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Question 1

bait

Answer 1

v. to torment or harass; to lure

Question 2

score

Answer 2

v. to make cuts or lines on

Question 3

belligerent

Answer 3

adj. eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare

Question 4

autocracy

Answer 4

n. rule by one person with unlimited power

Question 5

vitality

Answer 5

n. the force that distinguishes life from death; exuberance

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suffuse

Answer 6

v. to spread through or over (as with light or color)

Question 7

ambiguous

Answer 7

adj. having more than one possible interpretation

Question 8

painstaking

Answer 8

adj. very thorough; careful

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diaphanous

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adj. of transparent or translucently fine texture; delicate and insubstantial

Question 10

innuendo

Answer 10

n. an indirect suggestion about someone or something, esp. of a negative nature

Question 11

callow

Answer 11

adj. inexperienced; not developed; immature

Question 12

remedial

Answer 12

adj. supplying a remedy; intended to correct

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solemn

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adj. serious; grave

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expanse

Answer 14

n. a large amount of something spread out

Question 15

largess

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n. generosity in giving gifts

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impair

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v. to make worse; to damage

Question 17

gracious

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adj. having or showing kindness, courtesy, charm, etc.

Question 18

immaterial

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adj. not significant or relevant

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intervene

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v. to come between two things

Question 20

stultify

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v. to cause to lose interest, become bored, or feel dull and not alert

Question 21

lofty

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adj. very high; noble

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recant

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v. to formally take back a previous statement

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emanate

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v. to send forth; to come forth

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coin

Answer 24

v. to devise a new word or phrase

Question 25

arduous

Answer 25

adj. difficult; laborious