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Question 1

purview

Answer 1

(n) the range of limit, especially of authority, responsibility, or intention; range of vision, understanding, or cognizance

Question 2

besiege

Answer 2

(v) to overwhelm; to surround and attack

Question 3

eclectic

Answer 3

(adj) selecting or made up of what seems best of varied sources

Question 4

nuance

Answer 4

(n) a very slight difference in meaning, tone, color, or feeling; awareness or ability to express subtle shades

Question 5

supercilious

Answer 5

(adj) contemptuous, arrogant; disdainful and haughty; overbearingly proud

Question 6

misogyny

Answer 6

(n) hatred of women; a bitter contempt for all women

Question 7

iconoclast

Answer 7

(n) someone who challenges or overturns traditional customs, beliefs, and values

Question 8

avant-garde

Answer 8

(adj) artistically innovative, experimental, or unconventional; used to describe members of the intelligentsia (writers,artists, musicians)

Question 9

salacious

Answer 9

(adj) having to do with lust or sexual desire; bawdy; dealing with sexual matters in an indecent way

Question 10

vacuous

Answer 10

(adj) lacking intelligence, stupid; devoid of substance of meaning; inane; devoid of expression, vacant; devoid of matter, empty

Question 11

knowtow

Answer 11

(v) to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in deep respect

Question 12

gauche

Answer 12

(adj) lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless (gaucherie)