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Question 1

Construe

Answer 1

to make sense of

Question 2

Contemporaneous

Answer 2

existing in the same time period

Question 3

Convoluted

Answer 3

intricate

Question 4

Coup

Answer 4

change of government by force

Question 5

Decorous

Answer 5

in good taste

Question 6

Decry

Answer 6

to criticize

Question 7

Desiccated

Answer 7

dried out

Question 8

Derelict

Answer 8

broken down

Question 9

Despot

Answer 9

a cruel dictator

Question 10

Discomfit

Answer 10

to upset someone

Question 11

Guile

Answer 11

cunning

Question 12

Discursive

Answer 12

rambling, oderless

Question 13

Discrete

Answer 13

seperate

Question 14

Duress

Answer 14

hardship

Question 15

Domicile

Answer 15

a residence

Question 16

Efface

Answer 16

to wipe out

Question 17

Effulgent

Answer 17

radiant

Question 18

Eminent

Answer 18

distinguished

Question 19

Exigent

Answer 19

urgent

Question 20

Expedient

Answer 20

practical

Question 21

Extraneous

Answer 21

irrelevant

Question 22

Enervate

Answer 22

to weaken

Question 23

Hedonist

Answer 23

someone who seeks pleasure

Question 24

Indictment

Answer 24

being charged with a crime

Question 25

Imperious

Answer 25

commanding

Question 26

Insidious

Answer 26

appealing, but harmful

Question 27

Multifarious

Answer 27

having great diversity

Question 28

Peruse

Answer 28

to examine

Question 29

Advent

Answer 29

arrival of something long awaited

Question 30

Exuberent

Answer 30

joyous

Question 31

Obsolete

Answer 31

no longer used

Question 32

Inextricable

Answer 32

unable to be untied

Question 33

Insular

Answer 33

restricted

Question 34

Glib

Answer 34

a persuasive speech

Question 35

Recondite

Answer 35

incomprehensible