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Question 1

Sepulchral

Answer 1

something that reminds you of death

Question 2

Temerity

Answer 2

daunting

Question 3

Preclude

Answer 3

make impossible beforehand

Question 4

Remit

Answer 4

send in payment

Question 5

Malign

Answer 5

speaking unfavorably of

Question 6

Rigmarole

Answer 6

a complicated procedure

Question 7

Mezzanine

Answer 7

floor above the ground floor

Question 8

Sprightly

Answer 8

full of spirit

Question 9

Byzantine

Answer 9

complex, relating to the Byzantine Empire

Question 10

Apathetic

Answer 10

lacking emotion

Question 11

Relinquish

Answer 11

to give up

Question 12

Subterfuge

Answer 12

to deceit

Question 13

Potentate

Answer 13

a ruler uncontrolled by law

Question 14

Aplomb

Answer 14

composure under stress

Question 15

Embargo

Answer 15

to restrict

Question 16

Anathema

Answer 16

someone who is disliked

Question 17

Belie

Answer 17

to disguise

Question 18

Obstreperous

Answer 18

noisy

Question 19

Unconscionable

Answer 19

unreasonable

Question 20

Adventitious

Answer 20

accidental

Question 21

Aggrieve

Answer 21

to mistreat

Question 22

Pariah

Answer 22

an outcast

Question 23

Punctual

Answer 23

on time

Question 24

Auspices

Answer 24

protection

Question 25

Bacchanal

Answer 25

party animal

Question 26

Baroque

Answer 26

extravagant

Question 27

Hackneyed

Answer 27

overused

Question 28

Propogate

Answer 28

breed in a natural way

Question 29

Duplicity

Answer 29

deceitful

Question 30

Quell

Answer 30

put down (rebellion)

Question 31

Upbraid

Answer 31

to scold

Question 32

Exorbitant

Answer 32

unreasonably high

Question 33

Miff

Answer 33

to annoy

Question 34

Absolve

Answer 34

to declare

Question 35

Pandemonium

Answer 35

uproar