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Question 1

Abeyance

Answer 1

noun: The condition of being temporarily set aside.

Question 2

Abscond

Answer 2

verb: To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, as to avoid detection.

Question 3

Accede

Answer 3

verb: To give one’s consent, often at the insistence of another or others.

Question 4

Byronic

Answer 4

adjective: Dark and romantically brooding.

Question 5

Chastise

Answer 5

verb: To criticize severely.

Question 6

Cherubic

Answer 6

adjective: Having a sweet nature befitting an angel.

Question 7

Conglomeration

Answer 7

noun: An accumulation or collections of miscellaneous things.

Question 8

Deplore

Answer 8

verb: To feel or express strong disapproval of.

Question 9

Derision

Answer 9

noun: Ridicule; mockery; making fun at one’s expense.

Question 10

Dickensian

Answer 10

adjective: Resembling or suggestive of conditions described in Charles’ Dicken’s novels.

Question 11

Dictum

Answer 11

noun: An authoritative, often formal pronouncement.

Question 12

Discourse

Answer 12

noun: Formal and informed discussion and inquiry of a subject in speech or writing.

Question 13

Duplicity

Answer 13

noun: Deceitfulness in speech, actions, or conduct, as by speaking or acting in distinct ways to different people concerning the same matter.

Question 14

Exhume

Answer 14

verb: To remove from a grave.

Question 15

Fiasco

Answer 15

noun: A complete failure; a debacle.

Question 16

Fictive

Answer 16

adjective: Of, relating to, or able to engage in, imaginative invention.

Question 17

Frisson

Answer 17

noun: A moment of intense excitement.

Question 18

Gustatory

Answer 18

noun: Relating to the sense of taste.

Question 19

Homogeneous

Answer 19

adjective: Of the same or similar nature or kind.

Question 20

Impetus

Answer 20

noun: An impelling and motivating force; an impulse.

Question 21

Indigent

Answer 21

adjective: Impoverished; lacking or deficient.

Question 22

Infiltrate

Answer 22

verb: To pass surreptitiously into enemy-held territory.

Question 23

Innate

Answer 23

adjective: Possessed at birth; inborn; inherent.

Question 24

Itinerant

Answer 24

adjective: Traveling from place to place.

Question 25

Lurid

Answer 25

adjective: Causing shock or horror.

Question 26

Militate

Answer 26

verb: To have force of influence.

Question 27

Mnemonic

Answer 27

adjective: Relating to memory.

Question 30

Obtrusive

Answer 30

adjective: Tending to puss self-assertively forward.

Question 31

Obviate

Answer 31

verb: To anticipate and dispose of effectively;

Question 32

Peccadillo

Answer 32

noun: A small sin.

Question 33

Rejoinder

Answer 33

noun: An answer, especially to a reply.

Question 34

Stipend

Answer 34

noun: A fixed and regular payment or allowance.

Question 35

subversive

Answer 35

adjective: Rebellious; seditious; incendiary.

Question 36

Touchstone

Answer 36

noun: A highly desired quality, standard, or example that is used to test or compare other things.

Question 37

Voluble

Answer 37

adjective: Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words.