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Question 1

Evince

Answer 1

Reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate

Question 2

Privation

Answer 2

Lack of usual comforts

Question 3

Approbation

Answer 3

Approval or praise

Question 4

Verdure

Answer 4

Lush green vegetation

Question 5

Effluvia (pl)

Answer 5

Unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge

Question 6

Soporific

Answer 6

Induces sleep

Question 7

Pendent

Answer 7

Hanging down or overhanging

Question 8

Sough

Answer 8

Make a moaning or whistling sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc.)

Question 9

Piquant

Answer 9

Pleasantly sharp taste

Question 10

Rejoinder

Answer 10

A reply, especially a sharp or witty one

Question 11

Gregarious

Answer 11

Sociable

Question 12

Adventitious

Answer 12

Happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than by design

Question 13

Ribald

Answer 13

Vulgar in speech

Question 14

Sardonic

Answer 14

Grimly mocking or cynical

Question 15

Netizen

Answer 15

A keen user of the internet

Question 16

Lugubrious

Answer 16

Sad and dismal

Question 17

Fulminate

Answer 17

Express vehement protest

Question 18

Phlegmatic

Answer 18

Not easily excited to action

Question 19

Indigent

Answer 19

Poor; needy

Question 20

Chimera

Answer 20

A monster; an unrealisable dream

Question 21

Portent (n)

Answer 21

An omen of a calamitous event; an exceptional person (literary)

Question 22

Contumacy

Answer 22

Rebelliousness

Question 23

Saturnine

Answer 23

Gloomy (of a person)

Question 24

Prate

Answer 24

Talk foolishly

Question 25

Halcyon

Answer 25

A calm and peaceful time in history

Question 26

Fetter

Answer 26

Chain used to restrain a prisoner, usually placed around ankles

Question 27

Contumely

Answer 27

Insolent or insulting language or treatment

Question 28

Sagacious

Answer 28

Wise, shrewd, having shown good judgement

Question 29

Supercilious

Answer 29

Behaving as though one is superior to others

Question 30

Importunate

Answer 30

Persistent, especially to the point of annoyance

Question 31

Lassitude

Answer 31

Weariness of body or mind

Question 32

Propitious

Answer 32

Giving a good chance of success; favourable

Question 33

Indolent

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Lazy

Question 34

Lineament

Answer 34

Distinctive feature or characteristic, especially of the face; a linear Earth feature, such as a fault

Question 35

Mien

Answer 35

A person’s appearance or manner

Question 36

Ascetic

Answer 36

Monk-like existence

Question 37

Deglutition

Answer 37

Act of swallowing

Question 38

Cynosure

Answer 38

Person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration

Question 39

Expiate

Answer 39

Make amends for (guilt or wrongdoing)

Question 40

Unction

Answer 40

The action of anointing someone with oil or ointment

Question 41

Badinage

Answer 41

Humorous or witty conversation

Question 42

Pertinacious

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Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action

Question 43

Puerile

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Childishly silly and immature

Question 44

Corpulent

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Fat

Question 45

Avaricious

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Extreme greed

Question 46

Prurient

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Having an encouraging or excessive interest in sexual matters

Question 47

Solecism

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Grammatical mistake; breach of good manners

Question 48

Epicure

Answer 48

Person who takes pleasure in fine food and drink

Question 49

Syncope

Answer 49

Fainting

Question 50

Sable

Answer 50

A small omnivorous mammal, found primarily in Russia