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Question 1

Repudiate

Answer 1

(v) to reject as having no authority or binding voice; to reject with disapproval or condemnation

Question 2

indignant

Answer 2

(adj) feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting

Question 3

pecuniary

Answer 3

(adj) of or pertaining to money

Question 4

ethereal

Answer 4

(adj) celestial, heavenly; exceptionally delicate

Question 5

modicum

Answer 5

(n) a small amount

Question 6

mercurial

Answer 6

(adj) unpredictable changeable

Question 7

sinew

Answer 7

(n) physical strength

Question 8

avidly

Answer 8

(adv) craving eagerly: greedy; enthusiastically pursuing an interest

Question 9

incipient

Answer 9

(adj) beginning to be or become apparent

Question 10

disingenuous

Answer 10

(adj) lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerely; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere

Question 11

paramount

Answer 11

(adj) superior to all others

Question 12

obdurate

Answer 12

(adj) stubbornly resistant, unyielding

Question 13

inconsequential

Answer 13

(adj) irrelevant, of no significance

Question 14

dogmatic

Answer 14

(adj) positiveness in stating matters of opinion, especially when unwarranted (often arrogantly so)

Question 15

stave

Answer 15

(v) to drive or thrust away

Question 16

nominal

Answer 16

(adj) being something in name or form only