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Question 1

Appendant (adj)

Answer 1

Attached or suspended……The salary was appendant to the position.

Question 2

Intestate (adj)

Answer 2

To die without a will….He died intestate.

Question 3

Rote (adj)

Answer 3

routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure: the rote of daily living.

Question 4

Boll (n)

Answer 4

a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.

Question 5

Deplore (v)

Answer 5

to regret deeply or strongly; lament: to deplore the present state of morality.

Question 6

Discourse (n)

Answer 6

communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.

Question 7

Deport (v)

Answer 7

to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.

Question 8

Ensue (v)

Answer 8

To follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession: As the days ensued, he recovered his strength.

Question 9

Demure (adj)

Answer 9

characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.

Question 10

Inflect (v)

Answer 10

to modulate (the voice).

Question 11

Austere (adj)

Answer 11

severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.

Question 12

Bequeath (v)

Answer 12

to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.

Question 13

Demean (v)

Answer 13

to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase: He demeaned himself by accepting the bribe.

Question 14

Entreat (v)

Answer 14

to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg: to entreat the judge for mercy.

Question 15

Impeach (v)

Answer 15

to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.

Question 16

Awry (adj)

Answer 16

with a turn or twist to one side; askew: to glance or look awry.

Question 17

Beguile (v)

Answer 17

to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.

Question 18

Requite (v)

Answer 18

to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).