7-9 definitions

Question 1

harsh or bitter in dispostion, speech, or manner

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acrimonious

Question 2

different from the usual or standard; hard to identify or classify because of abnormality

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anomalous

Question 3

involving hard labor; to test one’s endurance

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arduous

Question 4

irrelevant to the present topi; a nonessential part

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extraneous

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unauthentic or fabricated

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factitious

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involving untrue info that harms someones rep

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libelous

Question 7

physically or morally harmful

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noxious

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occurring or appearing after one’s death

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posthumous

Question 9

lacking in courage; characterized by weakness of spirit

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pusilanimous

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given to complaining; full of complaints

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querulous

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harsh-sounding or loud; rambunctious and rowdy

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raucous

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taken or dome stealthily or secretly; unauthorized

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surruptitiously

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turned away in mind or feeling; opposed to

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averse

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showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or deccision

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circumspect

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the elements or parts of; composed

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constituent

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deserving blame

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culpable

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deprived of the barest necessities of life; living in absolute poverty

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destitute

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to reveal; to show plainly; to prove

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manifest

Question 19

observable without being concealed

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overt

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to make impossible by previous action; prevent

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preclude

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one who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion

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recluse

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withdrawn from the world

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recluse

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in the mentioned order

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respectively

Question 24

a looking back on the past; a review of something past

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retrospect

Question 25

a belief, doctrine, or principle held as true

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tenet

Question 26

extravagent actions

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antics

Question 27

causing death, destruction, or ruin; very harmful

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baneful

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request or favor; a blessing

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boon

Question 29

government through bureaus run by nonelective officials; government officials collectively

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bureaucracy

Question 30

a person who delights in an art or science in an amateurish or superficial way; a superficial amateur

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dilettante

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exhibiting unstable behavior

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flighty

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too bright or glaring; showy

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garish

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a long, noisy, or scolding speech

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harangue

Question 34

tearfully or effusively sentimental

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maudlin

Question 35

composed of various colors or elements

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motley

Question 36

one who makes an ostentatious display of knowledge; one who gives undue attention to the trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs

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pedant