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Question 1

Unimpeachable

Answer 1

Cannot be criticized

Question 2

Aboveboard

Answer 2

Open, honest
Ex: The committee tried to be fair and aboveboard in its hiring.

Question 3

Reprisal

Answer 3

To seek revenge

Question 4

Implacable

Answer 4

not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated

//an implacable enemy

Question 5

Protracted

Answer 5

Lengthy

Question 6

Unseemly

Answer 6

Inappropriate in terms of behavior.

Question 7

Spartan

Answer 7

often not capitalized : marked by strict self-discipline or self-denial
//a Spartan athlete

often not capitalized : marked by simplicity, frugality, or avoidance of luxury and comfort
//a Spartan room

Question 8

Benightedness

Answer 8

Ignorance

Question 9

Acerbic

Answer 9

Sharply critical or extremely sarcastic

Question 10

Sanguine

Answer 10

Confidently optimistic

Question 11

Pellucid

Answer 11

Clear and easy to understand