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Question 1

nepotism

Answer 1

showing favoritism to relatives

Question 2

loiter

Answer 2

to stand about without purpose

Question 3

compress

Answer 3

a pad of folded cloth applying pressue

Question 4

tenacious

Answer 4

extremely persistent; stubborn

Question 5

accede

Answer 5

to agree to something

Question 6

epitome

Answer 6

a representative example of a type

Question 7

amiable

Answer 7

friendly and agreeable

Question 8

relish

Answer 8

to enjoy

Question 9

desolate

Answer 9

left alone, lonely, deserted

Question 10

happy

Answer 10

fortunate, being especially well adapted

Question 11

arid

Answer 11

dry and barren, not interesting

Question 12

faze

Answer 12

to disturb, to disconcert

Question 13

repent

Answer 13

to fell remorse for a past action

Question 14

byproduct

Answer 14

a side-effect

Question 15

refractory

Answer 15

stubbornly resistant to control

Question 16

elegy

Answer 16

a poem that mourns a death

Question 17

hallmark

Answer 17

any mark or symbol of genuineness or high quality

Question 18

rebuff

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to refuse somoene

Question 19

perfidious

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marked by extreme treachery

Question 20

impeach

Answer 20

to formally charge (an official) with wrongdoing

Question 21

desultory

Answer 21

lacking a plan or purpose

Question 22

torso

Answer 22

the trunk of a human body

Question 23

cordial

Answer 23

warm and friendly

Question 24

intrinsic

Answer 24

relating to the essential nature of a something

Question 25

unkempt

Answer 25

sloppy, messy, unclean