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Question 1

bare

Answer 1

Without covering, naked

Question 2

ere

Answer 2

soon

Question 3

e’re

Answer 3

ever

Question 4

aisle

Answer 4

a walkway between or seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.

Question 5

isle

Answer 5

island

Question 6

sarcasm

Answer 6

harsh or bitter derision or irony, sneering or cutting remark

Question 7

effigy

Answer 7

a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.

Question 8

ebony

Answer 8

a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees

Question 9

embassy

Answer 9

a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, especially an ambassador and his or her staff.

Question 10

federal

Answer 10

pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states,

Question 11

penitent

Answer 11

feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.

Question 12

amnesty

Answer 12

general pardon for offenses

Question 13

parasol

Answer 13

lightweight umbrella

Question 14

bale

Answer 14

of hay

Question 15

caste

Answer 15

a hereditary group. You are born into it and may not leave it. Or it could be any class of society.

Question 16

ceil

Answer 16

to provide a ceiling

Question 17

motley

Answer 17

being of different colors combined