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Question 1

savor

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v. to taste or smell, esp. with pleasure

n. the taste or smell

Question 2

fluster

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v. to make nervous or upset

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relief

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n. a distinction or prominence due to contrast

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habitat

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n. the place where a person or thing is ordinarily found; a particular type of natural environment

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platitude

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n. a commonplace remark delivered as if it was important

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sabotage

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v. to deliberately obstruct or destroy

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minutiae

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n. trivial details

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effervescent

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adj. giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement

Question 9

desiccate

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v. to dry completely

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gregarious

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adj. seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group

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sojourn

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n. a brief visit

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listless

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adj. having no interest in what is going on about one; languid; spiritless

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secular

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adj. not religious; worldly

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defer

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v. to delay; to put off

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surfeit

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n. an excess

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compunction

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n. a feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

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decapitate

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v. to cut off the head

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rejuvenate

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v. to restore energy or an appearance of youth

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chronology

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n. arrangement of events in time

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provincial

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adj. limited in perspective; unsophisticated

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pliant

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adj. easily bent; pliable; adaptable or compliant

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melodramatic

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adj. exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental

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paramount

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adj. supreme; ranking higher than others in power or importance

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precocious

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adj. developing earlier than usual, esp. mentally

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syntax

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n. the way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses, and sentences