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Question 0

Aesthetic

Answer 0

(Adj) es THET ik
Artistic; related to a sense of beauty
S: beautiful, pleasing, tasteful, attractive
A: discordant, dissonant, unappealing

Question 1

Adulation

Answer 1

(Noun) aj uh LAY shun
Excessive admiration, worship, or flattery
S: blandishment, adoration, praise, exaltation
A: disparagement, dispraise, belittlement, mockery, ridicule

Question 2

Affectation

Answer 2

(Noun) ah fek TAY shun
Fake behavior, a pretense to impress others
S: pretense, act, pose, mannerism, quirk
A: sincerity, genuineness

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

(Noun) uh LAK ruh tee
A cheerful readiness, eagerness
S: speed, dispatch, haste, velocity, enthusiasm, quickness
A: sluggishness, listlessness, torpidity, lassitude, apathy, slowness

Question 4

Allege

Answer 4

(Verb) uh LEJ
to assign wrongdoing yet to be proven; accused
S:claim, assert, attend, declare, charge
A: disavow, deny, reject, contradict, disagree

Question 5

Altercation

Answer 5

(Noun) all tir KAY shun
An angry dispute, a quarrel
S: argument, clash, dispute, fight, disagreement, squabble
A: agreement, accord, harmony, union, concurrence

Question 6

Altruism

Answer 6

(Noun) AL troo ih zum
Selfless giving; generosity
S: benevolence, kindheartedness, tenderness, kindness
A: ill will, malignity, unkindness, malevolence, selfishness, stinginess

Question 7

Ameliorate

Answer 7

(Verb) uh MEE ya rate
To ease a situation, to bring relief
S: improve, reform, amend, better
A: worsen, deteriorate, degenerate

Question 8

Amenable

Answer 8

(Adj) uh MEN ah bull
Going along with the wishes of another, agreeable
S: dutiful, compliant, lawful, mindful, open, willing
A: opposed, disobedient, unheeding, unwilling

Question 9

Amenity

Answer 9

(Noun) uh MEN uh tee
Nicety, attractive feature
S: convenience, accommodation, comfort
A: inconvenience

Question 10

Amnesty

Answer 10

(Noun) AM nuh stee
Official pardon for those who have broken the law
S: mercy, excuse, clemency
A: condemnation, censor, blame

Question 11

Amorous

Answer 11

(Adj) AM uhr us
Strongly moved by love (often sexual love)
S: enamored, erotic, infatuated, lustful
A: aloof, detached, indifferent, apathetic, impassive, frigid

Question 12

Amorphous

Answer 12

(Adjective) uh MOR fus
Lacking a distinct shape
S: shapeless, formless
A: defined, formed, certain

Question 13

Anecdote

Answer 13

(Noun) AN ik dote
A short, entertaining story about a real person or incident (often amusing)
S: account, report, tale

Question 14

Antebellum

Answer 14

(Adjective) an tee BELL um
Before the war (esp. US civi war)
A: postbellum

Question 15

Antecedent

Answer 15

(Noun) an tuh SEE dunt
Coming before in time, preceding
S: cause, determinant, reason, source, precursor, forerunner
A: attendant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, ulterior, posterio

Question 16

Antipathy

Answer 16

(Noun) an TI puh thee
Definite dislike, repulsion, aversion
S: disrelish, distaste, indisposition, unwillingness
A: delight, treat, pleasure, amity

Question 17

Apartheid

Answer 17

(Noun) uh PAR tite
Racial separation and injustice
S: isolation, seclusion, separation, exclusion
A: union, joining, fusion, unification

Question 18

Apostate

Answer 18

(Noun) uh POSS tayt
One who deserts his family or principles
S: defector, betrayer, deserter, recreant
A: loyalist, patriot

Question 19

Appellate

Answer 19

(Adjective) uh PELL it

Having power to review and reverse (court power)