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Question 1

acid

Answer 1

biting, acrid

Question 2

amass

Answer 2

accumulate, collect, gather

Question 3

breakthrough

Answer 3

advance, progress

Question 4

cause

Answer 4

trigger, result in, bring about, produce, elicit

Question 5

certain

Answer 5

specific, definite

Question 6

component

Answer 6

element, ingredient, constituent

Question 7

conditional

Answer 7

dependent, contingent

Question 8

confront

Answer 8

face, affront, encounter, meet

Question 9

consequence

Answer 9

ramification, result, effect, aftermath, outcome

Question 10

crack

Answer 10

break, snap, slit, split

Question 11

crude

Answer 11

rough, raw, unrefined

Question 12

drought

Answer 12

a prolonged lack of moisture, aridity

Question 13

effort

Answer 13

attempt, endeavor, exertion, striving

Question 14

emerge

Answer 14

appear, loom, spring up, come out

Question 15

endurance

Answer 15

stamina, patience / durability, lastingness

Question 16

euphoria

Answer 16

extreme happiness, ecstasy, rapture

Question 17

exacerbate

Answer 17

intensify, worsen, aggravate

Question 18

explain

Answer 18

account for, elucidate, explicate, clarify

Question 19

finish

Answer 19

complete, terminate, end, conclude

Question 20

hollow

Answer 20

empty

Question 21

lash

Answer 21

tie, bind

Question 22

leisurely

Answer 22

relaxed, slow, easy, unhurried

Question 23

manageable

Answer 23

controllable, affordable

Question 24

note

Answer 24

eminence, repute, celebrity

Question 25

periphery

Answer 25

edge, border, fringe, margin, verge

Question 26

practical

Answer 26

pragmatic, effective, practicable, useful

Question 27

prerequisite

Answer 27

necessary condition, qualification, requirement

Question 28

relatively

Answer 28

comparatively, by comparison

Question 29

rudimentary

Answer 29

basic, primitive, undeveloped, elementary

Question 30

selected

Answer 30

chosen

Question 31

shed

Answer 31

discard, cast off, molt / radiate

Question 32

spotty

Answer 32

intermittent, uneven, irregular

Question 33

spread

Answer 33

extend, stretch, reach

Question 34

staunch

Answer 34

strong, firm, faithful, stalwart, loyal

Question 35

stress

Answer 35

emphasis, accent / emphasize

Question 36

stunted

Answer 36

hindered

Question 37

trespass

Answer 37

invade, encroach, infringe, intrude

Question 38

trumpet

Answer 38

proclaim, announce, broadcast, declare

Question 39

via

Answer 39

by way of, by, through