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Question 1

legate

Answer 1

an envoy or emissary

Question 2

flout

Answer 2

to treat with scorn

Question 3

laity

Answer 3

a body of religious believers

Question 4

requiem

Answer 4

A mass celebrated at a death

Question 5

oriole

Answer 5

Yellow bird

Question 6

orient

Answer 6

Of or pertaining to the Asian culture

Question 7

zodiac

Answer 7

Series of 12 constellations

Question 8

servitude

Answer 8

the act of being in service to someone

Question 9

conjugal

Answer 9

pertaining to or characteristic of marriage

Question 10

homily

Answer 10

a sermon

Question 11

perjury

Answer 11

lying under oath-a crime

Question 12

affluent

Answer 12

having an abundance of wealth

Question 13

barrister

Answer 13

lawyer

Question 14

carrion

Answer 14

dead creatures that are food for birds

Question 15

baluster

Answer 15

any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.

Question 16

emigrate

Answer 16

to leave a country to live in another

Question 17

elegy

Answer 17

a mournful poem

Question 18

heraldry

Answer 18

a family coat of arms, insignia

Question 19

heretic

Answer 19

a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.