#51-75 Vocab

Question 1

Languid/Languished/Languor

Answer 1

Without energy; pleasant mental or physical tiredness or lack of activity

Question 2

Latent

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Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

Question 3

Magnanimity

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Great generosity of spirit or money

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Malevolent

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Ill will, maliciousness

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Mutton

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Meat from a sheep

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Orthodoxy

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A belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards

Question 7

Parochial

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Provincial; country-like, or of a parish

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Pathos

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Poignancy; quality of emotion in a work of art or literature

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Pencuniary

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Relating to money; monetary

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Permeate

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Pervade, penetrate, get into everything

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Pernicious

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Deadly, harmful, pestilent

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Pious

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Godly, reverent, holy

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Plait

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To braid, braids

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Porter

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A railroad employee who assists passengers

Question 15

Prattle

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Idle talk, to go on and on meaninglessly

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Precipitate

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To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely; done hastily, without thought

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Precocious

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Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, especially mental development

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Prerogative

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Privilege, right

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Profligate

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Wasteful, extravagant, prodigal

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Prostrate

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To lay face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration

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Prudent

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Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgement

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Qualm

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An uncomfortable feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing

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Randy

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Sexually aroused

Question 24

Recitation

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An event when one recites a literary work orally for an audience

Question 25

Reiterate

Answer 25

To say or explain again