2020.06.18

Question 1

Enfranchisement

Answer 1

admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting

Question 2

Abdicated

Answer 2

to give up or to renounce a throne, right, power, claim, or responsibility

Question 3

Beatified

Answer 3

To make blissfully happy

To bless

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Allegedly

Answer 4

Asserted without proof

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Mellifluously

Answer 5

sweetly or smoothly flowing, sweet-sounding

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Benignly

Answer 6

having a kindly disposition, gracious
favorable, pleasant, or beneficial
not harmful

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Scrupulously

Answer 7

• Having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right
• Minutely careful, precise, or exact

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Anachronistically

Answer 8

Something that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

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Lexicon

Answer 9

The vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, or other group of people

Question 10

Vignette

Answer 10

• A decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter
• A small, graceful literary sketch

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Veneer

Answer 11

A thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood

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Superlative

Answer 12

• Of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others
• Noting the highest degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs (i.e. smallest, best, most)

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Sedulous

Answer 13

• Diligent in application or attention

- persistently or carefully maintained

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Ephemeral

Answer 14

Lasting a very short time

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Auspicious

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• Promising success
• favored by fortune
• Prosperous or Fortunate

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Urbane

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• Polite, having polish and suavity. Characteristic of sophistication.
• Reflecting elegance or sophistication, especially in expression

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Equivocating

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To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or to mislead

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Loquacious

Answer 18

• talking or tending to talk much or freely
• talkative, chattering, babbling, garrulous
• characterized by excessive talk; wordy

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Reticent

Answer 19

• disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved

- reluctant or restrained

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Facetious

Answer 20

• not meant to be taken seriously or literally
• amusing, humorous
• lacking serious intent

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Profuse

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• spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant
• made or done freely and abundantly

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Meager

Answer 22

• deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness
• scant, inadequate
• having little flesh, lean, thin