(v.) clinch,conclude
Antonyms: (.v) launch, initiated, begin, kickoff

Question 5

Disarray

Answer 5

(n) disorder, confusion
(v) to throw into disorder
Synonyms: (n) disorganization(V) dishevel, mess up
Antonyms: (n) organization, order, tidiness

Question 6

Exigency

Answer 6

(n) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Synonyms: requirement, crisis

Question 7

Flotsam

Answer 7

(n) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

Synonyms: floating wreckage

Question 8

Frenetic

Answer 8

(adj) frenzied, highly agitated
Synonym: frantic, overwrought
Antonym: calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

Question 9

Glean

Answer 9

(v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
Synonyms; collect, cull, pick-up

Question 10

Grouse

Answer 10

(n) a type of game bird; a complaint
(v) to complain, grumble
Synonyms(v) gripe, kvetch, bellyache

Question 11

Incarcerate

Answer 11

(v) to imprison, confine, jail
Synonyms:intern. immure
Antonyms: liberate, release,free

Question 12

Incumbent

Answer 12

(adj) obligatory required
(n) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Synonyms: (adj) mandatory, necessary
Antonyms: (adj) optional, unnecessary

Question 13

Jocular

Answer 13

(adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Synonyms: waggish, facetious, droll, witty
Antonyms: humorless, solemn, grave, earnest, grim

Question 14

Ludicrous

Answer 14

(adj) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Synonyms: risible, preposterous
Antonyms:Heartending, poignant, pathetic

Question 15

Mordant

Answer 15

(adj) biting or caustic in though, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Synonyms: acrimonious, aciduios, sardonic, scathing
Antonyms: bland, mild, gentle, soothing

Question 16

Nettle

Answer 16

(n) a prickly or stinging plant
(v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
Synonyms: (v) peeve, annoy, incense, gam, irk
Antonyms: (v.) please, delight, soothe, pacify

Question 17

Pecuniary

Answer 17

(adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
Synonyms: monetary, financial

Question 18

Pusillanimous

Answer 18

(adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Synonyms:Craven. lily-livered
Antonyms: stouthearted, courageous, daring

Question 19

Recumbent

Answer 19

(adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
Synoynms: prone, prostrate, supine, inactive
Antonyms: erect, uupright, eneretic, dynamic

Question 20

Stratagem

Answer 20

(n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
Synonyms: ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge