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Question 1

Legacy

Answer 1

(N) anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor
S: inheritance, heritage
A:
E:
S: My grandparents have left a wonderful legacy of how to be grandparents

Question 2

Ordeal

Answer 2

(N) any extreme severe or trying test, experience or trial
S: difficulty, test, affliction, hard situation
A: peace, contentment
E:
S: Almost cutting off my pinky was a major ordeal, and caused a lot of stress.

Question 3

Plaintive

Answer 3

(Adj) expressing sorrow or distress
S: sad, woe, crabby, mournful
A: cheerful, happy, joyful
E:
S: That's too bad, because despite her plaintive pleas she should receive a detention.

Question 4

Primitive

Answer 4

(Adj) unaffected by civilized thoughts or influences; savage
S: early, primal, basic, old
A: modern, new, current
E:
S: I don’t like primitive art. I prefer modern art.

Question 5

peril

Answer 5

(n) extreme danger 
S: risk, hazard, liability
A: safety, certainty
E:
S: My brother was in great peril when he lost the oars to the rowboat in the middle of the lake.

Question 6

insinuate

Answer 6

(V) to suggest or hint slyly 
S: imply, allude, mention
A: conceal, withhold, 
E:
S: She insinuated she didn't care for my mother's new recipe.

Question 7

emigrate

Answer 7

(V) to leave one country or region to settle in another ; migrate
S: move,
A: stay, continue
E:
S: My friend emigrated from Russia to Canada.

Question 8

anguish

Answer 8

(N) extrem discomfort, suffering or pain
S: languish
A: comfort, pain-free
E:
S: The woman cried tears of anguish when her son was missing.

Question 9

delusion

Answer 9

(N) a false belief or opinion 
S: deception, chicanery, fantasy
A:
E: fact, reality, truth
S: She lived in the delusion that she was still 18.

Question 10

indiscriminately

Answer 10

(ADJ) lacking, judgment or selectivity
S: aimlessly, at random
A: carefully, cautiously, purposely 
E:
S: The baseball player began to indiscriminately shuck balls across the field.