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Question 1

Nominal

Answer 1

Trifling; insignificant; existing or being something in name or form only

Question 2

Castigate

Answer 2

To subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
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Question 3

Picayune

Answer 3

Of little value; petty; small-minded
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Question 4

Conflagration

Answer 4

A large, disastrous fire; a conflict or war
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Question 5

Pertinacity

Answer 5

Adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design; stubbornly tenacious
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Question 6

Poetaster

Answer 6

An inferior or bad poet
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Question 7

Callow

Answer 7

Lacking adult sophistication; immature
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Question 8

Beatify

Answer 8

To make supremely happy; to declare to be among the blessed and entitled to local veneration
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Question 9

Bellicose

Answer 9

Favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
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Question 10

Calumny

Answer 10

A misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another’s reputation
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Question 11

Antilogy

Answer 11

A contradiction in terms or ideas
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Question 12

Archetype

Answer 12

The original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representatives or copies; a perfect example
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Question 13

Obdurate

Answer 13

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action
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Question 14

Venerate

Answer 14

Regard with great respect; revere
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Question 15

Penultimate

Answer 15

Next to last in a series of things; not last, but second to last
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Question 16

Nonpareil

Answer 16

An unrivaled or matchless person or thing
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Question 17

Epicurean

Answer 17

Fond of adapted to luxury or indulgence in earthly, sensual pleasures (eating and drinking in particular)
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Question 18

Abstemious

Answer 18

Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking; having restraint
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