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Question 1

Sultry

Answer 1

sweltering; hot and humid (Ex. weather and an attractive person can be sultry)

Question 2

Primeval

Answer 2

belonging to the first or earliest age; original
Primeval tools; primeval forest

Question 3

Exhort

Answer 3

to make urgent appeals; to give warnings or advice

Question 4

Idiosyncratic

Answer 4

eccentric; peculiar to a particular person

Question 5

Sinecure

Answer 5

a paying office or position requiring little or no work

Question 6

Automaton

Answer 6

a robot; a mechanism that is self operating

Question 7

Maim

Answer 7

to cripple, mutilate or batter a living creature

Question 8

Dispensation

Answer 8

an exemption from a law, vow or oath
He asked for a dispensation from the teacher as he did not want to do his homework.

Question 9

Salient

Answer 9

prominent; noticeable (Ex. a salient feature is a noticeable one)

Question 10

Fratricide

Answer 10

the killing of a brother/sister or countryman

Question 11

Implausible

Answer 11

not likely to be believed

Question 12

Cohort

Answer 12

a group of people banded together (sometimes a group united in a struggle); supporters; companions
A cohort of like-minded people find it easier to get things done than one person alone.

Question 13

Rhetorical

Answer 13

describes a question asked without an answer being expected

Question 14

Dowager

Answer 14

a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband

Question 15

Gait

Answer 15

one’s manner of walking or moving on foot

Question 16

Aesthete

Answer 16

one who has a special appreciation of art and beauty

Question 17

Furlough

Answer 17

an approved leave of absence granted to a soldier

Question 18

Querulous

Answer 18

cranky

Question 19

Rejoinder

Answer 19

an answer to a reply; a “comeback”

Question 20

Cache

Answer 20

a hiding place for ammunition, food, or treasure

Question 21

Turbid

Answer 21

not clear or transparent due to stirred up sediment; clouded; opaque; muddled (Ex. usually describes liquid)

Question 22

Impinge

Answer 22

to encroach or infringe upon
One man’s free speech cannot impinge upon the rights of others.
Do not allow your personal problems to impinge on your work.

Question 23

Proviso

Answer 23

a condition attached to an agreement; a stipulation
She was told she could switch classes with the proviso that she earn a B first.

Question 24

Contretemps

Answer 24

a minor dispute or disagreement

Question 25

Incarnate

Answer 25

having a human form; actualized
Evil incarnate

Question 26

Urbane

Answer 26

polished and elegant in manner or style

Question 27

Incongruous

Answer 27

not corresponding; not consistent; not belonging