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Question 1

Accolade

Answer 1

noun: An expression of approval; praise; a special acknowledgment.

Question 2

Admonish

Answer 2

verb: To reprove gently but earnestly; to counsel (another) against something to be avoided.

Question 3

Ancillary

Answer 3

adjective: Of secondary importance; auxiliary; assisting in some capacity; collateral.

Question 4

Belie

Answer 4

verb: To picture falsely; to misrepresent.

Question 5

Boor

Answer 5

noun: A person with rude, uncultured manners and little refinement; heathen.

Question 6

Chimerical

Answer 6

adjective: Unreal; highly unrealistic; imaginary; visionary.

Question 7

Contemporaneous

Answer 7

adjective: Originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time as something else; simultaneous; concurrent.

Question 8

Dalliance

Answer 8

noun: The deliberate act of wasting time instead of working; procrastinating.

Question 9

Depose

Answer 9

verb: To remove from office or power; to dethrone.

Question 10

Dirge

Answer 10

noun: A funeral hymn or lament; a slow, mournful musical composition.

Question 11

Disheveled

Answer 11

adjective: Unkempt; rumpled or tussled; careless and untidy.

Question 12

Effete

Answer 12

adjective: Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness.

Question 13

Ennui

Answer 13

noun: Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest.

Question 14

Exult

Answer 14

verb: To rejoice greatly; to jubilate; to be triumphant.

Question 15

Gibe

Answer 15

verb: To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks; to deride.

Question 16

Hegemony

Answer 16

noun: The predominant political, religious, and/or cultural influence exercised by one nation over others.

Question 17

Hypothetical

Answer 17

adjective: Highly conjectural; theoretical or speculative; not well supported by available evidence.

Question 18

Indubitable

Answer 18

adjective: Too apparent or obvious to be doubted; undeniable.

Question 19

Intimation

Answer 19

noun: To make known subtly and indirectly; to hint at indirectly.

Question 20

Intractable

Answer 20

adjective: Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; difficult to work with.

Question 21

Marmoreal

Answer 21

adjective: Resembling marble, as in smoothness or hardness.

Question 22

Multifarious

Answer 22

adjective: Having great variety; diverse; manifold.

Question 23

Oleaginous

Answer 23

adjective: Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.

Question 24

Polarize

Answer 24

verb: To divide into sharply opposing factions, opinions, or political groups.

Question 27

Polyglot

Answer 27

noun: A person possessing a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge or several languages.

Question 28

Potentate

Answer 28

noun: One who possesses the power and position to rule over others.

Question 29

Promulgate

Answer 29

verb: To make known by public declaration; to announce or declare officially.

Question 30

Propagate

Answer 30

verb: To cause to multiply or breed; to transmit from one generation to another.

Question 31

Queue

Answer 31

noun: A file or line, especially of people waiting their turn.

Question 32

Relinquish

Answer 32

verb: To renounce or surrender; to give up or abandon.

Question 33

Repudiate

Answer 33

verb: To reject the validity or authority of; to impugn.

Question 34

Retinue

Answer 34

noun: A group following and attending to some important luminary, celebrity, or dignitary.

Question 35

Ruminate

Answer 35

verb: To reflect on or think about over and over again; to turn a matter over and over in mind; to cogitate.

Question 36

Solicitous

Answer 36

adjective: Anxious or concerned; anxiously desirous; overly eager.

Question 37

Torpor

Answer 37

noun: Lethargy or apathy; listlessness; inaction; extreme sluggishness or stagnation.