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Question 1

a state of temporary disuse or suspension.

Answer 1

abeyance

Question 2

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Answer 2

ambivalent

Question 3

lay siege to.

Answer 3

beleaguer

Question 4

complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.

Answer 4

carte blanche

Question 5

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a large-scale and violent event in the natural world.

Answer 5

cataclysm

Question 6

destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

Answer 6

debauch

Question 7

brilliant display or effect.

Answer 7

eclat

Question 8

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Answer 8

fastidious

Question 9

run or jump about playfully.

Answer 9

gambol

Question 10

inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.

Answer 10

imbue

Question 11

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

Answer 11

inchocate

Question 12

publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.

Answer 12

lampoon

Question 13

(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking.

Answer 13

malleable

Question 14

the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall.

Answer 14

nemesis

Question 15

make a choice from a range of possibilities

Answer 15

opt

Question 16

a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them.

Answer 16

philistine

Question 17

of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.

Answer 17

picaresque

Question 18

nauseated; feeling sick

Answer 18

queasy

Question 19

stubborn or unmanageable

Answer 19

refractory

Question 20

the ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations

Answer 20

savoir-faire