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Question 1

Aspersion

Answer 1

noun: False rumor, damaging report, slander. (calumny)

Question 2

Callous

Answer 2

adjective: Thick-skinned; insensitive; emotionally hardened.

Question 3

Circumlocution

Answer 3

noun: The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; a roundabout expression. (discursive)

Question 4

Clandestine

Answer 4

adjective: Secretive; kept or done in secret; surreptitious. (furtive)

Question 5

Coalesce

Answer 5

verb: To grow together or cause to unite as one; to conjoin.

Question 6

Consanguineous

Answer 6

adjective: Of the same origin; related by blood.

Question 7

Descry

Answer 7

verb: To catch sight of; to detect or perceive.

Question 8

Deviation

Answer 8

noun: Departure from the standard or norm; an exception (anomaly, aberration)

Question 9

Divisive

Answer 9

adjective: Creating disunity or conflict; creating dissension or discord.

Question 10

Egocentric

Answer 10

adjective: Having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things. (narcissistic)

Question 11

Engender

Answer 11

verb: To produce; to cause or create; to bring about.

Question 12

Epilogue

Answer 12

noun: Concluding section of a literary work often dealing with the future of its characters.

Question 13

Epoch

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noun: A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy.

Question 14

Eponymous

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adjective: The name of a person for whom something is supposedly named in their honor.

Question 15

Hackneyed

Answer 15

adjective: Worn out by over-use; trite; commonplace (banal)

Question 16

Imperious

Answer 16

adjective: Arrogantly self-assured; domineering; authoritative (autocratic)

Question 17

Impervious

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adjective: Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being influence, persuaded, or affected. (impermeable, impregnable, immutable)

Question 18

Impetuous

Answer 18

adjective: Quick to act without thinking; impulsive; characterized by sudden or forceful energy or emotion.(extemporaneous)

Question 19

Inchoate

Answer 19

adjective: Imperfectly formed or formulated; in an initial or early stage. (incipient, embryonic, nascent)

Question 20

Indomitable

Answer 20

adjective: Fearless; incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; invincible.

Question 21

Jingoism

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noun: Extreme and aggressive nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy. (bellicosity)

Question 22

Juxtapose

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verb: To place side-by-side, especially for comparison or contrast.

Question 23

Kinetic

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adjective: Relating to motion; characterized by movement.

Question 24

Kudos

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noun: Fame, glory, honor (encomium, homage)

Question 25

Lachrymose

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adjective: Tearful; mournful; inclined to weep. (maudlin)

Question 26

Lampoon

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noun: A written attack using satire.

Question 27

Laconic

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adjective: Using few words. (taciturn)

Question 28

Largess

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noun: Generosity of spirit or attitude; giving or kind in nature or character; liberality in bestowing gifts.

Question 29

Lexicon

Answer 29

noun: The entire vocabulary encompassing a nation, a person, a group, a subject, or a language.

Question 30

Loquacious

Answer 30

adjective: Very talkative. (garrulous, voluble)

Question 31

Machination

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noun: Act of plotting or scheming. (Chicanery, guile)

Question 32

Maelstrom

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noun: A restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs; turmoil.

Question 33

Pantheism

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noun: The doctrine that God is the transcended reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations.

Question 34

Succor

Answer 34

noun: Help; relief; aid; assistance.

Question 35

Vernacular

Answer 35

adjective: Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.