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Question 1

tempestuous

Answer 1

characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

Question 2

mitigate

Answer 2

make less severe, serious, or painful.

Question 3

countermanded

Answer 3

revoke (an order).

Question 4

disparate

Answer 4

essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

Question 5

grandiloquent

Answer 5

pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress

Question 6

apathetic

Answer 6

showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

Question 7

epiphany

Answer 7

experience of a sudden and striking realization

Question 8

antedated

Answer 8

precede in time; come before (something) in date.

Question 9

resurgent

Answer 9

increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.

Question 10

apprehension

Answer 10

anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Question 11

destitute

Answer 11

without the basic necessities of life.

Question 12

opulence

Answer 12

great wealth or luxuriousness.

Question 13

capitulate

Answer 13

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.

Question 14

enmity

Answer 14

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

Question 15

disinterested

Answer 15

not influenced by considerations of personal advantage.

Question 16

charlatan

Answer 16

a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud

Question 17

exacting

Answer 17

making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources.

Question 18

hubris

Answer 18

excessive pride or self-confidence

Question 19

solicitous

Answer 19

characterized by or showing interest or concern.

Question 20

celerity

Answer 20

swiftness of movement./quickness

Question 21

clemency

Answer 21

mercy; lenience.

Question 22

jingoistic

Answer 22

characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy

Question 23

consecrated

Answer 23

make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose.

Question 24

truculent

Answer 24

aggressively self-assertive