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Question 1

encomium

Answer 1

Warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise

the encomiums bestowed on a teacher at her retirement ceremonies

Question 2

endemic

Answer 2

Native, local; natural, specific to, or confined to a particular place

The disease is endemic to certain regions of Africa, which have experienced several smaller outbreaks in recent years and have not received much international attention

Question 3

enervate

Answer 3

Weaken, tire

The surgery enervated him for weeks afterwards

Question 4

engender

Answer 4

Produce, give rise to, cause to exist; procreate

The issue has engendered a considerable amount of public debate

Question 5

ephemeral

Answer 5

Lasting only a short time, fleeting

Those ephemeral stock options meant little to the employees

Question 6

epicure

Answer 6

Person with cultivated, refined tastes, esp. in food and wine

We’ve been subjected to the bottom of the barrel: cheap, salty, scratchy little things that any epicure would despise.

Question 7

equanimity

Answer 7

Composure, evenness of mind; mental or emotional stability, esp. under stress

The simple practice of daily meditation can help people become calmer, less reactive, and achieve more equanimity

Question 8

equitable

Answer 8

Fair, equal, just

Question 9

equivocate

Answer 9

Use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing to a position

In his article, Putin does not equivocate in articulating his worldview of historical grievance which includes Ukraine as an integral part of the Russian nation

Question 10

fanciful

Answer 10

Whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality

Question 11

fastidious

Answer 11

Excessively particular, difficult to please; painstaking, meticulous, requiring excessive attention to detail

the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty.

Question 12

fatuous

Answer 12

Foolish, silly, esp. in a smug or complacent manner

The fatuous questions that the audience asked after the lecture suggested to the professor that they had understood little

Question 13

fawn

Answer 13

Show affection or try to please in the manner of a dog; try to win favor through flattery and submissive behavior

courtiers fawning on the king
… a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher

Question 14

fecund

Answer 14

Fruitful, fertile; capable of abundantly producing offspring, vegetation, or creative or intellectual work

… fecund source of imagination

Question 15

felicitous

Answer 15

Admirably appropriate, very well-suited for the occasion; pleasant, fortunate, marked by happiness

… handled the delicate matter in a most felicitous manner

Question 16

fervid

Answer 16

Very hot; heated in passion or enthusiasm

at the school board meeting the librarian delivered a fervid speech defending the classic novel against would-be censors

Question 17

fetid

Answer 17

stinking; having offensive smell

the fetid odor of rotting vegetables

Question 18

fidelity

Answer 18

Faithfulness, loyalty; strict observance of duty; accuracy in reproducing a sound or image

his fidelity to his wife was often questioned..

Question 19

sway

Answer 19

rule; control

the part of the continent under Russia’s sway

Question 20

accentuate

Answer 20

make more noticeable or prominent

Question 21

elude

Answer 21

evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way; fail to be grasped or remembered by (someone)

Question 22

glib

Answer 22

showing little forethought or preparation, offhand: Fluent and easy in a way that suggests superficiality or insincerity

The glib analysis of the numbers doesn’t necessarily steer us in the right directions

Question 23

glower

Answer 23

Stare in an angry, sullen way

glowered at the noisy children in the library

Question 24

goad

Answer 24

Urge on (as cattle) with a pointed or electrically charged stick; spur on, stimulate, encourage

The threat of legal action should goad them into complying

Question 25

gouge

Answer 25

cut or scoop out; swindle, extort money from

Oil companies are using the Russian-Ukraine crisis as cover to gouge prices

Question 26

graft

Answer 26

to implant; acquiring money or other benefits through illegal means, esp. by abusing one’s power (noun)

western-style government could not easily be grafted on a profoundly different country
government officials grow fat off bribes and graft

Question 27

grandiloquent

Answer 27

a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language

HIs most recent high-profile job found him ill at ease in a role that required more gravitas than grandiloquence

Question 28

grandstand

Answer 28

Perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers

he grandstanded about how we were jeopardizing national security.

Question 29

grating

Answer 29

Irritating; harsh or discordant (of a noise); scraping

Many on the left today would find the newspaper’s accolade grating in its embrace of the classical West.

Question 30

gregarious

Answer 30

Sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd

Question 31

grouse

Answer 31

Complain or grumble (verb); a reason for complaint (noun)

Fans have groused that the higher prices are unfair.