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Question 1

preponderance

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superiority in weight, force, importance or influence

Question 2

pedagogy

Answer 2

the art or profession of teaching

Question 3

intuition

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instinctive knowledge, acquired without conscious reason

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brandish

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to shake or wave, as of a weapon; to show threateningly

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contiguous

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sharing a common boundary; adjoining

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altruistic

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unselfish; benevolent; caring more for others than oneself

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complacent

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too pleased with oneself; self-satisfied

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endow

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to provide with material goods, talents, or qualities

Question 9

lambaste

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to scold or criticize harshly; to beat or whip severely

Question 10

disposition

Answer 10

personality; temperament

Question 11

attrition

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gradual reduction

Question 12

imminent

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impending; threatening; likely to happen

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stifle

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to interrupt or cut off; to keep in or hold back; to suffocate or smother

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avid

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having a passionate desire

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adjunct

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something attached to another but not essential to it

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abhor

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to detest; to shrink from in disgust

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flummox

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to confuse or perplex

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smirk

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to smile in a self-satisfied or artificial way

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feral

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existing in a wild or untamed state

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captious

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tending to notice and point out trivial mistakes or faults; intended to trap or confuse

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emanate

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to send forth; to come forth

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increment

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an increase in quantity

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encompass

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to surround; to include

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skullduggery

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clever deception or trickery

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obdurate

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not easily moved to pity or sympathy

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baroque

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fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate

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impel

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to push something into motion

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relegate

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to assign to an obscure place or condition; to send away

Question 29

debris

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bit and pieces of rubbish

Question 30

colloquy

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conversation, esp. a formal one

Question 31

diminution

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a decrease or diminishing

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abstemious

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moderate, esp. in eating and drinking

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apathy

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lack of emotion; lack of concern, esp. to matters of general importance

Question 34

brusque

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abrupt and curt of manner

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egalitarian

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of the belief that all people should have equal rights

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coiffure

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a hairstyle

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avarice

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excessive desire for wealth

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earnest

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showing deep sincerity; serious

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fortify

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to make stronger

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commend

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to express approval of

Question 41

contrive

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to plan with cleverness; to invent or fabricate; to plan with evil intent; to cause by scheming

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deficient

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lacking an essential quality; inadequate in amount or degree

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excise

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to remove by or as if by cutting

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banter

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good-humored teasing

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cataclysm

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a disastrous event, usually one that brings about great change

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prevail

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to triumph over; to be or become most common

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subjective

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based on personal experience or feeling, not on external evidence

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become

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to be appropriate or suitable to; to look good with

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arrogate

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to claim for one’s self unjustly

Question 50

foster

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to bring up or nurture