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Question 0

to mention or suggest for the first time.

Answer 0

broach

Question 1

1. of or pertaining to time.

2. pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly.

Answer 1

temporal (TEM-puh-rul)

Question 2

1. economical (often followed by in or of ).
2. lenient or merciful.
3. scanty; limited.

Answer 2

sparing

Question 3

1. charming; agreeable; pleasing.

2. deliberately meant to gain favor.

Answer 3

ingratiating

Question 4

lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull.

Answer 4

pedestrian

Question 5

1. a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.
2. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule.

Answer 5

effigy

Question 6

one of a number of portions or divisions likened to layers or levels.

Answer 6

stratum (STRAY-tum)

Question 7

1. the act of provoking.

2. something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates.

Answer 7

provocation (prah-vuh-KAY-shun)

Question 8

clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.

Answer 8

clarity

Question 9

open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations.

Answer 9

ambiguous

Question 10

having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action.

Answer 10

ambivalent

Question 11

1. to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.

2. to throw into great disorder; derange.

Answer 11

perturb

Question 12

1. to throw into disorder; disarrange.
2. to disturb the condition, action, or function of.
3. to make insane.

Answer 12

derange

Question 13

vivacious; gay; lively; sparkling.

Answer 13

effervescent

Question 14

excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.

Answer 14

idolatry (eye-DOL-uh-tree)

Question 15

the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker’s own use.

Answer 15

larceny

Question 16

1. to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of.

2. to nullify or cause to be ineffective.

Answer 16

negate

Question 17

a fixed or firm belief.

Answer 17

conviction

Question 18

to stop the flow of (a liquid, especially blood).

Answer 18

stanch

Question 19

1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret.
2. sly; shifty.

Answer 19

furtive

Question 20

wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.

Answer 20

vigil

Question 21

expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful.

Answer 21

plaintive

Question 22

to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate.

Answer 22

expostulate

Question 23

1. to ask, demand, or claim.
2. to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
3. to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.

Answer 23

postulate

Question 24

1. violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar.
2. a general outbreak, riot, uprising, or other disorder.
3. highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling; turbulent mental or emotional disturbance.

Answer 24

tumult (TOO-mult)

Question 25

pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed.

Answer 25

placid

Question 26

having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful.

Answer 26

indolent

Question 27

an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.

Answer 27

aperture

Question 28

to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.

Answer 28

ramify