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Question 1

Avaricious

Answer 1

adjective: Characterized by greed.

Question 2

Bloviate

Answer 2

verb: To speak pompously or arrogantly.

Question 3

Bodacious

Answer 3

adjective: Remarkable or outstanding; thorough; blatant. (brazen, audacious, indomitable).

Question 4

Ersatz

Answer 4

adjective: Serving as an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one.

Question 5

Inimitable

Answer 5

adjective: Incapable of being imitated or copied.

Question 6

Inveterate

Answer 6

adjective: Firmly and long established.

Question 7

Malinger

Answer 7

verb: To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty.

Question 8

Mawkish

Answer 8

adjective: Excessively and objectionably sentimental; weekly emotional; maudlin.

Question 9

Meretricious

Answer 9

adjective: Attracting attention in a vulgar manner. (mendacious).

Question 10

Mettle

Answer 10

noun: Courage and fortitude; spirit.

Question 11

Nettle

Answer 11

verb: To irritate, annoy, or provoke. (to rankle).

Question 12

Opalescent

Answer 12

adjective: Characterized by luminous rainbow-like colors.

Question 13

Opprobrious

Answer 13

adjective: Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive.

Question 14

Penultimate

Answer 14

adjective: the next to last.

Question 15

Perfidious

Answer 15

adjective: Tending to betray.

Question 16

Persiflage

Answer 16

noun: Light good-natured talk; banter.

Question 17

Piquant

Answer 17

adjective: Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy.

Question 18

Placid

Answer 18

adjective: Undisturbed by tumult or disorder. (equanimity).

Question 19

Ratiocinate

Answer 19

verb: To reason methodically and logically.

Question 20

Recondite

Answer 20

adjective: Not easily understood; abstruse or obscure; elusive in meaning.

Question 21

Remonstrance

Answer 21

noun: A protest, challenge, or argument.

Question 22

Sacrosanct

Answer 22

adjective: Regarded as sacred and inviolable.

Question 23

Sardonic

Answer 23

adjective: Scornfully or cynically mocking; derisive; biting.

Question 24

Sinecure

Answer 24

noun: A position or office that required little or no work but provides a salary.

Question 25

Tawdry

Answer 25

adjective: Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance; vulgar or sleazy.

Question 26

Theocracy

Answer 26

noun: A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.

Question 27

Umbrage

Answer 27

noun: Offense; displeasure or resentment; a feeling of anger caused by being offended or having been slighted.

Question 28

Unctuous

Answer 28

adjective: Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness, fervor or piety.

Question 29

Vacillate

Answer 29

verb: To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Question 30

Vapid

Answer 30

adjective: Lacking liveliness, spirit, animation, or interest.

Question 31

Vet

Answer 31

verb: To appraise, verify, or check for accuracy, authenticity, or validity. (corroborate).

Question 32

Winsome

Answer 32

adjective: Charming and sweet, often in a childlike or naive way.

Question 33

Wry

Answer 33

adjective: Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.

Question 34

Zenith

Answer 34

noun: The upper region of the sky; the point of culmination; peak.

Question 35

Zephyr

Answer 35

noun: A gentle breeze; something that is airy, celestial, or tenuous; insubstantial or evanescent.