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Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

adjective: Difficult to comprehend; concealed or hidden out of the way. (enigmatic).

Question 2

Acrid

Answer 2

adjective: Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the senses.

Question 3

Ameliorate

Answer 3

verb: To make better; to improve.

Question 4

Amicable

Answer 4

adjective: Friendly; agreeable; civil; free from hostility or animus; exhibiting goodwill.

Question 5

Amnesty

Answer 5

noun: A general pardon or clemency granted by a government, especially for political offenses, and often granted before a trial or conviction.

Question 6

Animosity

Answer 6

noun: Bitter hostility, ill will, or open enmity; hatred.

Question 7

Anomalous

Answer 7

adjective: Irregular; abnormal; unusual; deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.

Question 8

Arbitrary

Answer 8

adjective: Depending solely on individual will or choice; inconsistent; random.

Question 9

Attenuate

Answer 9

verb: To make thin or slender; to weaken; to reduce the strength of something (enervate).

Question 10

Augment

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verb: To increase or to enlarge; to make something greater as in size, extent, or quantity.

Question 11

Baleful

Answer 11

adjective: Portending evil; ominous; harmful. (inimical).

Question 12

Brusque

Answer 12

adjective: Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt.

Question 13

Cacophonous

Answer 13

adjective: Jarring; having a harsh sound; inharmonious (discordant).

Question 14

Censorious

Answer 14

adjective: Severely critical.

Question 15

Cessation

Answer 15

noun: A temporary or complete halt; termination.

Question 16

Chicanery

Answer 16

noun: Deception by trickery or fraud; (guile).

Question 17

Circumspect

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adjective: Cautious; wary; heedful of circumstances and potential consequences of actions; prudent.

Question 18

Decorum

Answer 18

noun: Proper behavior or proper in manners; etiquette. (propriety).

Question 19

Denigrate

Answer 19

verb: To attack or harm someone’s reputation (traduce, disparage).

Question 20

Dexterous

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adjective: Demonstrating mental or physical skill or aptitude. (adroit).

Question 21

Diffident

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adjective: Shyness; lacking confidence; timid; reserved in manner.

Question 22

Efface

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verb: To erase or make illegible.

Question 23

Eminent

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adjective: Towering or standing out above others.

Question 24

Enervate

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verb: To weaken or to significantly diminish the strength or vitality of something (to attenuate).

Question 27

Equanimity

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noun: Calmness; a state of composure and clarity; tranquility.

Question 28

Evanescent

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adjective: Momentary or fleeting; transitory; temporal.

Question 29

Exacerbate

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verb: To aggravate; to intensify bad qualities; to make a condition or circumstance more severe; to worsen.

Question 30

Exculpate

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verb: To clear of blame or fault (to exonerate).

Question 31

Fission

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noun: The act or process of splitting into two parts.

Question 32

Fractious

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adjective: Unruly; rebellious; cranky; intractable. (churlish).

Question 33

Fulsome

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adjective: Excessive; overdone; abundant; gratuitous flattery.

Question 34

Gadfly

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noun: A persistent, irritating critic.

Question 35

Glower

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verb: To glare; to stare angrily and intensely.

Question 36

Guile

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noun: Trickery; deception; cunning; deceit. (chicanery).

Question 37

Perseverance

Answer 37

noun: Steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, an objective, or an aim, especially in spite of (or despite) difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.