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Question 1

Contentious

Answer 1

Causing or likely to cause an argument, controversial

Question 2

Conscientious

Answer 2

Following ones conscience or careful

Question 3

Aggrandize

Answer 3

Increase in power, status or wealth OR go overboard in enhacnig someone’s reputation

Question 4

Lionize

Answer 4

To give a lot of public attention and approval to, celebrity like

Question 5

Subsidize

Answer 5

Support financially

Question 6

Skulduggery

Answer 6

Unfair or dishonest practices carried out secretively to trick other or be deceitful

Question 7

Unseemly

Answer 7

Not proper or appropriate

Syn: unbecoming, indecorous, indecent, improper

Question 8

Solecism

Answer 8

A breach of etiquette or decorum, a minor blunder in speech, deviating from the normal, proper order

Question 9

Strident

Answer 9

Loud or strongly expressed, grating, presenting a point of view in an excessive,unpleasant, or forceful way.

Question 10

Quiescent

Answer 10

Quiet, being at rest, still, inactive, sluggish or dormant

Syn: inert, in abeyance, latent, stagnant, passive

Question 11

Sportive

Answer 11

Playful, frolicsome

Question 12

Impartiality

Answer 12

Fairness, justness, not biased, unprejudiced

Question 13

Gallantry

Answer 13

Dashing courage, heroic bravery

Question 14

Asperity

Answer 14

Harshness or sharpness of tone, temper or manner, acrimony
Syn:acerbity, churlishness,
OR hardship, difficulty, rigor

Question 15

Forestalled

Answer 15

Prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time

Syn: anticipate, prevent

Question 16

Trenchant

Answer 16

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style and articulating

Syn: sharp, poignant, keen, cutting, caustic

Question 17

Unimpeachable

Answer 17

Not able to be doubted or criticized, entirely trustworthy

Sun:irreproachable, impeccable, faultless

Question 18

Decry

Answer 18

Publicly denounce, condemn, disparage, censure,
Syn: derogate, depreciate
Many critics disparage psychoanalysis as being pseudoscience

Question 19

Collusion

Answer 19

A secret agreement or conspiracy, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes

Question 20

Substantiate

Answer 20

Provide evidence to support of prove the truth of

Syn: corroborate, verify, confirm

Question 21

Innuendo

Answer 21

An indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or derogatory nature, indirect information

Question 22

Cower

Answer 22

Shrink/cringe in fear

Question 23

Indemnify

Answer 23

Protect against loss or damage or to compensate for damage or loss sustained
S: often the duty to indemnify cannot be determined until the facts of the underlying litigation have been developed

Question 24

Recoil

Answer 24

Shrink or draw back as in fear, disgust, etc.

Question 25

Sham

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False, often having to do with a trick, not what it purports to be, a fraud

Question 26

Galvanize

Answer 26

To startle into sudden activity, stimulate

Syn: inspire, invigorate, provoke

Question 27

Sanction

Answer 27

Endorse

Question 28

Inoculate

Answer 28

Prevent contraction, especially of a disease

Question 29

Wallow

Answer 29

To devote oneself, submerge oneself in, roll about or lie relaxed

Question 30

Veracity

Answer 30

Truth

Syn: verity (the quality or state of being true) accuracy, conformity to facts

Question 31

Uncanny

Answer 31

Unsettling, mysterious

Question 32

Runic

Answer 32

Mysterious or secret in meaning

Question 33

Profane

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irreverent (showing a lack of respect for people or things)

Syn: flippant, impious

Question 34

Vitiate

Answer 34

Spoil or Impair in quality

Syn:spoil, corrupt, taint

Question 35

Eviscerate

Answer 35

To remove something of central significance, deprive something of its essential content

Question 36

Derogate I

Answer 36

Detract from, belittle, disparage (represent as being of little worth)